Multipage .pdf file creation

[asterroc]

I have 24 .png files that I want to wrap into a single 24-page .pdf file without losing image resolution (as I would if I pasted the .png files into 24 pages of a Word document and then .pdf printed on my Mac). Any way I can do this for free and legally? I currently have access to both PC, Mac, and linux on a very slow computer; I have a slight preference for Mac.

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[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

In OpenOffice you can export a PDF as "press quality" which should be pretty much full resolution.

[idolstar.livejournal.com]

You can use zamzar ( http://www.zamzar.com/ ) to convert the png files to pdf files, then use pdftk ( http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ this site seems not to be working right now) to concatenate the results into a single file. The Preview program under OSX will be able to write out pdf file from png input as well.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

second pdftk. convert (from the imagemagick suite) will work for png->pdf.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Zamzar requires individual selection of files, so I might as well use Preview. And then Automator appears able to concatenate .pdf files. (Unfortunately neither Automator nor Preview can .pdf print a group of separate files so far as I can tell.)

Thanks!

Edit: Automator does combine .pdf pages, but I can't find an option to SAVE the combined pages. It appears to combine the pages and NOT output a new file in any fashion. Any clue?