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Inspiring
May 11, 2012

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

  • May 11, 2012
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When importing a PDF with images, Photoshop CS6 adds faint outlines to the PDF image segments in the file. Prior versions of Photoshop render the PDF correctly. See the attached image for an example.

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Participating Frequently
December 13, 2012
And the worst part for me as a customer is that you continue to refuse to accept it. Thats a slap in the face of customer who depend on this feature to work.
Participating Frequently
December 13, 2012
A last time before I start to scream: Its not a Problem with the PDF File. I can even replicate this error when using copy and paste between Photoshop and other CS6 applications. Turning of antialiasing is a stupid idea because fonts will not be displayed correctly. Its not dependent on the resolution youre rasterizing at. I can't find one single instance where somebody somewhere on the internet said something bad about the PDF Import of Photoshop CS5 and prior. But everyone is complaining about the new import.

What you offer Chris is not a workaround or even a fix. Photoshop CS6 import is broken and thats it.
Neomania
Known Participant
December 13, 2012
Chris, please read my comment completely. I don't only work with MY OWN PDF Files. And as you might know the printing companies (all I work with) require PDF/X files with flattened transparency. Therefor I have a lot archived PDF files in this format and it always worked in CS4. I NEVER had these lines before. And sometimes I need to rasterize some of the older PDF files AND CUSTOMER PDF files. Shall I tell them, I am a professional designer working with the latest Adobe Photoshop version, but I can't work with your Adobe PDF files? How come it is possible to PRINT these files correctly (and required), but they cannot be displayed correctly on screen in Adobe Acrobat *PRO* XI and cannot be opened correctly in Adobe Photoshop CS6?
As Nigel said: CS4 works / CS6 works not. And this issue is known for more than 7 month.
Participant
December 13, 2012
Chris, please define 'improved antialiasing'. If its causing all these problems then it doesn't sound like an improvement to me. The old version worked, the new one doesn't. Simple.
Inspiring
December 12, 2012
Please read the previous replies. Photoshop CS6 has improved antialiasing. The older antialiasing just rasterized at a higher resolution and downsampled - which showed the artifacts less often, but could still show them.
The problem is still there in those tiled image PDFs, even in older versions of Photoshop.
Neomania
Known Participant
December 12, 2012
Yes, you can turn of antialiasing - if you like pixelated fonts and vector elements. These *bad* PDF files worked ever since CS6. And we don't work only with our own PDF files. Why and how did you broke it up in CS6?
Inspiring
December 12, 2012
Please read the previous comments. The file would be fine if you turn of antialiasing, if you rasterize it at the original resolution of the images or higher, or if you saved the PDF without the tiled images.

This is not something we can easily fix in Photoshop. This really has to be fixed at the source of the bad PDF files.
Inspiring
December 12, 2012
The PDF import works -but you either need to disable antialiasing on import, or make sure that your PDF files are not saved with flattened transparency that writes tiled images and causes the artifacts.
Participant
December 12, 2012
Same issue here. The same PDF rasterised in PS CS5 (in all 4 resolutions I tried) is fine, in CS6 it isn't fine at any resolution.

Lots of people here saying the same thing, but you don't seem to be able to acknowledge that it's a problem with PS CS6. Not very encouraging.
Neomania
Known Participant
December 12, 2012
I tried it with PS CS4 with many different resolutions, but I never got these lines. In CS6 you can't use the pdf import. So I have to keep the CS4 just for this.
And imagine that I don't only want to open my own PDF files. It is an essential function for all graphic designers working with customer files.
Fix it please.
And it is a pity that these lines are visible on screen even in the newest Acrobat PRO XI.