Re: [DL] Adobe Acrobat Help [OT]

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

Just a couple of clarifications.

Nick Zachariasen wrote:

> > Can anyone help me with adobe acrobat?  I just got a
> > copy of it so that I could turn some PSDs of mine into
> > PDFs, but I can't figure out how to make them look
> > good.  Everytime I process one, it ends up blurry and
> > crappy?  Any advice, hints, or tricks?
>
> If you got a copy of full Acrobat, then you should be able to print things
> to Acrobat Distiller rather than having to open up a PSD file and save it as
> a PDF.  Just go to Print, and then select Acrobat Distiller

This will only get you better files if Distiller is set up properly.  check it
before you try it and make sure print settings are used and not web settings.

> (or, if you
> didn't install Distiller, use PDF Writer) as your printer.

DON'T EVER USE PDF WRITER, IT IS EVIL.  Nuf said.

> It should print
> out as a PDF file, and if you've got Distiller Assistant running and the
> option to prompt you for a location turned on, it should ask you where you
> want to save this PDF file.  Otherwise, it'll just go to Program
> Files/Adobe/Acrobat 4.0/PDF Output (assuming you have version 4.0).  Try
> that and see how it works.  That's how we try to do it with the school paper
> here.
>

My personal preference for PDFs is to print to a postscript file. and then run
that through distiller, (checking your settings first.)

>
> Nick Zachariasen

--Dirk