RE: PDF FIles [Off topic?]
RE: PDF FIles [Off topic?]
- Subject: RE: PDF FIles [Off topic?]
- From: "Wadson, David" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:52:33 -0500
Use Acrobats Export command to save the PDF as an EPS file. Any option
involving Photoshop or exporting as JPEG, TIFF, etc. will rasterize the file
which will likely not give you the results you want, no matter what
resolution you use. Lineart elements, such as text, will be rendered as
grayscale in Photoshop. When you go and print that, your
printer/imagesetter/whatever, will apply a halftone screen to it and it will
look grainy and blurry. Exporting as an EPS is the safest approach to take.
If my memory serves me correctly, in Acrobat 5 the basic export command is
scriptable, but there are no controls for adjusting the settings - it uses
whatever settings were used when the command was last used manually. With
Acrobat 4, you can call the menu option for Export As EPS, but it only
displays the dialog.
Prefab Player is a good bet for scripting the command instead. Not only can
you use it to call the export command and change the settings, but you can
also use it to specify where to save the EPS file and deal with any error
dialogs that come up while exporting (such as invalid colorspace warnings
when you specify that the EPS shouldn't include RGB images.).
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From: Steve Suranie
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Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:40 AM
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: PDF FIles [Off topic?]
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Hi all:
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Sorry if this is off topic (though if there is a solution it will have to
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be automated with AS so maybe it's on topic.) Does anyone know of a way or
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application that would enable me to export the contents of a PDF file but
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have those contents be hi res? I am working with print quality PDFs but if
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I open them up in Photoshop the conversion process makes them low res. Any
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info, even a redirection to a PDF list would be appreciated.
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Thanks
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Steve
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