Coloring placed images in Acrobat

Greetings,
Is there a way to colorize placed images (raster or vector, any format) in Acrobat?
Thanks

Ah...there's the rub! They only have Acrobat.
They would then need a Plug-In such as Pitstop to do any image editing, but it's pricey.
Or, you might find a solution here, if your customer service people are on Macs:
http://www.rocketdownload.com/popular/downloads/pdf-editor-mac-os-x.html
Or, here if they are Windows users:
http://www.rocketdownload.com/search.php?q=pdf+Editor+Windows

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My InDesign program is printing my placed images lighter than illustrator.

I am trying to print a colour logo in Indesign with black type on my inkjet printer. The colours are appearing fine on screen and so is the black but when I print everything is washed out. I tried just printing a black box and it appears black on screen but in print it is grey. I have tried changing the preferences Appearance of Black to rich and accurate but that did not make a difference. Do I need to do anything in color management I am using Indesign CS2. How can I solve this problem?

Acrobat worked, thanks for that advice. I set my Convert to Profile under the Edit Menu to Color
Match RGB. That helped a little bit but it is not printing like the
pdf. I would like to get this problem resolved. I normally use
illustrator most of my work. But I would like to have InDesign working
properly as I need it to do other jobs.
Take Care,
Jen
Take Care,
Jen
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:47 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: My InDesign program is printing my placed images lighter than illustrator.
Jen,
This is a problem that you have no time to fool with, correct?
When printing from InDesign and all looks hopeless, export to PDF and print from the PDF.
Why?
I don't know for sure but it seems all printers made recently accept PDF better than straight from InDesign. It could be the printer driver and it could be InDesign but you don't have time to mess with it now. Wait for some free time to sort it out, but for now output to PDF and print from Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
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White lines appear around placed images in printing.

A native Illustrator document with placed Photoshop (both CS6) images produces whites lines around the placed images when printed. The Illustrator document does not show white lines on screen. Nor does the PDF (Acrobat X Pro) generated from the IA doc show white lines when viewed on screen. When the document goes to press, the printed product show the white lines:
See upper left image and lower right image-note: other images are not affected. Both both are native Photoshop images, placed on a gradient in IA. Perhaps the PDF settings: "Adobe PDF Preset" or "Standard" are not chosen correctly? Why the white lines?

You screenshot shows a modified Illustrator Default preset with Compatability to Acrobat 4. That setting always flattens transparency which is what I would suggest avoiding first.
Note the Warnings summary alerts that transparency will be flattened.
garlic541 wrote:
2.That same initial 'Save Adobe PDF' widow allows for three settings: Adobe PDF Preset (12 choices); Standard (6 choices), and Compatibility (5 choices). Note how the window signals a Warning (Warnings: Saving this file with Compatibilty set to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) requires items with transparency to be flattened.) Could this be a warning that produces the stitch lines in the actual printing?
Yes
garlic541 wrote:
After researching....
Discussion seems to indicate seeing 'stiching lines' on screen; sometimes in the designing application; or in the generated PDF. My instances are visible only in printing-in two of the four images.
1. Transparency. Is this an automatic occurence in generating the PDF? Can I turn it on/off? (The 'Save Adobe PDF' window that allows changes to: General, Compression, Marks & Bleeds,Output,, Advanced.....)
Transparency is part of some design and all Effects. Note that you can change a color by using a tint or by setting it's transparency. Many times a tint will suffice. It looks the same and has the same values.
Your original screenshot apears to use images with clipping paths. (Full disclosure - I should know this, but don't...I expect) clipping paths require/invoke the transparent background to place the images within the colored area.
You cannot get around transparency but flattening converts vector objects to raster objects (when transparency touches/abuts/interacts with raster images).
You should be able to use the Illustrator Default, High Quality Print or PDFX-4 to maintain live transparency
2 very old (2004) Adobe white papers, not too legnthy which I can shed some light. Note - PDFX-4 superceeds all of these.
Transparency in Adobe Applications: A Print Production Guide
A Designer's Guide to Transparency for Print Output

Placing images in Illustrator for print ready files

I'm designing a brochure in Illustrator that contains several logos and photos. (Yes, I know, Illustrator... I've read several forums and know that InDesign may be a better program for this, but I completely underbid this project and really need to stick with something I know for cost efficiency.)
I need to resize several images in Photoshop to place in Illustrator and I'm wondering if I should save them as CMYK jpegs, or tiffs, etc. I need the file to be the smallest it can be for upload to the printer. I need the basics on different file types and their pros and cons.
Also, when I'm sending out the proof to the customer, any tips on saving the pdf so the images aren't too blurry and the file is still sendable?
Please help!! Any other information or tips on how to prepare my file as a print ready would be great. I love to learn and really need some great resources.
Thanks!

How many pages are we talking about? The key to file efficiency is Placing images at their final size, so you are on the right track. Let me try to help...
"I need to resize several images in Photoshop to place in Illustrator and I'm wondering if I should save them as CMYK jpegs, or tiffs, etc. I need the file to be the smallest it can be for upload to the printer. I need the basics on different file types and their pros and cons."
-Do not save as JPG. The compression artifacts will show up in print. Just Place CMYK .tiffs or .psd's without sizing in Illustrator. Another thing to keep in mind is "Linking" the image files instead of "Embedding" them. You have a little more control saving your page files as EPS before creating the final PDF.
"Also, when I'm sending out the proof to the customer, any tips on saving the pdf so the images aren't too blurry and the file is still sendable?"
-There are a few different ways you can create a PDF viewable as a softproof. You could send the final as a Standard PDF using defaults. Don't forget to embed the fonts and leave color unchanged. What I do is Export > RGB TIF @ 150ppi > Open the .tiff in Photoshop and Save-As Photoshop PDF with a JPG compression of 8. You could do that for each page and then reassemble using Acrobat for one assembled, final PDF optimized.
"Please help!! Any other information or tips on how to prepare my file as a print ready would be great. I love to learn and really need some great resources."
-Get Adobe's Print Publishing Guide. It has enough information in it to help you wade through all of the disinformation out there. Get in touch with a couple of local print shops and have them take a look at your files. Good shops can spot problems and give you some handy tips. Not all shops will take the time, so finding one can be tricky.
Thanks!
-You're welcome. Let us know how it all shakes out.

How to create a "Custom Color" for highlighting? (Acrobat XI)

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How to create a "Custom Color" for highlighting? (Acrobat XI)
The numbers in the RGB and other fields change as various numbers are changed.
I wanted to create a pale orange:
Hue               13      Red      255
Saturation   240      Green 177
Luminosity    86       Blue     140
I'd selected one of the orange squares in the color grid, to display the general orange area of the slider.
I moved the slider to select a pale orange, which generated the above numbers.   Since this wasn't directly available to save to a Custom Color, I tried to edit the numbers. Unfortunately, the other numbers changed, making it impossible to actually create a color.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Note: I used Techsmith's Snagit to show screen shots in a Word document.
When I attempted to browse and upload the file, the error message said "[The content type of this image is not allowed.]"
OK...what images *are* allowed?

Hi Don,
I saw Gilad answered your question in another forum post.
Do you have everything you need at this point?
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Kind regards, Stacy

Overprint Preview, RGB, Image Resolution Acrobat v9

I recently started using Acrobat 9. There is 2 things I'm looking in V9.
1- Overprint Preview
2- All image resolutions in a HiRes pdf. I see a custom check profile called "resolution of color & grayscale images is between..." but I want image resolution is ...
3- Flag any RGB images used.
ThankYou

I'm sorry what I mean if a pdf have 35 images I would to see the image resolution of all of them independently if they are 72 or 600 dpi.

SCRIPT TO IMPORT MULTIPLE PLACED IMAGES..AND OUTPUT MULTIPLE IMAGES TO SINGLE PDF.

Anyone got a script to import multiple placed images into CS4? or is this possible in CS5?
and can we output multiple layers into a single PDF in illustrator? Or multiple layers into single JPEGS from illustrator with one command instead of individually saving out each page... would be a huge time saver for me.
Currently I output each completed layer individually and then right click those outputted jpegs in their output folder and choose "combine supported files into acrobat..." to make a single acrobat file..
I`d also like to be able to CTRL click multiple layers and go save as... only those layers get saved out...
And so adding something in the Save for PDF output dialogue box to save layers to multiple pages would be a helpful time saver..

In CS 4 and CS 5 you can drag and drop fro m the finder or the Bridge, and I guess any other similar type viewer, multiple number of image files to a document. You can configure the bridge in such a way as to allow you to see the Bridge and your document at the same time for this very purpose.
If you just drag and drop the files are linked if you drag while holding the shift key then the files will be embedded.
ID and PS CS 5 have a minibridge which works the sam way but is an actually panel and will stay in the front.
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Placing Images (Screen Caps) for Callouts - Best Practice?

Illustrator CS6, Windows 7
I'm placing screen captures (screen images from software) in my artwork files to add callouts and create illustrations for a user manual.
The machine I'm capturing on has a screen resolution set at 1920 x 1080 (required for software). I'm using Snagit and capturing the screens, saving files, then placing in Illustrator. I've been using images minimum 300 dpi and never upsizing in Illustrator. Still I think my results could be better.
In the past I've used .jpg as my export filetype for placing into Illustrator. But, recent reads of postings in this community lead me to believe my practice might be flawed.
Question: What is considered best practice for placing images from screen capture (or any source) in Illustrator? What file type from capture will get me the clearest and most adaptable results?
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I'm creating the artwork for import to Framemaker and creating a PDF for online and print.

What I mean is; what is the user looking at, and what are you training on?
For example, if the application involves medical imaging, and part of your documentation covers something like evaluating medical images in the application, that would probably be a far more color-critical scenario than an application in which the user just views and manipulates data.
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Also generally speaking, software screenshots are not usually color-critical. Placing (even pasting from SnagIt) directly into the page layout app is usually just fine. PostScript knows how to separate RGB images. Such things have been done since long before anyone sweated blood over "color management." Assuming your application interface is not using garish color (which would be poor interface design; it's tiring), I dare say the conversion of RGB screenshots to CMYK at the imagesetter or press would be fine.
How is the manual going to be printed? Unless you're talking about a large press runs, nowadays software documentation (subject to frequent updates) is often printed on on-demand presses (think glorified digital color copiers), not sheetfed presses. With software documentation, you're not usually talking coffee-table collector's books. (The exception would be something like a book on color-correction in Photoshop; thus my first question.)
I routinely paste screenshots from SnagIt directly into InDesign pages to document software applications, and add the callouts in InDesign. Only when I need some special graphics (swooping arrows, etc.) do I assemble the callouts to the screenshots in Illustrator; and even when I do that, I also typically paste the SnagIt captures directly in to AI.
Keeping your callouts native to the page layout program also better facilitates language translation, when you have to outsource that.
JET

Color Corrector & Image Quality Issues

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Here are the properties to the best I can understand them from the clip browser. Frame-1920x1080, Vid Rate- 29.97fps, Compressor- apple intermediate codec, data rate- 17.6 MB/sec, aud rate- 48 khz, aud format- 16-bit integer, field dominance- upper(odd).
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Not sure if that is what you're looking for? This particular clip is too bright and my subject has shine on his face. When rendered, I view the playback in the Canvas window, that is where I notice the skipping. It is the same in the Viewer window when rendered.

Change stacking order of placed images/objects?

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Is it possible to change the order of placed images in a PDF?
I have a PDF with several objects in it, I want to be able to place an image into the PDF, and have it appear behind some of the objects and in front of others... is this possible?
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I have Acrobat 9.0 Pro
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As far as AS3 goes, I don't know what you mean, but it can be used pretty much the same way you use AS2, with the exception that in AS3 you cannot place code "on" object like you can in AS1/AS2... all code must be on the timeline. Beyond that, there is no difference beyond alot of the code being different between the two languages. The timeline remains as a place to build things in if you choose to.
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button1.onRollOver = function(){
button1.tf1.text = question1;
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Odd pause in Ai2014 when selecting placed image

So as I’m working in AI2014, Im noticing a rather annoying glitch. Every time I select a placed image (.psd, .eps, .tiff, etc) there is a long pause when the ‘rainbow spinning wheel’ comes up for a few seconds to a few minutes. Not sure what AI is doing but it’s really annoying. (it also will crash from time to time or lock up for so long that I have to force quit it.
Last night I closed my Links tab and I noticed that the pause wasn’t happening…. what is it about having the links panel open that effects my performance?? I must mention that this WAS NOT the case in CC and 6.
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Maybe -- with regard to sharing. I had modified the file since this problem came up (by removing the underlying type in photoshop) so I need to see if I still have an original to share.
One other note. I had gotten the ad from a co-worker who had set it up. One mistake in my original post is that the black box placed over the underlying type was 100% K and not a 4-color black.
In order to share, how do I get you the file(s) and do you want both the PDF and InDesign/Photoshop files?

Placed image not showing up once I save to PDF

I have checked the link again and again. The link is fine. At first I had a .psd file in there, which I thought may be the problem, but then changed it to a .eps and it still did the same thing. However, the weird thing is that the placed image shows up fine when I view the pdf on my computer. I also checked it out on a friend's computer and it looked great. But on the client's mac, she's not seeing it.... Anyone know what's going on here?

sarahpeller wrote:
. But on the client's mac, she's not seeing it.... Anyone know what's going on here?
Good possibility your PDF is complex, using transparency, perhaps, and your friend with the Mac is using Preview to view it. Make sure she's using Acrobat or Adobe Reader (FREE) before you do anything else.

Color Management Problem in Acrobat

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As a sample, I created a color jpeg image containing a gray square that has RGB values 192-192-192 and that has an embedded profile of sRGB IEC61966-2.1. I opened this image on a single monitor in Photoshop CS3 with a working space profile of sRGB IEC61966-2.1. I also opened that very same image on the same monitor, at the same time, in Acrobat v7.1. I got the image shown at this URL:
http://www.JustPhotos.ca/post/acrobatcolorexample.jpg
I then took a screen capture of the image and opened the screen capture in Photoshop. I used the Info panel in Photoshop to show that this screen capture image has RGB values for the gray square in the Photoshop window of 192-192-192. These match the original. However, the captured image in the Acrobat window shows a change in the gray square from 192-192-192 to 177-167-140. This color is uniformity distributed across the square. Pure black and pure white don't get changed by Acrobat but everything in between does.
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Your list appears incredibly short compared to what I see, missing whole sections...
That could imply that the ProPhoto RGB profile file (and others) are missing from your Windows subfolder for profiles... Check to see if this file exists on your computer:
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\ProPhoto.icm
This file is on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate system. Assuming it's not there on your system, the question then becomes "why not?" Have you uninstalled something after having installed Photoshop CS5?
Check also for the file here; I found another one there on my system.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Color\Profiles\Recommended\ProPhoto.icm
-Noel

Placed images in Illy CS5

When I place images in Illustrator CS5,
I usually do it with RGB jpegs or RGB Psd (photoshop images)
while my document in illustrator is in CMYK mode
Then When my file is ready to be send for print
I save AS PDF (option Press Quality is Checked)
My question is the following:
Do I need to convert the placed photoshop images
into CMYK and/or any other particular format (tiff or else)
AND THEN SAVE IT as PDF
Or when saved as PDF the program automatically does for me???
I used to be a FREEHAND user and with Freehand we had to convert the images in CMYK (tif)
and then REPLACE THEM with the new ones before sending the file to a print shop
So far In illustrator I haven,t been converting my images into CMYK
and had no problems with my printed jobs (leaving all placed files as are - RGB)
IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY ...ANY OTHER CLUES AS TO WHAT TO DO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
GYPAS

Thanks Monica
I think that color management issues are a thing I need to dig into a little more.
As I have mentioned so Far I Have not had ANY problems with the printed outcome
even if I left the placed images in RGB formats
The reason that suits me at least is that I save time this way (not having to convert the placed files in CMYK)
AND THEN REPLACE THEM.
Also I keep my Hard drive not so full since I dont keep CMYK files that take up more memory and space.
BUT THE QUESTION CONTINUES....
Is it better to EMBED the images upon placement. Does Illy treat them any different???
Thanks again for your valuable input
Keep up the good work
A.

How to create 2-color Pantone image from jpeg logo

Working in CS3 under XP, I need to convert a jpeg rvb image of a logo into a 2-color pantone image to import it into an Illustrator file. I can isolate the logo's two distinct colors using the select wand and then tried filling the selections with the closest Pantone colors, but the rvb layers still seem to exist. I have saved in .eps DCS2, but the imported colors when sampled in Illustrator are still rvb/cmyk. Is there a way to isolate the shapes/colors and then transfer them as vector images into Illustrator, where I could fill them with the Pantone colors? Or a simpler way not necessarily using Photoshop? Thanks very much!

Is this a vector image or pixels? EPS can be both.
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