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Removing placed images from a PDF?

Engagé ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

I just found out that a local online newspaper used an image I created in one of their ads–without permission. The only way they could have obtained the image is from a downloadable PDF of the ad. The ad was originally created in InDesign with placed Photoshop and Illustrator images.

Quite frankly, I'm not too concerned about them stealing the image, but what perplexes me is how were they able to remove the placed Illustrator images that were on top of the Photoshop image with just a PDF? Also is there something I need to be doing to my PDFs to prevent others from reusing my work?

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

Extracting images from a PDF file is very easy. There's even a built-in command in Acrobat that allows you to do it, and of course, one can always take a screenshot of the page and extract the image like that. You could apply a security policy to the file to prevent content extraction, but it's also very easy to get around it, as many PDF applications ignore it (unfortunately).

Basically, there's no technical solution to prevent it. The only real solution is to include a copyright notice and then sue anyone who uses your work without your permission.

Voir la solution dans l'envoi d'origine

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

Extracting images from a PDF file is very easy. There's even a built-in command in Acrobat that allows you to do it, and of course, one can always take a screenshot of the page and extract the image like that. You could apply a security policy to the file to prevent content extraction, but it's also very easy to get around it, as many PDF applications ignore it (unfortunately).

Basically, there's no technical solution to prevent it. The only real solution is to include a copyright notice and then sue anyone who uses your work without your permission.

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Engagé ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

Thanks for the info. Out of curiosity, what is the built-in command? I'm really curious to see how this is done.

Would flattening the images before a PDF is created make extracting individual images more difficult?

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

It's called "Extract all images". The exact location depends on your version of Acrobat. If you have DC try searching for it.

In XI or X it's under Tools - Document Processing.

Depends on what kind of flattening you mean... You can merge everything into a single image, I guess, so it won't be possible to extract each image individually. That will only make it (slightly) more difficult to do, not impossible.

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Engagé ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017
LA PLUS RÉCENTE

Wow! I had no idea this was possible. Thanks for cluing me in.

FWIW, in Acrobat DC you simply select View > Tools > Export PDF > Open, and select what you want to extract.

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