Jacob Collins

  Jacob is the JPedal Product Lead and specialises in PDF creation and manipulation. He also develops Salesforce backend systems and contributes to marketing and support. Outside work, he’s a 1900‑rated chess player, guitarist, and French learner.

 



46 Stories by Jacob Collins

Aspose Alternative Java PDF Library

Introduction Developers working with the PDFs know the pain that comes with the handling the format. This is especially true for Java developers specifically...
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Java PDF to TIFF conversion (Tutorial)

Why convert PDF files to TIFF images? A PDF is a vector image (so it is rendered when you display it at whatever size...
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Java PDF to GIF conversion (Tutorial)

Why convert PDF files to GIF images? A PDF is a vector image (so it is rendered when you display it at whatever size...
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Java PDF to JPEG conversion (Tutorial)

Why convert PDF files to JPEG images? A PDF is a vector image (so it is rendered when you display it at whatever size...
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Generate PDF thumbnails in Java (Tutorial)

Introduction Java cannot automatically generate thumbnails of PDF pages, but luckily there is plenty of software which can do this. This example uses our...
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How to manipulate PDF documents in Java (Tutorial)

Introduction PDF manipulation is a common requirement for Java developers working on document management systems, automation tools, or business applications. Whether you need to...
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