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Need help with saving a psd to a pdf

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
April 4, 2025
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Hi,

Hoping someone can explain if this is correct or I have a glitch?

I am saving a photo, a psd file 2 ways. As a JPG and then separately as a PDF.

As a JPG, it reads 18x12, 5454x3636 pixels. Resolution: 303 ppi. as a JPG

As a PDF it reads 4.3"x2.9", 1296x864 pixels, resolution: 303 ppi.

Should they print the same sharpness and quality? I do not downsample and compression is unchecked. Yet when I view them and print them, the quality/sharpenss is poor on the pdf.

Is my saving as a pdf still reducing the size?

I have tried all versions of settings in the pdf save sections. The high quality, the latest adobe acrobat setting, all work the same.

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c.pfaffenbichler

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Please provide a pair of files (jpg and pdf).

ShellettephotogAuthor

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c.pfaffenbichler

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A was talking about the files, not screenshots.

gener7

Community Expert

If your PSD is layered, save a copy and flatten the file so that you have no layers and see if the results are better when you save it as a Photoshop PDF.

ShellettephotogAuthor

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They are flattened before saving as something else.

JR Boulay

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If the image is always flattened before export, there is no advantage or gain in using PDF instead of JPEG.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

JR Boulay

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Did you "Print to PDF" or "Save as Photoshop-PDF"?

You should use the latter, with JPEG compression: max, and no downsampling.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

ShellettephotogAuthor

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I saved AS. I might have found the problem. A friend mentioned an issue in settings. I tried that and it didn't reduce it.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Aleke

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Hi @Shellettephotog! How's the quality of your PDF looking? Could you share some examples or maybe a comparison between the JPG and the PDF?

I know you might have tried this already, but just to double-check, when saving the PDF, make sure to select the High Quality Print preset and set the compression settings to none.

Thanks a bunch!

Alek

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ShellettephotogAuthor

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Hi,

Thank you. The quality of the print was awful. I had high quality print and no downsampling along with no compression. A friend mentioned a setting change which allowed me to see the dimensions of the pdf and go from there. It seems to be working now. ... so far.

Have a great weekend.

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