Exporting PDFs to EPS files without masks or invisible paths to release or deal with.

We send files to a CAD department which has issues with masks and paths which can't be seen in Acrobat, nor Illustrator unless in preview mode, and which cause problems when programming.
In other words, is there a function in distiller or acrobat or Illustrator which can provide a file using a plugin or flattener (preset) which gives me a vector file with just the black as seen on screen and no other vectors? Usually the PDF file is vector to begin with.
I've tried opening in Photoshop and get what I need but the file is sooooo big it is not very easy to manage.
We're Mac OS 10.6 based CS4 on the front end with very old cad software at the end. We have to save as AI/EPS 8.
TIA,
KC
[email protected]

Here is one way,
open the PDF in Illustrator, make a new layer, select the desired path(s) and move them to the new layer (drag the little box from the old layer to the new), delete the old layer(s). Save as .eps

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What determines how a PDF or EPS file is opened??????

Hi I was wondering if anyone can tell, what determines how a PDF or EPS is opened in Photoshop.
If I open a PDF in photoshop, the first thing that pops up is the settings for which you want it to open. i.e., color mode, resolution, you choose what you want and then open.
I always thought that how the file was created determines the initial settings in which photoshop displays in that little dialogue box. (for example, if I open an illustrator eps file that I created in photoshop, it always prompts the correct settings (300dpi, CMYK) I click open and it works great.
But when I open a PDF in photoshop it always displays the color mode as RGB, not cmyk. Which i find odd, because I know there is no RGB color space in the PDF.
Today something weird happend, I created an Ad in Indesign, every image I am certain was 300 dpi, and the rest are vectors. Exported it to PDF with high resolution settings, but when I opened it up in Photoshop, the settins dialogue box promted it as 72dpi, which again I find odd because I know each image is 300, the rest are vectors, and I know the PDF preset to which I exported it creates high res images.
Does anyone know what determines how a PDF or eps file is opened in Photoshop and why photoshop is rendering a PDF in which I am certain is hi res, to a low res?
Thanks for any help. Kevin

>Hi I was wondering if anyone can tell, what determines how a PDF or
>EPS is opened in Photoshop.
Nothing, really. EPS provides this info openly in its header, but it is not always right, so PS cannot even assume it would be correct to use that info. For PDF it's a different story. PDF is a container format that can contain any number of items in mixed resolutions and colorspaces, hence PS cannot assume anything. Likewise, you can have multiple pages, links, multimedia content, all of which may influence the result upon display or rasterization...
Mylenium

I just started a free trial of the Adobe XI product that allows me to create an editable PDF. I'm done creating the form and ready to export it. When I click Export PDF from the File menu, it says Adobe encountered an unexpected error. What am I doing wro

I just started a free trial of the Adobe XI product that allows me to create an editable PDF. I'm done creating the form and ready to export it. When I click Export PDF from the File menu, it says Adobe encountered an unexpected error. What am I doing wrong?

Good to know — there is no such application as "Adobe XI".
"Adobe" is the name of the company.
"XI" is indicative of the use of either Acrobat XI or Reader XI.
Neither Acrobat XI Pro (for which Adobe provides a free, fully functional 30-day trial) nor Adobe Reader XI (the free to download and use PDF viewer that Adobe provides) have an "Export PDF" entry under "File".
"Export PDF" only is present in Adobe Reader XI over on the right on the "Tools" panel.
The "Tools" panel provides a way for a user of Adobe Reader XI to connect to various By Subscription online services (gotta pay eh).
Export PDF is one of these. A subscription lets you send a PDF file to the online internet service (aka "cloud" service). The service then exports to a supported file format (Word / Excel / ...) and the user selects / directs where the output file is to be saved on the user's local machine.
Of course to use any of the online subscription services one must have an active (paid up in full) subscription to the service.
So ---- As described the puzzle pieces don't fit eh.
What specific Adobe (the company) applications are you using?
Acrobat XI Pro? Adobe Reader XI? Both?
Be well....

ALT text not appearing in PDF for EPS files

Hi,
I have a created a document in InDesign CS5.5 which has images and text. the document should be accessibility complaint.
The document has images which are in PSD, tiff, eps and PNG files. I have applied the Alt text for each images.
After I export the document as PDF, when I mouse over the images, the Alt text is appearing for all the image formats except EPS file format. But Acrobat reads the Alt text for the image.
I am wondering why the Acrobat is not showing the ALT text for EPS file formats when i mouse over the image.
Is anyone facing the same problem? should I do anything in the settings?
please help.
Regards
Ramji V K

The EPS image is not created in photoshop. the image is created in Illustrator.
Also, what do you mean by Single image? can you please explain a bit more about that?
Thanks.

Applescript: Packaging and exporting PDFs for multiple files -- need some tweaks

I found and tweaked a droplet script that isn't quite working right. I am hoping for some help with getting it to work the way I want. I tried and failed to learn to do this myself. Your help is greatly appreciated!
Here's an example: I drag two files called "filename.indd" and "filename2.indd" onto the droplet. The script I have right now will output the packages and PDFs into the following folder structure:
export folder
     filename folder
          filename.pdf
          filename folder
               filename.indd
               [Package contents]
     filename2 folder
          filename2.pdf
          filename2 folder
               filename2.indd
               [Package contents]
Here's the folder structure I need (using a dialog box or script that intelligently knows that the directory to save in is the same as the files I dragged on to the droplet would be amazing):
dialog box to choose new directory set to baseFolder
or
baseFolder <---- set to the current directory of the files I dragged onto the droplet
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               filename.pdf
     filename2 folder
          filename2.indd
          [Package contents]
          PDF folder             <--------new folder "PDF" created
               filename2.pdf
Here's a script I found and modified:
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on open mgItems
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                              try
open mgThisItem
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Thanks very much!

...anyone? :\

Opening PDF and PPT files without using BuddyApi

Hi, please excuse my newness.
I'm wanting to open pdf and ppt files through Director (I'm using 11.5) but I'm struggling with finding the right code to make it work. I saw that a lot of people are recommending Buddy Api. However I'm cheap and was hoping that there would be a way to open files without having to resort to using/paying for this xtra. Is there a reason why opening files in Director seems to be such a hassle?
Thanks in advance.

I'll also add that from my understanding, an unregistered version of Buddy API can be used in commercial applications.
Buddy API is a great Xtra and if you're going to be developing applications with Director, this Xtra will be a valuable purchase. Buddy Xtra is recommended a lot in the Director forums for a good reason.
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au

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You can re-save the jpeg as EPS from Photoshop,
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I'm working in Captivate 4 and have included a link to a PDF document on a particular screen. It works beautifully when I view the published file until I move the files into the LMS - at that point, the PDF won't launch.
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How can I save or export an .mp4 file that I opened and trimmed without being required to re-encode it. I'm looking for an option to either save the .mp4 file without exporting, or export with a passthrough option such as the one available when using QuickTime Pro. Thanks.

Hmm, I would have expected inclusion of the basic feature set of QuickTime Pro to be a prerequisite for any commercial audio editing program.
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InDesign CS5 exports PDFs where EPS elements have low resolution

I am rather new to InDesign CS5. I am currently working on a magazine, where I use graphics in TIFF and EPS. The exported PDF shows graphics in correct quality (300 dpi - TIFF) and graphics with poor resolution -> EPS. How is that even possible? The problem disappears when I use .AI, but it should work with EPS to, shouldn't it?
I figured that it might have something to do with the Transparency Flattener Presets, am I right? My presets are set to "low resolution" and it is not possible to set them to "hight resolution", as InDesign refuses to remember those settings.
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Well, I was just trying to figure out why it's happening and thought that it might have something to do with the transparency flattening.
My colleagues, who also work with InDesign (althought with older versions), always use EPS and they never have problems. But your advice is not to use EPS format, am I right?

Image Processor Pro and Picture Processor load eps files without rasterizing them

Hi. My name is Lucas. Im from Argentina, now living in Brazil. I have the problem that is in the title. Im new doing this stuff but reading a lot i discovered that both scripts open eps files and because they dont get reasterized, then saved files looks preety bad.
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#target photoshop
// Asks user for input folder
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var sfwOptions = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
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So, if you know some way modify image processor pro or picture processor i will be very pleased.
Because i will only use the script to manage eps files and save them as jpg (save for web) i dont need an special button to activate that option. Keep it simple. Thanx!!

You can tweak ImageProcessorPro.jsx by make the following edit.
Search for code that looks like this:
ImageProcessor.prototype.openDocument = function(file) {
var self = this;
var settings = self.settings;
var mode = DialogModes.NO;
var ext = file.strf("%e").toLowerCase();
var isRaw = ImageProcessor.CAMERA_RAW_FILES.contains(ext);
if (isRaw) {
and insert this code right after it:
if (ext == "eps") {
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    epsOpenOptions.resolution = 72;
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I haven't tested this at all but it looks good from here.

XmlDataProvider .... is gone completely in my Xaml file. Why? How many different ways to deal with xml data source through WPF

I followed a procedure described in a book.
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Source="\Inventory.xml"
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<DataTemplate x:Key="ProductTemplate">
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<TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=Description}"/>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding XPath=HotItem}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=Name}"/>
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</DataTemplate>
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ItemsSource="{Binding XPath=/Inventory/Product}"
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<Window x:Class="WpfXmlDataBinding.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ProductTemplate">
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<TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=Cost}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=Description}"/>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding XPath=HotItem}"/>
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ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource ProductTemplate}"
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All looks quite the same except the <XmlDataProvider ....> part under <Window.Resources>, which is gone completely in my Xaml file.
1, Why?
2, How many different ways to deal with xml data source through WPF?
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Never do yourself down Richard.
Leave that to other people.
It's quite common for smart developers to think they're not as good as they are.
I coach a fair bit and it's a surprisingly common feeling.
And to repeat.
Never use anything ends .. provider. They're for trivial demo apps. Transform xml into objects and use them. Write it back as xml. Preferably, use a database.
You want to read a little mvvm theory first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_ViewModel
Whatever you do, don't read Josh Smiths explanation. I used to recommend it but it confuses the heck out newbies. Leave that until later.
Laurent Bugnion did a great presentation at mix10. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be working on the MS site, but I have a copy. Download and watch:
http://1drv.ms/1IYxl3z
I'm writing an article at the moment which is aimed at beginners.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/30564.wpf-uneventful-mvvm.aspx
The sample is just a collection of techniques really.
I have a sample which involves no real data but is intended to illustrate some aspects of how viewmodels "do stuff" and how you use datatemplates to generate UI.
I can't remember if I recommended it previously to you:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/WPF-Dialler-simulator-d782db17
And I have working samples which are aimed at illustrating line of business architecture. This is an incomplete step by step series but I think more than enough to chew on once you've done the previous stuff.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/28209.wpf-entity-framework-mvvm-walk-through-1.aspx
The write up for step2 is work in progress.
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/WPF-Entity-Framework-MVVM-78cdc204
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Warning about an undocumented, automatic deletion of files by Numbers.
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Yes, WHAM - it deletes all files in that folder with no warning (and they are not sent to Trash, oh moan, on moan).
A scenario - MyData.numbers (with 2+ sheets) stored in a MyData folder on the Desktop. Open it, export as CSV to Desktop, it deletes everything in folder including itself and replaces them with Sheet 1-Table 1.csv, etc. There is no warning this will happen.
If there is only one sheet, it will create a MyData.csv on the Desktop and leave the folder alone. If you do it again with one sheet, it will warn you the file exists.
If you repeat it with a 2+ sheet document again, there is not warning, this time csv files in the folder will be replaced.
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There is nothing in the user guide to prepare me for this unhappy event.
You have been warned. Apple please fix this.

I must say that you are right on one point.
Even if I feel that this format is the worst ever invented, I exported many times Numbers documents in csv format. I never go the described behavior.
So, as I am honest, I created a folder with the same name than the stripped document's one.
When I asked the app to export it, the save dialog displayed the default name : azertyuiop.csv
As the folder was named azertyuiop, I was sure that there will not be any kind of problem.
I was wrong and you were right.
The result was not a folder azertyuiop.csv but the folder azertyuiop.
Of course, I decided to check that I wasn't fooled by my memory.
I made an other attempt with the name azertyuio.csv.
This time, there was no existing folder. I was sure that I will get the object azertyuio.csv
It's what my memory was repeating me.
Alas, the result was a folder named azertyuio.
So, I stop this message here and enter the Bug Reporter area.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 14 juin 2011 17:25:01
As my Internet connection is in maintenancecr, I was unable to post it at the date_time used in my signature.
So I had time available to preparer a bug report.
Here it is :
Bug ID# 9608202.
Summary:
Awfull behavior of Numbers
Steps to Reproduce:
Create a Numbers document with several tables.
Export it as csv.
The Export dialog offer a name, say azertyuiop.csv
Expected Results:
Several users and myself assumed that we will get an object named azertyuiop.csv containing one csv file for every existing table.
Actual Results:
in fact, what we get is a folder named azertyuiop (without the name extension displayed in the dialog)
Worse, if a folder already exist with this name, THERE IS NO WARNING ISSUED.
So, the entire content of the existing folder is destroyed.
It’s really the worst kind of bug which I may imagine.
Regression:
Triple check that there is no existing folder with the same name than the document to export.
Or no longer use the dedicated menu when we want to export as csv but trigger this AppleScript which will take care to build a unique name.
--{code}
tell application "Numbers"
          tell document 1
                    set dName to name
                    set dPath to path
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end tell
if dPath ends with ".numbers" then
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else
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end if
set csvPath to barePath & (do shell script "date +_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.csv")
tell application "Numbers"
save document dName in csvPath
Yes, it's foolish but if the document contain several tables,
the result will be the folder azertyuiop_20110614_174726.
Only the enclosed files will be named table 1.csv, table 2.csv…
end tell
--{code}
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 14 juin 2011 21:12:17
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.7
Please : Search for questions similar to your own before submitting them to the community
To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

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Hello Everyone,
We are using Crystal Reports JRC (in our server side application. In a typical use-case the generated report is exported into the pdf format and streamed to the client/browser.
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