diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 969da19..61fe475 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). -_339 TILs and counting..._ +_340 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ _339 TILs and counting..._ - [Comparing Arrays In RSpec](ruby/comparing-arrays-in-rspec.md) - [Construct A Constant From A String](ruby/construct-a-constant-from-a-string.md) - [Create an Array of Stringed Numbers](ruby/create-an-array-of-stringed-numbers.md) +- [Create Thumbnail Image For A PDF](ruby/create-thumbnail-image-for-a-pdf.md) - [Defaulting To Frozen String Literals](ruby/defaulting-to-frozen-string-literals.md) - [Destructuring Arrays In Blocks](ruby/destructuring-arrays-in-blocks.md) - [Disassemble Some Codes](ruby/disassemble-some-codes.md) diff --git a/ruby/create-thumbnail-image-for-a-pdf.md b/ruby/create-thumbnail-image-for-a-pdf.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..011340e --- /dev/null +++ b/ruby/create-thumbnail-image-for-a-pdf.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Create Thumbnail Image For A PDF + +The [`rmagick`](https://rmagick.github.io/) gem is a wrapper around the +[ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) software suite. +This gem can be used to create a thumbnail image of a PDF using the +following snippet of code. + +```ruby +require 'rmagick' +pdf = Magick::ImageList.new('document.pdf') +first_page = pdf.first +scaled_page = first_page.scale(300, 450) +scaled_page.write('document-thumbnail.jpg') +``` + +The scale can be adjust as necessary to the use case. + +[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/65250/convert-a-doc-or-pdf-to-an-image-and-display-a-thumbnail-in-ruby)