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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
November 23, 2012
So you're gonna go to to Corel Draw and tell them to change theire PDF algorithm because Photoshop CS6 can't open it properly? Have fun ...
Inspiring
November 23, 2012
The artifacts could also show in CS5 and earlier, just not as often.

This is something we need to get fixed at the source of the bad PDF files.

Photoshop itself is not broken. This is a problem with the files and the way they were created.
Participating Frequently
November 22, 2012
Then its the easiest fix to implement: Give me the option to choose which rasterizer is used on import. A simple drop down where you can select CS6 or CS3. Then everyone is happy. Just put it in the next update cycle and ill be happy.

Because right now its not better or faster or anything of that but simply broken! It is currently impossible to rasterize PDFs correctly.
Inspiring
November 22, 2012
And I'll have to repeat myself: yes, it is dependent on the way the PDF is written. Older versions of Photoshop used a different rasterization scheme that minimized the artifacts, but gave much worse quality and ran slower.

The problem is that the PDF has images tiled in a way that they cannot be rasterized correctly except at resolutions higher than the original image resolution.

This is not a bug in Photoshop CS6, just a change in the antialiasing code that makes the problem in the PDF much more apparent.
Participating Frequently
November 22, 2012
Even if I start to repeat myself: Its not depended on the way InDesign writes PDFs. The same PDF made in CS 6 rasterizes correctly in CS 3, a PDF created by Indesign CS 3 rasterizes wrong in Photoshop CS 6.

All Programs that write PDF-X3 compatible PDFs show this error in CS6, but not in CS3
Inspiring
November 21, 2012
We still haven't gotten answers from the InDesign/PDF teams about why they're writing PDFs this way (that cannot be rasterized correctly except at high resolution).
Participating Frequently
November 21, 2012
6 months and still no fix, not even a notice about something being done ...
Inspiring
September 27, 2012
this is very frustrating. how far away is the fix for this?
luckily I hadn't deleted CS5 just yet!
hmmm, not real happy Adobe!
Inspiring
September 25, 2012
I don't know when it will be addressed. But we understand that it is a problem, and are trying to get the responsible teams to make a fix.
Inspiring
September 25, 2012
Ok Chris I understand the problem but this is a big issue for us.
Do you think you'll fix it shortly or not? I'm a printer and we upgrade to the CS6 but this is very annoying for us, we can see it after printing.