Maximum jpg quality in my pdf portfolio

would love to get any input from another photographer (or anyone else). About specific tips for maximum jpg quality in my 20 page pdf portfolio. What file pixel dimensions do you use? What quality levels in photoshop "save fer web" before importing into illusrator for type and conversion to pdf. Or do you do it all in photoshop. Color spaces? Noise reduction? file format before import into illustrator.
All these and anything else you care to pass on. Failing that, any recommendations on where to find a tutorial that addresses same?

The portfolio is strictly for e-mailing. Sometimes in response to a request and often unsolicited. I do not have a gallery site or an ftp capability. As an email attachment, size is important, hence the "save for web" process.
The current versions are 1.5 and 6 megabytes. Obviously the 6 meg version is sharper, the color truer. But 6 megs is a bit much attached to an email...
Any insight you may have would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your response.

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How do you get maximum jpg quality/smallest size for photographers

I would love to get any input from another photographer (or
anyone else). About specific tips for maximum jpg quality in my 20
page pdf portfolio. What file pixel dimensions do you use? What
quality levels in photoshop "save fer web" before importing into
illusrator for type and coversion to pdf. Or do you do it all in
photoshop. Color spaces? Noise reduction? file format before import
into illustrator.
All these and anything else you care to pass on. Failing
that, any recommendations on where to find a tutorial that
addresses same?
Perhaps this would be a great topic for and article at
acrobat.com.

David is right, this is really a topic for the other forums.
However, I can offer some basic advice from my experience as a
photographer, blogger and person who uses Acrobat.com and other
sites to post photos.
The first important point is that the monitor resolution is
typically 72 dpi. If you are saving to show as a JPG in a web page,
for example (not embedded in a PDF), setting the dpi larger than
this is problematic - the image will just appear larger. If you are
embedding in a PDF for printing, the image should match the dpi of
the document - usually 300 dpi, although it varies, else the
program (Acrobat, for example) will have to scale the photo in a
way you can't necessarily control.
When I am exporting files from Photoshop (or, more
frequently, Lightroom), I usually set the resolution to 72 dpi and
then use 100x the size of the print. For example, a photo with an
aspect ratio of 4x5 will be 400x500 pixels. I've found that this
creates an image (some panoramics excepted) that tends to 'fit' in
most monitors and is large enough to contain good detail.
Color space: Adobe1998. I believe that PDF will attempt to
either render the image in its current color space, or translate
it, but Adobe1998 is pretty ubiquitous and has worked for me
(unless you need CMYK or something else specific).
The larger issue is that the JPG compression is dependent on
the nature of the photograph. Some photos are fine at 60%, some
halo miserably. So you'd have to do it manually for each to be
absolutely sure. However, most of the time I export at 60%
compression, 72dpi and I'm OK. But I am usually not producing a
saleable print or a portfolio piece that has to look perfect. I
just want it to look as good as possible on a computer screen while
still being able to automate. TIFF avoids all that, but there's no
compression and the image is huge, as you know.
Since you are producing a PDF, you could try a side-by-side
test. Do it once with TIFFs at 300 dpi and once with 80% JPGs. This
test will exercise whether the rescaled PDF (with 300dpi) renders
as well as a 72dpi PDF with JPGs on your screen.
The final advice I'd give is to examine how small a file you
really want. With Acrobat.com's Share application, giving people
access to a large PDF is no longer a problem - you don't have to
email it, which is where it typically gets blocked due to file
size. To be sure, 20 TIFFs taken with a decent camera (8MP+) is
going to create an unduly large file, but the same images as 80%
JPGs will probably get you what you need. If won't be a small PDF,
but it won't be 50MB either.
As you are also probably aware, many of the social networking
sites that have photo applications automatically rescale photos or
do other side-processing to ease the load. Clearly, that doesn't
work for a professional photographer.
Hope this helps, I'll subscribe to the topic if follow up is
needed. But as has been mentioned, the forums for the other
products are probably the place where you'll get more detailed
advice than I can provide.

PDF Portfolio - how to keep image quality?

Hello!
So today I decided to make a pdf portfolio using acrobate and I must say it's a pretty neat feature, really simple to use. I had no problem until I dicovered it downgraded the quality of all the jpg images I put in my portfolio (which doesn't happen when I just make a single pdf file from those same jpg-es).I'm guessing that happens for a reason, I mean to make the whole portfolio smaller in size for web publishing purposes, but in this particular case I keep my images in their original size no matter how big it all gets.
So I tried all the different settings and options but nothing helped. I even looked online for a solution, but no one even mentions this problem. I know it's probably some detail that just needs to be adjusted but I just cant find that one (or I'm being blind/stupid as usual).
So dear adobe community you are my last solution, please somebody help me figure this one out!
Dora

Geoff the kiwi wrote:
Agfaclack - no need to even mention PS for this, it is only confusing.
i don´t think so.
because i had the same "problem" when i started with LR.
i was confused because lightrooms crop tool worked different then photoshops and i thought i had changed some settings that made LR behave "strange".

JPG-Quality Articles vs. PDF-Quality Articles

What are the pros and cons of using one vs. the other? I know that PDF supports pinch and zoom. Is the file size significantly smaller? If so, why is JPG Quality still supported?

The portfolio is strictly for e-mailing. Sometimes in response to a request and often unsolicited. I do not have a gallery site or an ftp capability. As an email attachment, size is important, hence the "save for web" process.
The current versions are 1.5 and 6 megabytes. Obviously the 6 meg version is sharper, the color truer. But 6 megs is a bit much attached to an email...
Any insight you may have would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your response.

Can we extract the "Save" preference info (resolution, JPG quality, etc.) from an existing PDF file?

Hi,
Is it possible to obtain *ALL* the save preference data from a PDF file with Adobe Reader alone?
I'm referring to document resolution, but also what JPG quality and vector settings were used.
Thanks!

ridgeline50 wrote:
I saw a thread that suggested using the sever version of Adobe Acrobat because its OCR engine performs better.
There isn't a server version of Adobe Acrobat.

Filename in PDF portfolio?

Sorry for what I'm sure is an easy(lame) question.
I don't want to show the filename when creating a PDF portfolio and I've hunted for the answer without any luck.
How do I only show the image or show a custom text/ title but not the XXXXX.jpg filename?
thx!
> just to clarify.... when viewing a PDF portfolio of images I don't want to show the image filename below the image.

Hi,
I've been trying to hide the file name myself. It seems intuitive that, while in the Modify area of the PDF Portfolio, under "Specify File Details" that one would simply unclick "Name" under "Columns to Display".
But all that seems to do is hide it while I'm within the Modify section. I save and go back to view the pdfs and there are the file names.
Anyone out there know the answer? Even if it's just a link to more info, that would be great. I need to get this out but without the filenames. I've searched in Google but no good info.
BTW, the Description option is a nice touch and shows upon immediate hover. That's why I don't need to show a file name. Plus, you can write more in the description than is viable/sensible in a file name.
Thanks for your help.

Pdf portfolio source file name and date in file details

Is it possible to import the source file name and extension as well as the source file created date in the portfolio file details? Need to document source to portfolio in working with 3rd parties that will only have the original source. Need to document what was converted into pdf as not all files in a directory will successfully convert to pdf. Sometimes need to convert 100's of files. Manual entry is inefficient. the file names and modified dates are displayed on the Combine Files dialog. is there a way to capture the detail on that page?

I don't need the detail of when the pdf was added to the portfolio. I
need know which dwg or jpg or word file was converted and the original
created date of that file for control of information.
That is impossible; sorry. For some *very specific* types of conversion to PDF the pdfx:SourceModified XMP tag will be set to show the last-modification date of the source file (for example DOCX files converted using MS Word), but there will never be a human-readable record of the source filename or its creation date unless you have manually added them as document XMP properties after conversion (this is what the "Custom Properties" dialog is for). To embed source data automatically would raise no end of privacy and security problems for customers, who most certainly do NOT want their recipients seeing details of internal documents.
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How do you change the quality of imported PDFs?

I have been creating fillable forms in LiveCycle ES2, using my companies existing PDFs, importing them as fixed images, and adding form elements on top. When I have been looking back at what LiveCycle is producing in terms of quality, versus the PDFs I initially import in Acrobat, the quality is substantially worse in LiveCycle, and any PDFs that I import into and save from LiveCycle look to be a much lower quality. The images of our forms I am importing into Acrobat are 250dpi, 8.5x11. They look crisp and clean in Acrobat. When they are imported, the text looks more grainy when zoomed in, and the logos have jagged edges. I read that LiveCycle, by default, imports PDFs as a medium quality JPG. First, is there any way around this? I can't find an option anywhere to change the quality. If not, is there a workaround that would allow me to accomplish my goals?
I created a new, blank form in LiveCycle, added an image, and set it as the image of my PDF form. The quality is significantly better, however, the hierarchy is substantially different than when importing a fixed PDF, and I will lose my OCR recognized text from my original PDF.

Kyle,
Thanks for your response. To be clear, the way I am importing the PDF is by going to New in LiveCycle, and selecting Import a PDF document, and selecting Create and Interactive Form with Fixed Pages.
I cannot change the forms or pages, as they are created by our local Board. In otherwords, I have tryed used the flowable content, and upon import, not only are the fonts slightly different, but all the important artwork (trade-related) is gone, and is not in the exact positions it was in. The forms must meet the standards to which they were approved by the regional board, and there are state-mandated forms as well.
What surprises me is that you say this method of Fixed Content isn't used much any more. I would think that a lot of people would have PDF files they would wish to make into fillable, interactive forms without needing to reconstruct the entire document. Perhaps a company that has always done things on paper, and now wishes to use those exact same forms on the computer, with no deviations to looks so they can be printed and match up perfectly.
I thought about using Acrobat's internal form creation system. However, some of these forms have sophisticated options and the calculation scripts and systems within LiveCycle are very useful. Not to mention that it has a much larger scalability, should we chose to utilize it.
Any other suggestions? I am so confused why Adobe would force medium-quality import of a PDF, but be so incredibly flexible about every other option in their program.

PDF Portfolio with Index Doc (and links)?

Hello all.
I'm a newbie at Porfolios, and have version 9 on windows. I also have version 10 at work.
I want to take an excel spreadsheet (converted to pdf) and make it a main index in my portfolio; whereas when someone clicks on the index, it starts at a first page; allowing them to view the list of assets, and then click an asset name (link) which takes them to a sub file in a sub folder, or just a sub file. I don't think I ever go more than 2 link clicks to get to the bottom of the tree.
I was able to create the index, and links, and on both 9 and 10 (windows) it follows the links nicely.
The problem? There's no logical button or menu choice that I can find which takes me back to the main index after I've hit the bottom of the tree.
Thoughts?

I don't need the detail of when the pdf was added to the portfolio. I
need know which dwg or jpg or word file was converted and the original
created date of that file for control of information.
That is impossible; sorry. For some *very specific* types of conversion to PDF the pdfx:SourceModified XMP tag will be set to show the last-modification date of the source file (for example DOCX files converted using MS Word), but there will never be a human-readable record of the source filename or its creation date unless you have manually added them as document XMP properties after conversion (this is what the "Custom Properties" dialog is for). To embed source data automatically would raise no end of privacy and security problems for customers, who most certainly do NOT want their recipients seeing details of internal documents.
Without writing a plugin there's no access to the internal workflow of the Combine Files dialog, so you cannot use a script to read the names and dates of the files *before* conversion and store them automatically in the new PDF Portfolio's Fields array.

PDF Portfolio Function

Acrobat 9 PRO. Windows XP Home SP3.
I save a lot of archiving documents for genealogy utilization. Usually for a specific item, will have a word processing (e.g., docx), pdf, image (uncompressed tif) and possibly an audio (wav) set of files. Do not wish to use a lossy compression like jpeg for images since over time may wish to re-edit the file content and maintain its original quality (also may wish to save in 14 bit form). The PDF portfolio looks like an ideal function for keeping all the file types for the item together. I built a portfolio with a small docx document and a 4MB uncompressed, tif image file (census page). The entire pdf portfolio was 2MB. I then brought the portfolio into acrobat 9 and selected native viewing (Photoshop CS4). It shows the file as TIF and 4MB in size. How did the entire portfolio file be "compressed" into 2MB and yet maintain the original uncompressed TIF file with no quality loss? The generate PDF preference was set in acrobat to the default; jpeg medium quality.

Has nobody every wanted this function? It seems to me the key function of PDF portfolio's and it is blatantly missing in the online version. Whats up?!

Specifying PDF type for a PDF portfolio

Hi,
Hope you're well.
I am going to be creating a PDF porfolio made-up of Illustrator files. This PDF will ultimately be sent to a printer.
However, I am used to using InDesign, where when you export to PDF it asks you what kind ie "High Quality Print," "PDFx-3," etc.
Can you change this sort of thing with a PDF portfolio?
If so, how?
Thanks very much in advance for your help!

For each of the files in Illustrator, choose File > Save As. You'll have the same PDF presets as you do in InDesign. Once you've saved them all, use Adobe Acrobat to assemble the PDFs into the PDF Portfolio.

Re-ordering pages in Adobe Acrobat PDF Portfolios

Hi,
Sorry for not posting this in the Acrobat forum but that forum seems to be a much less attended one and I end up having to wait much longer for an answer. I figured people with expertise in InDesign probably have some with Acrobat as well.
I have created a PDF portfolio using Acrobat XI and added multiples files (PDFs andj jpgs) into it. I brought them in by selecting the files from their original source folders on my computer. As you might imagine, the files do not then appear in a particular order I want them to be in because the files were not named in order originally and didn't think that was necessary...because I thought you could renumber them in Acrobat.
I have tried renaming/renumbering the files in the both the "Name" and "Description Name" column within the "Details" view, which has worked a couple of times but mostly does not. I've also tried dragging the different pages in front or in back of others, a method I have read about online. It looks like it's going to work (I get that white vertical bar with a small horizontal bar at the top and bottom showing it's moving places) but then the page does not stay where I've put it.
Can someone please explain how to do this?
Thanks!

You may have found a slow Acrobat forum, but this one has high traffic and is the best place to ask. I've moved this to that forum.

Identifying PDF portfolios and OCRed PDFs

Hi
We have an application with about 10'000 PDF file attachments.
Many of those were run through OCR.. Stupidly the users weren't instructed well enough prior doing so. It now occurs that most of those OCR texts have bad quality.
Another issue is: our application can do fulltext search on the PDFs, many of the files are PDF portfolios which the fulltext enginen cannot "read" (technically, I have been told by the fulltext search engine programmer, PDF portfolios are NOT PDFs ;-) stupid but I can't change that)
What I now require is help on how to:
identify PDFs with images which have been run through OCR, so that we can rerun OCR through those PDFs
identify PDFs which are atually PDF portfolios, so that we can (maybe automatically, maybe manually) convert them to normal PDFs
I don't expect any prebuilt solution...
we would even pay someone to help us out here. The data within those PDFs is crucial for our whole enterprise.
I tried already some of the javascript apis... but no luck... maybe there are other tools which can help us here?
I am thankful for any pointers and help in this topic
Michael

Testing for whether OCR has been performed may be tough. Preflight can report on hidden text objects, but this probably wouldn't be useful to you.
You can test to see if a document is a portfolio using the collection property of a document (and/or test to see if there are any file attachments). This can be done using JavaScript in a batch sequence.

Initial View using PDF Portfolio HELP

Using the new PDF Portfolio Feature. I went to file>portfolio properties and select initial view tab. I changed magnification level to "Actual Size", however when i open the pdf, the initial view is not 100%. Can anyone help me?

I'm not sure what it means to set the Initial View of a Portfolio to a given size. If I try setting the Initial View for either a Portfolio or a single PDF to 'Actual Size', when I come back to check the setting it always says '100%'.
A PDF Portfolio will open up to a navigator that shows you various attached files. I'm not sure what Actual size means in terms of a Portfolio, but all of the attached files are represented inside the Portfolio on Cards. Depending on the current navigator your cards, and the files represented on them, may be various sizes, unless you are using the Freeform or Grid navigators which can have one of 3 different card sizes: Large, Medium or Small. With the other 3 navigators, Click-Through, Linear or Wave, the card will adjust to a predetermined maximum size depending on the size of the Acrobat Viewer window.
Now, if it is a PDF that is inside a Portfolio, then when you click on it, it should open that PDF in the Navigator View at Actual Size if that is what you set for the PDF (not the parent Portfolio). I made a Portfolio with 2 versions of the same PNG file converted to a PDF. One of them I set the Initial View to Actual Size, and the other one I set to 100%. Both of these open and view identically inside the Portfolio, as well as when I open them into Acrobat from within the Portfolio.

Change the quality of imported PDFs

I have been creating fillable forms in LiveCycle ES2, using my companies existing PDFs, importing them as fixed images, and adding form elements on top. When I have been looking back at what LiveCycle is producing in terms of quality, versus the PDFs I initially import in Acrobat, the quality is substantially worse in LiveCycle, and any PDFs that I import into and save from LiveCycle look to be a much lower quality. The images of our forms I am importing into Acrobat are 250dpi, 8.5x11. They look crisp and clean in Acrobat. When they are imported, the text looks more grainy when zoomed in, and the logos have jagged edges. I read that LiveCycle, by default, imports PDFs as a medium quality JPG. First, is there any way around this? I can't find an option anywhere to change the quality. If not, is there a workaround that would allow me to accomplish my goals?
I created a new, blank form in LiveCycle, added an image, and set it as the image of my PDF form. The quality is significantly better, however, the hierarchy is substantially different than when importing a fixed PDF, and I will lose my OCR recognized text from my original PDF.

Kyle,
Thanks for your response. To be clear, the way I am importing the PDF is by going to New in LiveCycle, and selecting Import a PDF document, and selecting Create and Interactive Form with Fixed Pages.
I cannot change the forms or pages, as they are created by our local Board. In otherwords, I have tryed used the flowable content, and upon import, not only are the fonts slightly different, but all the important artwork (trade-related) is gone, and is not in the exact positions it was in. The forms must meet the standards to which they were approved by the regional board, and there are state-mandated forms as well.
What surprises me is that you say this method of Fixed Content isn't used much any more. I would think that a lot of people would have PDF files they would wish to make into fillable, interactive forms without needing to reconstruct the entire document. Perhaps a company that has always done things on paper, and now wishes to use those exact same forms on the computer, with no deviations to looks so they can be printed and match up perfectly.
I thought about using Acrobat's internal form creation system. However, some of these forms have sophisticated options and the calculation scripts and systems within LiveCycle are very useful. Not to mention that it has a much larger scalability, should we chose to utilize it.
Any other suggestions? I am so confused why Adobe would force medium-quality import of a PDF, but be so incredibly flexible about every other option in their program.

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