# Utility Scripts for scanning documents

See usage example in: <http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Autonomous_Archive/algorithm>

## Software dependencies:
Packages: pdftk, imagemagick
Install in Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install pdftk imagemagick

Install in Mac with brew (http://brew.sh/): brew install pdftk imagemagick

Python libraries: mwclient (version 0.8.6)

Install in Debian/Ubuntu w/ pip: sudo pip install 'mwclient==0.8.6'


## Scripts

### wiki-download.py
Downloads media files from a wiki, according to a semantic ask query. 

Usage:
python wiki-download.py --help

python wiki-download.py -d imgs -a [[Modification_date::+]]


### imposition.py
Converts 8 images (jpg or png) from a given directory, into a single sheet 4x2 imposition.

Usage:
python wiki-download.py --help

python imposition.py --dir imgs/ --size a3 --pages 2 --order random

### pdf_cover.sh
Converts first page of PDFs to a jpeg with the ending _cover.jpeg

Usage:
./pdf_cover.sh imgs-dir-name

Software dependencies:
gs (ghostscript)


### imgs2pdf.sh
Converts a directory of images onto a single PDF

Usage: `./imgs2pdf.sh imgs-dir-name pdf-filename`

If no pdf-filename is provided, output.pdf will the default file name

### rotate.sh
Rotates all images in one a directory a given number of degrees

Usage: `./rotate.sh imgs-dir-name rotation-in-degrees`