Preview converting PDF to JPEG

I'm unable to convert a 4 page PDF to JPEG. Every time I try, Preview converts only the page it is displaying. I choose all 4 pages of the PDF but always end up with only one page converted to JPEG. What am I missing?

Lance Goddard wrote:
I had to send documentation to PayPal through their website and they wouldn't accept PDF attachments. Seems a bit strange because of the commonality of PDF.
yes, that's very strange. multipage GIFs are possible. you can convert a PDF file to GIF using Preview.

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I know there's an existing script available on the internet that converts PDFs to JPEGs (it's here: http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25350) BUT, for whatever reason, the quality, even when set to 600dpi, is crap. I get better results simply opening the PDF in Preview then saving as JPEG... even a 150dpi JPG from Preview is higher quality than a 600dpi file from this script I found...
So, what I need help with is creating a applescript that converts PDF's to JPEGs using Preview (or whatever, as long as the quality of the JPEG is good). I have very little scripting experience so help is appreciate.
Ideas?
Thanks.

Frank Caggiano wrote:
Decided to finish this up as an interesting exercise. Hope you find it useful.
One question for the Applescripters here. The Automator action run as a shell script seems to return a list of filename aliases but the return value while looking like a list didn't behave as a list. I managed to rip it apart to get to the filepaths and the script works but it seems really kludgey . So my question is given the return of the Automator run as a do shell script what is a more correct way to handle it?
Convert PDF to JPG
          © 2011 Frank Caggiano
          GNU Public License
          Convert pfd files to jpg images.
          The converted JPG files wil have the name of the original PDF files with the extension changed to JPG.
          The actual conversion uses the Automator action Render PDF Pages as Images.
          The user needs to create an Automator action with Render Pages as Images as the single action.
          Set the parameters for the conversion in the action.
          NOTE: this script assumes you're converting to jpg files If you select another output format in the action this script will
          need to be modified.
-- choose PDF files
try
          set sourceFiles to choose file with prompt "Select PDF files" of type {"com.adobe.pdf"} with multiple selections allowed
on error msg number n
          if n ≠ -128 then
                    error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
          else
quit
          end if
end try
-- choose destination folder
try
          set destFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select Destination Folder"
on error msg number n
          if n ≠ -128 then
                    error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
          else
quit
          end if
end try
set destFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of destFolder
-- select workflow
try
          set workFlow to choose file with prompt "Select Work Flow" of type {"com.apple.automator-workflow"}
on error msg number n
          if n ≠ -128 then
                    error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
          else
quit
          end if
end try
set workFlow to POSIX path of workFlow
repeat with sourceFile in sourceFiles
-- get base name of the source file
          set bName to do shell script "basename " & quoted form of POSIX path of sourceFile
-- Strip off the extension
          set text item delimiters to "."
          set bName to text item 1 of bName
          try
                    set res to do shell script "automator -i " & quoted form of POSIX path of sourceFile & space & workFlow
          on error msg number n
                    error msg & space & n
          end try
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          set theList to text items of res
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will get and integer added to the name to avoid conflict.
          set cnt to 0
          repeat with convertedFile in theList
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                              set fullPath to quoted form of POSIX path of convertedFile
                              if cnt ≠ 0 then
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                              else
                                        do shell script "mv " & fullPath & space & destFolder & bName & ".JPG"
                              end if
                              set cnt to cnt + 1
                    end if
          end repeat
end repeat
Hi Frank--
I tried the script you wrote and created the Automator workflow with the single action as requested, saved it to the desktop then selected it when your script's dialogue requested it. However, at that point your script game me the following error. Ideas? I did save the workflow as a workflow and I selected it directly, so I'm not sure why it thinks that the "workflow file does not exist" ? :
error "The workflow file does not exist. 255" number -2700 from «script» to item

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Hi
You can do this in multiple programs (photoshop, Illustrator & acrobat).
In Acrobat just open the PDF the go to File>Export>Image>jpeg.
In photoshop you can open the pdf the just save as .jpeg.
In Illustrator you can open the PDF then export as a jpeg.
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My Computer doesn't have a conversion from PDF to JPEG. How can I have it for free?
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Hi Baby look,
Please follow the instructions below to convert pdf to jpeg :
Open the PDF document you want to convert in Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free PDF viewer.
Click the "Snapshot" icon in the tools bar. The icon resembles a small camera. If the icon is not visible, right click the tool bar and select "Snapshot" from the bottom of the "More Tools" list.
Move the Snapshot cursor, which is displayed as a small cross, to the beginning of the section in the PDF document you want to copy.
Click and hold your mouse button. Drag the cursor to the end of the section you want to copy.
Release the mouse button. The section you outlined is automatically copied to your clipboard as a JPEG image and highlighted in Adobe Reader to indicate the copy is complete.
Open an image editing program such as IrfanView or MS Paint. Press "Ctrl+V" on your keyboard to paste the copied image.
Press "Ctrl+S" to save the copied image as a JPEG file.

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