Hi,
I've made a PDF document generated from InDesign. There is a base image on each page and an eps graphic which is intended to be a watermark over the image.
To check the security of the watermark I have opened the PDF in Illustrator and I find that I can easily separate the image graphic from the eps shape.
This compromises the security of my document and I can't seem to find any way in Illustrator or Acrobat to merge the eps with the bitmap graphic.
Can anyone suggest a simple and quick technique to fix this, failing that, a long route. I'd rather not have to do this in Photoshop to the initial image so that I can have the quick option of having the watermark or losing it when required.
I was hoping that there was a way of flattening the whole document when saving out as a PDF from InDesign, but I can't seem to find this either.
Flattening eps onto bitmap
2011-03-23 18:11:59
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Windows
2011-03-24 08:30:48
#2
Not what Charlie wants - he has page content objects from InDesign that he wants to rasterize, and the flattenPages() command only affects comments.
The ability to support layered vector and raster objects is central to how PDF files work - a page is not converted into a single bitmap image, so with Acrobat you will always be able to select and edit each object.
The ability to support layered vector and raster objects is central to how PDF files work - a page is not converted into a single bitmap image, so with Acrobat you will always be able to select and edit each object.
The "Flatten" feature is part of my free abracadabraTools
2011-03-24 21:48:31
#3
The only thing I can think of doing is opening each page one at a time and flattening it it Photoshop and re-saving each page out as a PDF file. The quality of the bitmap images on the PDF pages output by Photoshop, is pretty poor, so I'll have a go playing with the settings when opening the Acrobat PDF with Photoshop.
Thanks guys. It's still useful to know that there isn't a function for this in Acrobat so that I can stop chasing my tail.
Thanks guys. It's still useful to know that there isn't a function for this in Acrobat so that I can stop chasing my tail.
2011-03-26 06:57:43
#4
UVSAR
OK, thanks. I didn't understood that pages were watermarked in InDesign.
(And I saw in another topic that your "Selective Flattener" makes my Tools obsolete)
:-)))
Charlie
Try this : when exporting from InDesign choose "PDF 1.3 - Acrobat 4", this will force transparency flattening, then the EPS should be broken in many little pictures, as a puzzle.
Obviously, the EPS should use a transparency feature in the InDesign layout : Opacity = 99%, for example.
Otherwise you can export (File menu : Export : Image : TIFF) all pages as TIFF-200dpi, then combine resulting TIFFs in a new PDF using Acrobat, and then OCRise.
;-)
OK, thanks. I didn't understood that pages were watermarked in InDesign.
(And I saw in another topic that your "Selective Flattener" makes my Tools obsolete)
:-)))
Charlie
Try this : when exporting from InDesign choose "PDF 1.3 - Acrobat 4", this will force transparency flattening, then the EPS should be broken in many little pictures, as a puzzle.
Obviously, the EPS should use a transparency feature in the InDesign layout : Opacity = 99%, for example.
Otherwise you can export (File menu : Export : Image : TIFF) all pages as TIFF-200dpi, then combine resulting TIFFs in a new PDF using Acrobat, and then OCRise.
;-)
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