print to .pdf

[mollykitti]

I have a Photoshop picture I have been working on at an exaggerated large size so I can see details.  Now I finished the pic and I need to a) print it to .pdf and b) shrink it to a more normal size.  No biggy, right?  I just print to .pdf setting my scale to 25%, right?  I tried that and it came out okay but tiny because silly me forgot for a second that on screen size 100% and print size 100% are not the same thing.  No big deal, I'll just print it again scaled to 60% instead, right?  Nothing happened.  Pdf file still has first size.  Okay, maybe I need to delete first print to .pdf, then reprint?  Nope, nothing.  When I try and search for it: "file not found".  So... how do I print it to .pdf?

(PS I have tried the workaround of adjusting image size, then saving as .pdf.  When I adjust the image size it gets REALLY blurry - don't know why.  But even if I go with it, when I try to open in Acrobat I get a "drawing error".  I'm not trying to solve the blurriness problem though, I'd rather print to .pdf)

[mollykitti]

No, I'm not resizing, but blur may not be the exact right term.  Have you ever tried to photocopy something that was already laminated?  Where the copier can't quite figure out that colors and the lines aren't crisp.  It's not bad though.  It'll work.

[mglush]

I'm glad it will work, but I just have one more thought. In the Preferences panel under Options there is a line that says "Snap Vector Tools and Transfors to pixel Grid. Is that turned on in your version of Photoshop?

Here is what it looks like in prefs:

Here is a sample of what that looks like (I googled that phrase) so you can see the difference. Below this image is a link to a tutorial about it on the Photoshop Training Channel, or you can look it up on Google and check out some of the other options that come up.

I am not sure that it will help you with this image. I think it has to be turned on before you start working. But this might be the answer to why things get that "photocopy" look. If the pen lines that sit above the image while you are working are not aligned to the pixel grid, then when you flatten the image they (not being aligned) would look softer.

I am glad to hear that you are able to move forward, but check this out for the future!

Michelle

Snap Vectors To The Pixel Grid - Photoshop Training Channel

https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/tips/snap-vector-tools-transforms-pixel-grid/

[mollykitti]

Interesting.  I'll definitely have to remember that, but that is turned on in my options already, so not the culprit this time, but that is definitely the effect I'm describing.  Awesome thing about Photoshop is there are SOOO many options you can change and control that will effect your image.  The bad thing about Photoshop is there are SOOO many options you have to change to effect your image.