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sergec112
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November 30, 2018
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How to keep color pictures when I import a pdf created with Word?

  • November 30, 2018
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Hi,

II am going around in circles as to how to import a pdf from Word into Photoshop cc and not have it turned into a BW document?

Thanks

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    sergec112Author
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2018

    Hi,

    Yes it sounds a little strange but  thought it would be a way for me to work on a range of photos to edit them with photoshops (cropping them, image sizing the same for all of them, etc).

    In fact it was not the right way as I ended up submitting as many pdf as they are images and then edit them with photoshop.

    Thanks for your help.

    Serge

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 2, 2018

    Converting a pdf that contains image/s can be detrimental to image quality.

    It would seem more prudent to open the images themselves instead of converting the pages.

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    sergec112Author
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2018

    Yes thank you.

    I should ahve added that image quality is not a concern here as those images are simply going to be in a word document where the images are there only for documentation.

    Thanks anyhow for your help.

    Serge

      jane-e
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      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 30, 2018

      Alternatively, in Acrobat,

      • Choose File > Export To > Image > Tiff

      • Or select and image, right-click and choose > Save Image As > Tiff

      Then open the tiff in Photoshop.

      Myra Ferguson
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      Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 30, 2018

      In Photoshop, when you import your PDF, set the color mode to RGB or CMYK (depending on whichever is appropriate for your project).

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      sergec112Author
      Inspiring
      November 30, 2018

      Oh thanks.

      I had not seen the choice of grayscale, etc..

      Then it is obvious of course!

      Thanks but perhaps Adobe could make i a little more apparent so one sees it's there.

      Best

      Serge

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      December 2, 2018

      Why do you convert the pdfs to pixel images at all?

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 30, 2018

      Can you provide such a pdf?

      How exactly (and why) do you convert the pdf/s?

      Please post screenshots.

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      Anonymous
      November 30, 2018

      c.pfaffenbichler  wrote

      How exactly (and why) do you convert the pdf/s?

      I think the OP created the PDF from a word document, at least that's what I got from the title

        c.pfaffenbichler
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        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 30, 2018

        But which »Import PDF«-settings did they use when importing them in Photoshop or if they were placed in an existing image what are its Color Mode and bit depth?

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