May I save a tex file as a picture file?

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Is there a way to save or export a tex file so as to produce a jpg/jpeg/png file?

Probably related? Exporting .png or .jpg files directly from LaTeX code. Possible? — leandriis, Dec 28 '19 at 19:38
The standalone class has a convert option that is precisely made for that. There are several examples on this site, here is a post by the package author. In addition, if you produce the pictures with asymptote, there is the settings.outformat directive, e.g. settings.outformat = "png";. — , Dec 28 '19 at 19:41
Is it a one-time job or do you want to do many pictures? If it's a one-time job, than I would use an online PDF-to-x converter. — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Dec 28 '19 at 20:08
@leandris, @ Schrödinger's cat I am just trying to save a plain text file in tex in the jpg-format. Perhaps there is a straightforward solution in what you link to, but I do not see it yet. — Frode Alfson Bjørdal, Dec 28 '19 at 20:10
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I was hoping for a permanent solution, for the online conversion sites are rather proprietary. — Frode Alfson Bjørdal, Dec 28 '19 at 20:11
@Dr.ManuelKuehner An example could be a small poem in ascii. — Frode Alfson Bjørdal, Dec 28 '19 at 20:13
Then install the software ImageMagick, is provides the command line convert which can be used for conversion. Or use GhostScript. — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Dec 28 '19 at 20:13
So you just want to export the PDF that is produced by LaTeX (a single page) in a pixel-based file format like jpg or png, correct? — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Dec 28 '19 at 20:14

Dr. Manuel Kuehner · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-28T20:41:42.907

Go to https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php and download the appropriate version. In my case (Windows) it is ImageMagick-7.0.9-12-Q16-x64-dll.exe (as of 2019-12-29).
Go to https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html and download the appropriate version. In my case (Windows) it is Ghostscript 9.50 for Windows (32 bit) (GNU Affero General Public License). ImageMagick calls ghostscript for converting PDF as far as I understand.
Generate a LaTeX file (test.tex) and produce a single PDF page.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

In the same folder, create a text (myConvertBatch.txt) file with the following content (-density 300 is for better quality/resolution).

magick -density 300 test.pdf test.png 
pause

For more details about the options of the magick command, see https://imagemagick.org/script/command-line-processing.php.

@Sapiens Don't know what Homebrew means?! Going to bed now anyway, it's 04:38 o'clock in the morning for me :) (China timezone). — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Dec 28 '19 at 20:38
Imagemagick recommends and use Homebrew commands for installation explanations for Mac-users. — Frode Alfson Bjørdal, Dec 28 '19 at 21:07
Thank you for the ample answer! I hope I will be able to implement it soon by installing the appropriate software. — Frode Alfson Bjørdal, Dec 29 '19 at 15:24

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