A free way to create BootPanels (and other image-sized PDFs).
Part One - Install Two Apps
First off, I had fink install ImageMagick, a command line program for converting a whole bunch of different picture formats, including Portable Document Format and Encapsulated PostScript Interchange. Unfortunately, converting to PDF doesn't work right, but converting to EPSI does.
Next, I downloaded Stone Studios' PStill application, which has a limited functionality Demo Mode. The limitation (a splash page is appended to multi-page documents) does not affect image-sized PDFs. The version I use is 1.8.4, and I haven't tested any newer versions than that.
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Part Two - Converting and Opening
Having ImageMagick installed, I type this in a Terminal window:
% convert -size 480x360I then drag and drop the image to be converted onto the Terminal window, twice, and change the second file ending to epsi, like this:
% convert -size 480x360 /PATH_TO/BootPanel.tiff /PATH_TO/BootPanel.epsiNext, I Get Info on BootPanel.epsi and designate PStill as the helper application (not strictly necessary but time-saving). I then type this in the Terminal:
% open /PATH_TO/BootPanel.epsiPStill will now convert the EPSI file into a PDF.
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