Pdf image sequence in QT Pro

I am running QT Pro 7.2.0.
I frequently make Quicktime animations of image sequences of jpeg files using QT Pro "Open As Image Sequence". Works great.
I now have a sequence of pdf files, (created by Acrobat Distiller from postscript files) and when I try to make an image sequence, all the images after the first one are either garbled or blank.
I have looked at each pdf file and they look normal.
Has anyone successfully made QT movies from pdf file sequences? What am I missing?
Thanks.

Thank you.
I don't have to use .pdf's. I am trying to find the most direct path from a series of postscript files to a Quicktime image sequence.
Acrobat distiller will convert a series of postscript images to .pdf's with a single "click".
I don't know of a way to do the same conversion from postscript to .jpg's. Preview requires you to convert each image individually, AFAICT.
I'd be happy to go from postscript to .jpg directly if it can be done painlessly.
These are simple .pdf files. I opened one in Acrobat and checked. I am also able to open the individual files with QT and they look as I expect them to.
If you try to open a series of postscript files with Quicktime Open Image Sequence, the .ps files are greyed out. .pdf files do show up as "openable", so it seems like this ought to work.
I have also tried it with QT version 7.1.6 with the same result.

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