Windows – Why convert in ImageMagick can not convert pdf to image

conversionimagemagickpdfwindows 10

I try to convert pdf file to png image in ImageMagick from windows 10 command line as follows:

Magick convert a.pdf a.png

I get error

magick: FailedToExecuteCommand `"gswin32c.exe" -q ...

But it works for converting image to image. What is the problem?

Best Answer

ImageMagick needs Ghostscript installed in order to read PDF files.

Ghostscript is a separate project entirely. gswin32c is the 32-bit MS-Windows version of Ghostscript.

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$ file a.jpg 
a.jpg: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01
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Error in converting a PDF to a PNG in ImageMagick

Try adding -colorspace RGB before the outfile name.

convert -density 300 PointOnLine.pdf -quality 90 -colorspace RGB PointOnLine.png

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