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

It actually is a Photoshop-Problem and nothing else. If Photoshop is not able to open PDF-Files correctly that could be opened correctly in everything that came before CS 6 then it is a bug, its even a textbook definition of what a bug is. A feature that worked before is now not working anymore.

We the paying customers are being ignored and when we receive an answer it is "thats not our probem - someone else is responsible"! Go over to the Indesign Forums, they are telling you its a Photoshop-Problem.

@ Chris / Jeanne,

it would be nice to get an update from you!
As you see: there are quite many customers punished by this problem.
So, in the name of all my fellows in misery: what's the actual status?
I know: it's not a Photoshop issue. So please, transfer this thread to the proper team (Indesign / Illustrator / Acrobat).

Regards,

Markus Wolf

Same Problem! I consider to downgrade to CS5 until the bug is fixed. Correct PDF rendering in Photoshop is a very important function. When the PDF is made by yourself it is not a problem at all, because you can save it in an unflattened version and then the rendering works fine. But when you are working with a lot of external data which is only available in a flattened version, it is really a big issue. Also because there is no real alternative: The renderers in Acrobat or Illustrator still don't have the quality the one in Photoshop has, respectively had. It is not okay, that state-of-the-art software has such bugs and the paying community has to wait 9 months without any solution.

Photoshop CS6 renders PDF Files different from Photoshop CS5 – result is not as expected. If you choose "glätten" (en: smooth/flatten) on import dialog fine lines are rendered in pixel and vector graphics. Is there a solution or a bugfix available?

Kind Regards

Jan

See if you can export without transparency flattening (move from PDF 1.3 to 1.4). I'm not sure where you are exporting your drawings from, so that's the only advice I can give.

I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this problem...I'm an Architect creating large PDFs and I see this when we import them into Illustrator CS6. It is becoming quite an issue for us. Any efforts to fix this would be *greatly* appreciated.

Hi Kate,

I'm with this thread a while and I must say, meanwhile I'm as desperate as you. As far as Chris Cox from Adobe Photoshop team explaned, the problem has to be solved from his colleagues from the Indesign team.

To Chris / Adobe:
As much as I understand, that you can't speak for another department - please: Chris - do something! We, your paying customers, want a sollution! Or at least some information on a regular basis - if necessary from the appropriate team.

Regards,

Markus Wolf

Hi Guys, I too have been tearing my hair out with this one...its making me double handle files to try and work around. Say for example i have to send a high res PDF ad to a publication normally Id use indesign, print to postscript and distill my files with the PDFX 4:1.3 settings to flatten transparency properly for certain RIPS. In many cases a plain press ready pdf file is not suitable and I need to flatten in this 1.3 setting.
Some end users of my file may prefer to flatten all their supplied files by converting them in photoshop before printing to save any issues. Im scared im going to send a PDF, that may pass photoshop on the otehr end and end up with these lines and marks, so im supplying a PDF and a flat JPEG in some cases to the publications. Silly, but safe! I have noticed if I export from indesign with the regular 'press' setting and open that PDF in photoshop its fine and smooth and no lines from the transparency....

BUT if I print to a Postscript file from indesign and distill that to pdf with the same 'press' setting, it will not work in photoshop and the lines are back. So the probem must surely be in indesigns flattener transparecy setting on print to postscript or in Distiller. So strange, Ive been playing with settings for HOURS to find the best solution. What a mess, I hope they fix this soon im on creative cloud CS6.

Keep up the good work Chris! :)

I'm just grateful that we are slowly moving away from PDF 1.3 so that transparency flattening can die a fiery death... 😉

Also from Quark Xpress 4.4 pdf files from there imported into photoshop cs6 also