import os s = """Chen Luo - chen_luo.pdf Haneen Mohammed - Haneen_Mohammed.pdf Hendrik Makait - Hendrik_Makait.pdf Karima Echihabi - Karima_Echihabi.pdf Shiva_Jahangiri.pdf Xiaoshuang Chen - SRC U1_XChen.pdf Xiaozhong_Zhang.pdf Yiru_Chen.pdf Yuliya Susanina - YULIYA_SUSANINA.pdf Jia_Shi.pdf justus_adam.pdf Kongzhang Hao - SRC U1_KHao.pdf Kunal Waghray - Kunal_Waghray.pdf Meena_J_Poster.pdf Neil_Band.pdf Noah Slavitch - NOAH_SLAVITCH.pdf Wanxin Li - Wanxin_Li.pdf William Ma.pdf""" for fname in s.split("\n"): fname = fname.strip() cmd = 'convert -density 300 -resize 400 -crop 400x300+0+0 "%s" "%s.png"' % (fname, fname) print(fname) os.system(cmd)