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Touch up - image size!

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2008-02-22 05:23:37
Mr.P
Registered: Feb 22 2008
Posts: 4

I downloaded and installed an Adobe-update about one week ago and now I'm having one particular problem with Acrobat Professional.

I work wit a lot of scanned pages (600 dpi, bitmap) for print production. I use the Touch up object tool a lot. I mainly do one (or both) of two things:
1. I make the scanned images smaller so they fit on a smaller (pdf-)pages.
2. Crop! (when I only need a selection of the original image).

The problem shows up after the image has been resized or cropped (then saved & closed) in Photoshop. It is automatically resized (enlarged) to fit the original size in the PDF!!! The resolution gets lower and proportions are not constrained. Before my last update all cropped or resized images would appear in Acrobat exactly like they did when saved in Photoshop!
I use Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 (Windows). My colleague has not updated Acrobat since 7.0.5 and everything works fine for him.

I don't know if this is a bug or some setting that has been reset. I would really appreciate any help in this matter.

Here's how to reproduce my problem:
1. Touch up tool --> Edit image (scanned bitmap).
2. Crop page (Photoshop), Save & Close
3. Go back to your original PDF

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, Windows
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2008-03-02 14:38:38
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tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
When you use the Crop tool in Acrobat, it doesn't delete data outside the crop area. You can always retain the original image size even after cropping. The only way to permanently delete the cropped out portion is to save the file in a raster image format (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc.).

Personally, I would look at changing your workflow. I would recommend scanning in Photoshop, perform all the editing you need to do for sizing, sampling, cropping and the save to PDF. You could create an a few Actions in Photoshop for scaling/sizing and saving as PDF. I'm sure you'll find a more efficient and speedier workflow.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

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