Cannot Open PDF in Photoshop

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Michael_Tulipan
Aug 20, 2008
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I have a PDF file that I cannot open in Photoshop (it works in the PDF viewer).

The message is: "could not open x.pdf because it is not a Photoshop PDF file"

I did try to open file type PDF generic but that did not work either. My first attempt was merely double-clicking on the file name.

I am on Windows XP and using Photoshop 7.0

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Phosphor
Aug 20, 2008
Create a new large document and try File—>Place… and choose your PDF.

You will be shown a dialogue box where you can choose which page to place. If your PDF document has more than 1 page, you’ll have to place them one page at a time.
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Michael_Tulipan
Aug 20, 2008
Unfortunately, that does not work either. It gives a Generic PDF Parser error – There was an error processing this document.
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jcates
Aug 20, 2008
You say it will open in a PDF viewer… Acrobat Reader?
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Michael_Tulipan
Aug 20, 2008
Yes it opens in Acrobat Reader, no problem. Just a single photograph in the pdf.
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jcates
Aug 20, 2008
What version is the PDF?
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Michael_Tulipan
Aug 20, 2008
Thanks, I copied it and pasted it.

Duh. No idea why I didn’t think of that. You’re the best!
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Buko
Aug 20, 2008
That’s why jcates gets the big bucks.
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jcates
Aug 20, 2008
Yep. Rollin in dough here.

Glad that worked for you, Michael. Reason I asked is because some people put security settings on their PDF’s to prevent copying of images or text. I’m one of them (most of the time).

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