PSD to multipage PDF?
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- tw78
Hi,
I'm trying to export a series of photoshop layers as a multipage PDF (using automate) - however whenever I open the PDF the images / type appears blurry / soft? Is there any way to stop this?
Thanks!
- monospaced0
Exporting as a PDF usually has a ton of compression options. Check the output resolution and compression levels as you export.
- Monospaced is correct for once, baby Jesus pray for us!********
- I'm usually mostly correctmonospaced
- Monospaced is correct for once, baby Jesus pray for us!
- tw780
Thanks.
Have tried that - they all seem to make the images blurry.
I'm keeping the text 'live' (so it appears sharp in the PDF) but whenever I make a multipage PDF from Photoshop it crushes all the text up to the right making it ilegible!Is there an easier way / other bit of software to make multipage PDFs from a PSD?
Thanks again :)
- don't know what to say except that I don't believe it should be messing up like thatmonospaced
- Weird eh? knew I should have made it in inDesign ....
tw78 - Yeah, bring it into InDesign.monospaced
- Is it a website at 72dpi?Dancer
- Dancer0
Save out each layer as a Jpeg and then drop all you Jpeg's onto Acrobat, this will create a single PDF for you
- tw780
Don't have acrobat :( thanks anyhow!
- alicetheblue0
(Preset: Press Quality)
Compression Setting:
Options/
do not downsample (makes stuff soft)
Compression-none
- Dancer0
Or goto indesign export to PDF - 5 min job
- monospaced0
Place the image in InDesign, duplicate the page 14 times. Select the image on each page and choose "Object Layer Options" and set the correct Photoshop layer for each page. Export as a PDF.
- monospaced0
I'm not sure how it behaves with layer groups, Dancer, but I do know one thing. If you want each placed image to update correctly in the InDesign file after making changes to the Photoshop file's layers, save the Photoshop file with the same layer visibility (same layers on/off) each time. If you don't, each placed image will revert to the last save state.
- tw780
I don't have indesign unfortunately :( - if Photoshop didn't screw up the text I'd be in business ... thanks for the tips
- monospaced0
I really, really, really hate to say this but ...
you shouldn't be making PDFs without the right tools (InDesign and Acrobat Pro)
- I don't need to make PDF's very often ...thought as much though, thanks for advicetw78
- Is it a client? If you're doing freelance work, you should invest in the entire Creative Suite.monospaced
- Dancer0
What do you have?
- tw780
Photoshop & Illustrator cs3
- p-mac0
You could try some freeware like Combine PDFs. A coworker (hack) used to use this, but I've never tried it.
- tw780
Thanks - seems crazy that Photoshop would make the images blurry regardless of compression settings though, not great ....
- Leigh0
Make each layer a layer comp.
Then file > scripts > Export layer comps to pdf.