* Crop pages to a certain size
* Adjust the crop position per page
+It has been created to print sewing patterns distributed as A4 or Letter PDFs on a large format printer
+thus saving oneself the hassle of cutting and gluing individual pages.
+
## License
`pdfstitch` is free software under the GNU AGPL version 3. See `LICENSE` for details.
* PDF::API2
* YAML
-On Debian, you can installed them with:
+On Debian, you can install them with:
`# apt install libfile-libmagic-perl libpdf-api2-perl libyaml-perl`
This will generate a YAML file called `foobar.pdf.stitch`. Edit this file according to the desired output.
This is also the default action if called with a PDF. Per default 10% (factor 0.9) is applied as crop factor.
You can adjust this value with the --defaultcrop parameter.
+
2. Optional: Generate a preview and/or cropped PDF:
`./pdfstitch --preview foobar.pdf.stitch`
This will generate a new PDF called `foobar-preview.pdf`.
It contains only the pages you select in the YAML file with each page being overlayed with a transparent box
- showing the are the page will be cropped to.
+ showing the area the page will be cropped to.
`./pdfstitch --crop foobar.pdf.stitch`
This will generate a new PDF called `foobar-cropped.pdf`.
It contains only the pages you select in the YAML file with each page being cropped accordingly.
-4. Generate the final stitched PDF:
+
+3. Generate the final stitched PDF:
`./pdfstitch --stitch foobar.pdf.stitch`
- This will generated a single-page PDF called `foobar-stitched.pdf` with all selected pages being
+ This will generate a single-page PDF called `foobar-stitched.pdf` with all selected pages being
stitched together as specified in the YAML file.
- This is also the default action if called with just a meta file.
+ This is also the default action if called with just a YAML file.
## Notes