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Free Utility Convert Images to PDF Files
i2pdf (image to pdf) is a fast and compact application built to create Adobe PDF documents from a collection of images, typically scanned from a paper source or in form of digital photographs.
It does not require installation, just unzip it.
I'm the author, I wrote the program for myself but maybe someone else can find it useful.
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This is a special purpose tool that does the job it is designed for simply and effectively.
Usage couldn't be simpler: run the .exe, drag and drop your images into the application window then press the "Build PDF" button.
The default options are fine for most users but you can control image quality and size, create thumbnails and play around with page layout if you wish.
The supported image formats are: jpg, png, bmp, tiff and gif.
Overall a useful, portable utility that works well. It's not for everyone but if you need to create a PDF of images then you need look no further.
Windows XP, Vista, 988KB
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Tip: If you want to add multiple images make sure you first uncheck the option "Clear the file list before a drop" in General Options.
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This is tool is designed in an Excellent Way. I liked using it, compared to other softwares available.
Assing an "Add Files" button will be more helpful, though I like the Drag and Drop feature.
i2pdf 64 bit (current version 1.0.13) has a clean result (0/40) while scanned on VirusTotal. This program is packed by MPRESS.
i2pdf 32 bit (current version 1.0.13) has a result of 6/39 as commented earlier while scanned on VirusTotal. This program is packed by PECompact.
If not mistaken, it's likely that the scan result of the 32 bit version is attributable to the executable compressor PECompact, even though "it has a low false alarm rate in comparison to other executable compressors" as claimed on its homepage.
Problem is: MPRESS is almost unknown compared to PECompact.
I'm grateful to MPRESS author, because is freeware, it's improving every release and it's available for 64 bits EXE, unlike (at the moment) PECompact.
But PE compact, for various reasons, it's at the moment a lot more used, not only by "normal" users, but by many malaware authors too.
Read here: http://www.bitsum.com/forum/index.php?topic=99.0
Thanks to the misuse of PECompact now I had to register to the version usable for non commercial software.
I don't mind because it was good send some money to Jeremy, but the reason was certainly the wrong one.
Anyway, I certainly will not stop using a very good program only because many "malaware authors" are using it too and because some AV programs are inept or paranoid.
Luis
EDITED: Looks like we were mistaken, after all.
I did some research. It seem many AV are not quite up to date to analyze 64bit exes, so probably this is the main reason why the 64 bit version passed all the scans.
I tried the last version of MPRESS with a 32 bit exe and I had a number of false positives far larger than using PECompact.
So it seem AV programs are simply a little behind, and sooner or later they will cacth up generating false positives on 64 bit systems too.
Looks like this is good news for 64bit users to receive fewer false alarms, in a way :>)
@Jojoyee
Thank you for adding i2pdf to the Best Free PDF Tools section :)
@Anonymous on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 17:42
The program does not contain malicious code.
It's packed: as stated in the help file where I indicated the packer used, too. That's the main problem for many simple AV.
And it contains some code to protect it in some ways (not against copy obviously, it's freeware!)
The fact some AV report a EXE with some out of ordinary code as a worm or suspicious file it's nothing new, sadly. It's sad because some AV developers prefers to mark a perfectly legitimate file as "suspect" not because they analyze the code, try to execute in a virtual box and finally determine is potentially dangerous, but only because the code "looks different", and not knowing what it does they choose to play it safe. Safe for them.
You are welcome to analyze it any way you see fit.
Better be prudent than sorry. I understand that.
But if you can is a lot better believe in what you can verify by yourself.
Try suspect programs in a virtual machine, if you can. Log their access to registry and to the filesystem using specific tools like the ones from Wininternals (by the great Mark Russovich now part of the Microsoft family), use progams like Sandboxie and the like...
You got the idea.
Bye !
Luis (author of i2pdf)
Thanks for clarification. Of the 6/39 scan results from VirusTotal, it's clean from some scanners such as:
Except for some of these:
On the additional info, it does show packers include PECompact, etc. When I click Prevx Info, it says "The most common objects with the name of 63082268.EX have yet to be classified as safe by our research department." Then looks like their result is not conclusive.
As for AntiVir to show it as HEUR/malware, AVira website says:
If you're willing, a sample can be uploaded via the form on their website: http://www.avira.com/en/support/submit_suspicious_files.html
Hi, to send a program to *almost any* AV vendor is a waste of time and energy.
If their AV engine find your EXE "suspicios" (read: we don't know what is doing exactly but it looks funny) sending a specific version of your program to them can sometimes remove the false alarm. Why? Because they add the program signature (checksum, hash value, or something like that) to their internal "exclude" list.
Then, I release a new version of the program. The AV engine find it suspicious again, moreover the EXE is changed and doesn't validate anymore with their old "exclude" list, so we are back again to square 1.
Mind you, all of the above is the best case scenario: when they are responsive and when they don't forget about your exclusion in their next AV signatures update.
So, really, I will not bother with that.
As Jeremy Collake (author of PECompact, the best exe compressor in my opinion) once wrote:
"anti-virus companies can push products right out of the market, without care or concern".
Luis
Hi Luis, you've got a valid point in that sense.
Probably these days some users, including me, are receiving more 'false positives' than the 'true alarms'.
My kind of software. Does one thing only and does it right 'n easy.
fyi, using Fsecure virus scan and it does not detect this as harmful. Probably being picked up by other scanners due to executable file.
Please note, 6 out of 39 scanners at VirusTotal report the zip file of this program as containing a trojan/worm/suspicious file. I report this for information only. Please check when downloading.
I got the same report, but could those be false positives?
This is a gem, particularly useful for converting images only to PDF with many options available. I like the drag and drop feature and the paperless format to suit viewing the images without blank paper margins.
Added in Specific Tools Section of Best Free PDF Tools.
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