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I'm making a brochure sized 8.625" x 11.125" (the extra .125" is bleed) at 300 dpi. The PSD file is 10.3MB (just looking at one side, since the problem's with both), but when I try to save it as a PDF, it gives me an error saying that the resulting file is more than 2GB!
Also, if I save it as a JPEG (figured I might try to convert to PDF from that), the image dimensions jump to 35.417" x 45.833" (not including bleed). Shrinking the dimensions leaves me with a low resolution though.
I'm not a PS pro, but I'd like to know if shrinking it, then just increasing it to 300dpi would cause problems. Alternatively, what else could solve the problem?
Thanks in advance

magicTruncheon wrote:
I'm making a brochure sized 8.625" x 11.125" (the extra .125" is bleed) at 300 dpi. The PSD file is 10.3MB (just looking at one side, since the problem's with both), but when I try to save it as a PDF, it gives me an error saying that the resulting file is more than 2GB!
I just finished converting a PSD to Photoshop PDF in
Photoshop CS4.
First thing to do with the PSD is to see what the Document Size (Print size) is showing up as.
From the Image menu > Image size dialog.
The size is given in inches,and the resolution in dpi. It should be 8.625" x 11.125" at 300 ppi
If not,uncheck "Resample image" so you can adjust the printed size only.
After doing this, go to the File menu, choose Save As... and Photoshop PDF as the format.
when the PDF dialog comes up,choose "High Quality Print" or "Press Quality" Preset from the topmost drop down menu in the dialog.
The converted PDF should open in Photoshop and be the same Print Size as the PSD file.
This should work unless there is something going on I'm not aware of.

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