Convert GIF to PDF in Python

This short tutorial guides you through transforming a GIF to PDF in Python. It will share details for setting the IDE for development, a list of coding steps, and a sample code for developing a GIF file to PDF converter in Python. A few enhancements will also be discussed to create the custom output PDF.

Steps to Change GIF to PDF in Python

  1. Set the environment to use Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET to change a file from GIF to PDF
  2. Define the input GIF and output PDF file names
  3. Load the source GIF file using the Image module from the PIL library
  4. Get the width and height of the GIF image for further processing in the code
  5. Create a new Document class object to hold the output PDF file
  6. Add a new page to the newly created PDF file
  7. Create an object of the Image class from the Aspose.PDF library and set its file to a GIF file
  8. Optionally set the properties of the page
  9. Add the Image object to the page’s paragraph collection and save the output PDF file

These steps encompass the complete process to convert GIF to PDF in Python. Load the source GIF file, access its size, create a Document object for the PDF, add a page to it, and create an Image class object by setting its file property to the GIF file name. Add this image to the paragraph collection on the page and save the output PDF file.

Code to Convert GIF File to PDF in Python

The above code demonstrates the process to turn GIF into PDF in Python. In the above code, setting the page_info properties is optional; it sets the page size to exactly match the GIF image size. Similarly, to avoid unexpected auto-scaling, enforce the image placement and dimensions by setting the fix_width and fix_height properties to the GIF image.

This article has taught us how to develop a GIF to PDF converter. To add Bates numbering in a PDF file, refer to the article Add Bates numbers to PDF using Python.