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How can I convert PDF layers to a multi-page PDF?

  • August 4, 2022
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My goal/use case is I'm trying to convert a series of layers from Sketchup Layout (that export to PDF layers) and drop the layers into photoshop so I can preserve the layers instead of getting a consolidated image, like if I just drag and drop the PDF into photoshop. I want to use the PDF layers to create layers in photoshop.

 

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Correct answer Karl Heinz Kremer

"Layers" in PDF are different than layers in Photoshop. When you look at the API documentation, layers in Acrobat are actually called optional content, and not layers. There is no z-position associated with a "layer" in PDF, some components may be in the foreground, some of them in the background, and that prevents you form converting this to a layer in Photoshop. 

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August 8, 2022

"Layers" in PDF are different than layers in Photoshop. When you look at the API documentation, layers in Acrobat are actually called optional content, and not layers. There is no z-position associated with a "layer" in PDF, some components may be in the foreground, some of them in the background, and that prevents you form converting this to a layer in Photoshop. 

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