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1. Re: Print to PDF to save with small file size.
Gyno-jiz Jun 7, 2009 2:36 PM (in response to rmaytee)It comes with the suite (Acrobat). But you can save a PDF directly out of Photoshop. Explore the joboption settings at your work and try to match them with your save-as-PDF settings from PS at home.
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2. Re: Print to PDF to save with small file size.
Kirk_D Jun 8, 2009 11:55 AM (in response to rmaytee)Printing to PDF is ok. But you would probably get as good a results or better saving as JPG and tweaking the options on your compression. You will have to flatten or save as copy to go from a layered photoshop file to jpg.
If you really like printing to PDF and want to do it at home, and you don't want to pay for the Adobe suite, there are free PDF printers. doPDF is one I can think of off the top of my head. I have the full suite with Acrobat on my computer, but others in our office use doPDF for non-critical stuff that is going to be emailed, etc..
Kirk
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3. Re: Print to PDF to save with small file size.
Gyno-jiz Jun 8, 2009 12:02 PM (in response to Kirk_D)Printing to PDF is ok. But you would probably get as good a results or better saving as JPG and tweaking the options on your compression. You will have to flatten or save as copy to go from a layered photoshop file to jpg.
I don't think you'll beat a JPG-compressed PDF with a JPG for quality or file size. If your files are very small, possibly on size as the JPG overhead is smaller than a PDF's. With type elements though, you really want to stay away from JPG as it will rasterize the type (and other vector shape layers).
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4. Re: Print to PDF to save with small file size.
Kirk_D Jun 8, 2009 12:15 PM (in response to Gyno-jiz)J Maloney,
You are right, didn't think about mixed file with type (or any vector design) and photo. For sure that would be better to keep in PDF.
Kirk

