Invert colors in pdf

I am using Ubuntu netbook remix.

I read quite a few ebooks on my netbook, screen is the perfect size once I've rotated the page. Only problem is, black on white isn't great for the eyes.

I know I can invert the PDF using mogrify directly, but the end quality is terrible (not good for reading). I can also use imagemagick to convert the PDF to images, invert, then back to PDF. That works, but is very time consuming.

How can I invert quickly? Foxit reader for windows has this capability, but not the Linux version.

Phyrexicaid said: I am using Ubuntu netbook remix.

I read quite a few ebooks on my netbook, screen is the perfect size once I've rotated the page. Only problem is, black on white isn't great for the eyes.

I know I can invert the PDF using mogrify directly, but the end quality is terrible (not good for reading). I can also use imagemagick to convert the PDF to images, invert, then back to PDF. That works, but is very time consuming.

How can I invert quickly? Foxit reader for windows has this capability, but not the Linux version.

I am now running the windows version of Foxit under Wine, seems to work. Download the zip file, not the executable installer.

(A native solution would have been nice though)

If you are using compiz then you can choose to put any window or the whole screen into negative by using the keyboard Windows button + m for everything and + n for an individual window. Then use the same combination of the windows buttons the scroll wheel on a mouse to zoon in and out still with good quality.

Run xpdf -rv (reverse video) option

$xpdf -rv <filename>