13–24 -extractImage: Extracting Images

13–24–1 Processing

Extracts the image data contained in the pages of the input PDF.

The output format can be selected from Auto, Bitmap, JPEG, and PNG. If Auto is selected, the output image format will be selected from Bitmap, JPEG, and PNG.
The image will be output to the output folder path specified by the parameter.
The setting of output file (-o) is not required to run this command.
The output file name will be "input file name_page number_ serial number" with an extension. The serial number starts from "0001" and is reset each time the page changes.

Note:
Only the image data placed on the PDF page will be extracted. This is not a process that converts the entire page into an image.

13–24–2 Example of commands

[Executing example commands]

Outputs the image data existing in test.pdf to the specified folder as a JPEG format file.

[Windows]

AHPDFToolCmd80.exe -extractImage C:\out -format 2 -d C:\test\test.pdf

[Linux]

AHPDFToolCmd80 -extractImage /home/antenna/sav -format 2 -d /home/antenna/test/test.pdf

13–24–3 Folder settings: applied

You can perform batch processing by specifying the input folder to the -d parameter. If a folder is specified, image data will be extracted from the PDF file in the input folder. Specify the output folder with the parameter [outFolderPath].

A subfolder with the input file name is created in the output folder.The output image data is saved in each subfolder.

13–24–4 Parameters

Parameter	Content
[outFolderPath]	[required] Sets the output folder path for image files. The output file name is "input file name_page number_ serial number." Page numbers start with "1" The serial number starts from "0001" and is reset for each page.
-pageNo	Set the page number to extract images from. Can be omitted. Page number is 0 origin. Therefore, the first page is counted from "0." If not specified, extracts images of all pages If specifying multiple names, separate them with commas. Example) -pageNo "0,2-4" Extracted from page 1 and pages 3 to 5.
-format	Image save format. Can be omitted. 0 = AUTO 1 = Bitmap 2 = JPEG 3 = PNG If not specified, "0 = AUTO" is applied.