Save PDF with layers

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Thomas_Madsen
Jul 20, 2004
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Hi,

Shouldn’t Photoshop CS be able so save as PDF with layers so that Acrobat 6 can see them or have I misunderstood something?

I know that InDesign CS and Illustrator CS can but no matter what I do, I can’t make it work from Photoshop CS.


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Madsen

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BobLevine
Jul 20, 2004
Are you referring to actual PDF layers corresponding to the PS layers?

Bob
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Thomas_Madsen
Jul 20, 2004
Bob wrote:

Are you referring to actual PDF layers corresponding to the PS layers?

Yes.


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Madsen
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Mike_Ornellas
Jul 20, 2004
Just to clarify things:

When saving layered data in a Photoshop PDF, the layers get merged in Illustrator when the image is placed into a document.

If you actually open the PS PDF in Illy, you’ll be able to edit each object, but it won’t be in layers.

You have to select the layers check box in Photoshop while saving the PS PDF.
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BobLevine
Jul 20, 2004
Then no. It doesn’t work that way. It uses layers like Illustrator and InDesign. Photoshop’s layers work differently.

Bob
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Thomas_Madsen
Jul 20, 2004
Then no. It doesn’t work that way. It uses layers like
Illustrator and InDesign. Photoshop’s layers work differently.

Too bad but thanks for the clarification.


Regards
Madsen
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Thomas_Madsen
Jul 20, 2004
When saving layered data in a Photoshop PDF, the layers get merged in Illustrator when the image is placed into a
document.

Yes and in InDesign CS too.

If you actually open the PS PDF in Illy, you’ll be able to edit each object, but it won’t be in layers.

Nope but I wasn’t talking about PS PDF’s in Illy. I was talking about saving a PDF from Photoshop with layers so that Acrobat 6 can recognize them.

You have to select the layers check box in Photoshop while saving the PS PDF.

That check box only assures that the layers are available when the Photoshop PDF is re-opened in Photoshop. If the check box isn’t selected, Photoshop will flatten the layers when saving.


Regards
Madsen

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