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theodorp87077972
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December 21, 2017
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convert Layered PDF into Layered PSD

  • December 21, 2017
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Hello everyone,

This is probably question for an expert .

What is the best way how to achieve this result. I am researching this for a quite a while now.

The picture represents what i want to achieve but simply cannot.

Only way I can achive it is, manually by disabling the visibility of all layers but one and export as png. And like this I export all layers, than batch import them into Photoshop.

I hope there any preflight option that will allow me to export layers as separate pdfs ?

Here is my layered pdf from autocad.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jyz9dpw8mze4vo8/file.pdf?dl=0

And I want to be able to open layered pdf from autocad as a layered psd in Photoshop.

regards,

TP

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    Correct answer Mylenium

    Mostly - no. PDF layers have an entirely different meaning than PSD layers and when originating from a CAD program there may be additional complications due to CAD "layers" being yet another concept. You could script the layer separatrion in Acrobat, though. Should not be more than a few lines of code.

    Mylenium

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    Ivan Kuckir
    Ivan Kuckir
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    January 4, 2021

    You can use www.Photopea.com to convert any PDF file into a PSD file. The content of a PDF has an entirely different structure than a PSD, but Photopea does quite a good job in "restructuring" the content of a PDF. The text is turned into editable text layers, vector shapes (with gradient fills, dashed strokes, etc.) are turned into PSD shape layers, etc.

    Here is your PDF in Photopea: 

      Mylenium
      MyleniumCorrect answer
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      December 22, 2017

      Mostly - no. PDF layers have an entirely different meaning than PSD layers and when originating from a CAD program there may be additional complications due to CAD "layers" being yet another concept. You could script the layer separatrion in Acrobat, though. Should not be more than a few lines of code.

      Mylenium

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        theodorp87077972Author
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        December 22, 2017

        any idea how the few lines of code look like or where to look for them ?

        On the internet I found things like these:

        https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/create_use_layers

        Action or JavaScript to save visible layers as individual PDFs (JavaScript)

        Is it possible to Frankenstein code I need from those ? Or do i need to hire somebody to write the code for me ?

        TP

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