P: PDF import show edge artifacts on tiled PDF images (bug in PDF creation)

Fact is, placing a PDF file as smart object works in CS5.
In CS6 it is not usable because of these fine lines.
So much updates and no fix yet...

Pierre, I'm happy CS6 user and never be a Creative Cloud customer. I understand what you talking about in CS2 (I use CS5 too). It's beyond question that BUG is BUG and we must fight for solution.

If anyone from Adobe had said, that they're working on that issue and that it will be fixed on the next major update in Creative Cloud, everything would be fine. As long as that isn't (I suppose that they still didn't understand what the problem is), we have to expect that the coming updates will have the bug furthermore. Waiting is no solution, many users have to deal with flattened PDFs and need a practicable workaround now.

There is no irony in this, it's the unfortunate reality! The discussion in this thread does not seem to come to any conclusion. For Creative Cloud users, which have no possibility to downgrade to an earlier, reasonably modern version the solution with CS2 in a virtual machine is the only solution that works.

Gavin and Pierre, I paid for the CS6 version and I want this version to work properly. I understand your ironic attitude, however, the case is serious because for the whole one year nobody from Abode can't or does not want to solve this problem which we all have to struggle with.

Here a link to the CS2 downloads (in german, change the region to get it in your language): http://www.adobe.com/de/downloads/cs2...

Or run an extra machine with Windows XP (XP-mode in Windows 7 works as well) and install Photoshop CS2 on it (that version is downloadable for free at Adobe). This solution works well and due to the fact that the current version (for which we paid license fee) is buggy, there should be no issue about that the CS2-license is actually missing.

Well said Krzysztof, our requests for actual answers and progress on fixing the issue continue to fall on deaf ears, it seems easier to play the blame game. This leaves us limited time to keep chasing Adobe on the issue, as we all have to work for a living. I imagine all of us still have Photoshop CS5 installed on our machines just so we can continue to work.

Dear Chris,

I have read all the answers in the related topics and I assume that not only me but also thousands of the users are fed up with the enigmatic replies from the Adobe website.

You have written that the problem concerns the software which created the PDF file (InDesign, Illustrator), however, this software was created by Adobe. Or maybe I am wrong?

What is more, in the Internet you can find hundreds of pieces of advice and assurance that in the PDF files with flatten transparency thin lines shown in Acrobat simply do not exist in reality. It is Acrobat rendering bug. Suddenly, in Photoshop CS6 it appears that the lines do not exist? So does it mean that for many years we have worked and still work on the PDF files which are faulty created?

Additionally, Adobe have replied to me under the case in the technical support that the case described by me is a BUG and it will be fixed in the next update. Was the BUG fixed?

Instead of blaming the other teams and programmes it would be better if someone from Adobe have finally given a specific solution to this problem and answered the most important question: DO THE THIN LINES IN THE PDF FILES REALLY EXIST?

Today, after the year form the discovery of the BUG, the situation is that Adobe prefers to be concerned with “the new payment system (Creative Cloud)” and not to be concerned with the thousands of users who are not sure if their files will be printed correctly, for instance.

Finally, it does not matter in what resolution is the file opened. 300dpi, 600dpi or 1600dpi produces exactly the same lines. The previous version of Photoshop showed the lines too, but only in the files which were very complex and complicated . I presented the file which is the simplest you can imagine.

this is a well known problem - unfortunately the problem is in the software that created the PDF file, not the software rendering the PDF.
Basically the way the image is handled doesn't allow for correct rasterization at any resolution other than the original resolution or higher.

And the problem can show up in CS5 and earlier versions - it is just harder to see, and happens at different resolutions due to the improved rendering quality in CS6.