PDF cropping software: BRISS - Page 10

laborg · 10-12-2010, 02:09 PM

Hi!

BRiss won't work with java 1.5 at the moment. If I have some time I'll check for the reasons

Best regards,
laborg

elevenbulls · 10-12-2010, 03:49 PM

I was able to launch the copy of Briss you attached with no problem, simply by clicking on it. However, after selecting a file to load, it seems to freeze. I've tried twice, let it say "loading PDF" for as long as 20 minutes, but it's never gotten past that. The PDFs I've tried to load are about 120 pages long.

kidblue · 10-13-2010, 03:48 AM

Mine is also stuck on "loading PDF", same version/set-up as above. Loading a 100-page, 200k file, not big at all.

kidblue · 10-14-2010, 02:33 AM

Anyone have any luck getting the 1.5-optimized version to run?

jackie_w · 10-14-2010, 03:30 PM

@kidblue, I've added a possible solution to your screenplay problem in your original Calibre forum post. Just in case it takes a while before BRISS is working on your particular PC config.

Nexutix · 10-14-2010, 10:32 PM

"Opting out given pages from merging" option in 0.0.11 is really good.

luma · 10-15-2010, 03:13 AM

good job on new release!

kidblue · 10-17-2010, 02:41 AM

Crazy question - Is there any way this or another program could "squeeze" a cropped PDF - i.e. make it "skinny" enough but then "longer" to crop? Does that make any sense?

Nexutix · 10-17-2010, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kidblue

Crazy question - Is there any way this or another program could "squeeze" a cropped PDF - i.e. make it "skinny" enough but then "longer" to crop? Does that make any sense?

Do you want to make it single page and single column "very very long" pdf? So you don't need to turn the pages? Am I getting you right?

kidblue · 10-17-2010, 04:00 AM

Yup. What I'd really like to do is take a formatted, text-based PDF and "squeeze" it so yes, it would be longer. More importantly, it would extend the length of the page but allow the margins to be maintained.

frabjous · 10-17-2010, 10:55 AM

I'm not sure I understand. In the process, do you want it to stretch out all the letters, and make them taller than the font's letters usually are relative to the width? Wouldn't that look kind of funny?

kidblue · 10-17-2010, 02:28 PM

It would look funny, but it would retain formatting, which I would prefer. I'm trying to read screenplays, in which dialogue is center-justified but description and scene-headings are normal, left-justified. I'd like to "squeeze" the page to the width of my Kindle, even if it stretches, because the dialogue really wouldn't affected. This making any sense?

hupple · 10-17-2010, 05:51 PM

Did I do something wrong, Briss only keep the content of Bookmarks, but lost the links of Bookmarks. I can see the bookmarks but if you click one, nothing happened.

frabjous · 10-17-2010, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kidblue

It would look funny, but it would retain formatting, which I would prefer. I'm trying to read screenplays, in which dialogue is center-justified but description and scene-headings are normal, left-justified. I'd like to "squeeze" the page to the width of my Kindle, even if it stretches, because the dialogue really wouldn't affected. This making any sense?

I know how to do that with the pdfpages package for pdflatex; some samples are attached. This might be kind of involved for someone who doesn't already know LaTeX, and quite a lot of software to install for so simple a task if this is all you were using it for. If you know what you're doing, it could be scripted, though.

So, see the samples. Basically, I created stretch.pdf by creating a TeX document with the following code:

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=-,width=3in,height=6in,fitpaper]{normal.pdf}
\end{document}

Put it in the same folder as normal.pdf and ran pdflatex on the code.

Obviously you would need to change the width and height to the dimensions of the Kindle screen, which I don't know offhand.

A lot of tweaking would have to be done to ensure that things like metadata were preserved.

It might also be possible to do something like this with Inkscape or Ghostscript, but again, probably not in a user-friendly, straightforward way. If you really wanted to discuss it further, however, let's create a new thread on the idea, and not hijack the BRISS thread. (I wouldn't recommend adding this feature to BRISS...)

kidblue · 10-17-2010, 06:28 PM

New thread started.

10-12-2010, 02:09 PM	#136
laborg Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 94000 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vienna Device: Cybook Gen3	Hi! BRiss won't work with java 1.5 at the moment. If I have some time I'll check for the reasons Best regards, laborg Last edited by laborg; 10-15-2010 at 03:52 AM. Reason: Removed File because it wasn't working

10-12-2010, 03:49 PM	#137
elevenbulls Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Thank You! ...but... I was able to launch the copy of Briss you attached with no problem, simply by clicking on it. However, after selecting a file to load, it seems to freeze. I've tried twice, let it say "loading PDF" for as long as 20 minutes, but it's never gotten past that. The PDFs I've tried to load are about 120 pages long.

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10-13-2010, 03:48 AM	#138
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Mine is also stuck on "loading PDF", same version/set-up as above. Loading a 100-page, 200k file, not big at all.

10-14-2010, 02:33 AM	#139
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Anyone have any luck getting the 1.5-optimized version to run?

10-14-2010, 03:30 PM	#140
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,224 Karma: 16536676 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	@kidblue, I've added a possible solution to your screenplay problem in your original Calibre forum post. Just in case it takes a while before BRISS is working on your particular PC config.

10-14-2010, 10:32 PM	#141
Nexutix Reading and reading Posts: 582 Karma: 8250144 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Infibeam Pi, iPod Touch 4G, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, Oneplus One	"Opting out given pages from merging" option in 0.0.11 is really good.

10-15-2010, 03:13 AM	#142
luma Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: none	good job on new release!

10-17-2010, 02:41 AM	#143
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Crazy question - Is there any way this or another program could "squeeze" a cropped PDF - i.e. make it "skinny" enough but then "longer" to crop? Does that make any sense?

10-17-2010, 04:00 AM	#145
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Yup. What I'd really like to do is take a formatted, text-based PDF and "squeeze" it so yes, it would be longer. More importantly, it would extend the length of the page but allow the margins to be maintained.

10-17-2010, 10:55 AM	#146
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	I'm not sure I understand. In the process, do you want it to stretch out all the letters, and make them taller than the font's letters usually are relative to the width? Wouldn't that look kind of funny?

10-17-2010, 02:28 PM	#147
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	It would look funny, but it would retain formatting, which I would prefer. I'm trying to read screenplays, in which dialogue is center-justified but description and scene-headings are normal, left-justified. I'd like to "squeeze" the page to the width of my Kindle, even if it stretches, because the dialogue really wouldn't affected. This making any sense?

10-17-2010, 05:51 PM	#148
hupple Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle DX	Did I do something wrong, Briss only keep the content of Bookmarks, but lost the links of Bookmarks. I can see the bookmarks but if you click one, nothing happened.

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10-17-2010, 06:28 PM	#150
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	New thread started.