Error opening indexed PNG within PDF from Acrobat in Photoshop
I'm experiencing an issue when trying to edit pages from a PDF in Photoshop via Acrobat's "Edit Using" functionality. My PDF consists of a color cover and black and white interior pages saved as indexed PNG images.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat. This PDF contains a colored cover and subsequent pages saved as indexed PNG images (black and white).
- Navigate to one of the black and white interior pages (saved as an indexed PNG).
- Right-click on the desired page.
- Select "Edit Using" and then "Adobe Photoshop [Your Photoshop Version]".
Expected Result:
Photoshop should launch, and the selected page should open for editing.
Actual Result:
Photoshop launches, but an error message appears stating: "Could not open '[filename].pdf' because this is not a Photoshop PDF image file."
Additional Information:
- The cover page (which is in color and presumably not an indexed PNG) might open correctly in Photoshop using the same method (though I haven't specifically tested this in this bug report).
- The issue seems specific to pages within the PDF that are saved as indexed PNG images.
- My current versions are: Adobe Acrobat [2025.001.20474] and Adobe Photoshop [26.6.0.].
- I can open that page by dropping the PDF file into photoshop and select whtever page I want. there is no problem oppenning PDF within photoshop. but the problem occured between arobat and photoshop.
This workflow of editing PDF pages directly in Photoshop from Acrobat is crucial for my work, and this bug is significantly hindering my ability to make quick modifications to the black and white content. I hope this information is helpful in identifying and resolving this issue.
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