No PDF import for Imageready?

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Eli_Conner
Jul 19, 2006
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I noticed this about a day after upgrading to CS2. I took a screen shot of a webpage though the finder (Mac os X 10.3.9) and as usual OS X saves it as a PDF. But now i can’t import it into ImageReady CS2 – I used to be able to open these up.

So I looked in the help section for ImageReady and it tells me this

" In Photoshop, you can also import PDF data using the Place command, the Paste command, and the drag-and-drop feature. The page or image is placed on a separate layer as a Smart Object.

Note: You can’t bring PDF data into ImageReady. "

What is this? How is this possibly a good idea? It worked fine in CS1! Why would you cripple the program like that? So now i have to open them in photoshop just to bring them over to imageready?

This is seriously making me think I have to downgrade back to CS1

[Forgive me if someone has already mentioned this – but i couldnt find anything about it via search]

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Buko
Jul 19, 2006
open with photoshop and click over to IR
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Eli_Conner
Jul 19, 2006
Yeah, that seems like the only alternative, but it is dissapointing to lose a feature for what seems to be no reason.
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Buko
Jul 19, 2006
When I use grab it saves as a tiff.

I’m not sure where the prefs are
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charles badland
Jul 19, 2006
Are you using the old Shift+Cmd+3 to get your screen shot? That is a format IR can’t open (file says PNG.., does IR have problems opening PNG files too??) Use Grab. Like Buko says, that will create a TIFF file.
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Carl_Stawicki
Jul 19, 2006
10.3 = PDF screenshots.
10.4 = PNG screenshots.

(defaults)

I don’t know if you can change the default file types in 10.3.
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Eli_Conner
Jul 19, 2006
Yeah i’m using Shift Cmd 4 actually to just grab a selection. I might well start using Grab, but its much easier to just use the finder shortcut.

But i also need to pull in pdfs generated from our print production dept. I know theres a work around – but i wish adobe would explain why they would take away the ability to import something that we used to be able to.

I just see no good reason for it. Strikes me as poor program design.

But thanks for suggesting Grab – i forgot that was even in my apps folder!
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Eli_Conner
Jul 19, 2006
Oh i so wish i could update to 10.4! I dont think our IT dept would allow it though – they want to keep all the machines on the same set up.

They are not big fans of non-conformity.

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