PDF to VegasPro8? Not a problem .. ?

Grazie wrote on 11/3/2007, 2:23 AM
A salutary experience I had yesterday.

OK, I need to place a client's award winning advert, in PDF, within the body of the project I'm working on.

Of course Vegas will not import PDFs straight off the bat. So, I think I'll PaintShopPro and import the PDF so I can then Save AS png/jpg whatever . . this almost works, but I'm getting invalid colour repro. Not good.

OK .. . how else? Scratches head . . .

OK . . Back in Adobe Acrobat, all I did was to use Adobe Acrobat and did a:

drag "highlight" > copy > save to clipboard > PASTE image into PsP

an "image.1" appears! Boom! Done! No import .. No strange colours .. no issues. Save as PNG and thence into VP8. Colours are correct and image is sharp.

My point here is that, when I thought I SHOULD be doing it one way - Import PDF - the most straightforward way made it to the line. Simple!

This maybe old news to others, but for me, and anxiously needing this within the video project, it was again a warning - always attempt to do the simplest of things - simply!

Grazie

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 11/3/2007, 5:22 AM
I probably would have just done a PrntScrn and saved that as a new image. As far as PDF is concerned i never trust any kind of import or export.
rs170a wrote on 11/3/2007, 5:36 AM
I just bring it into Photoshop, change from CMYK to RGB if necessary, set the desired resolution, crop as necessary and save out as a PNG.

Mike
Grazie wrote on 11/3/2007, 8:26 AM
PrntScrn > Paste wasn't good enough for me

Trusting imports? Dunno . ..

But Mike, what is actually happening when I just copy and paste the image from within AA into PsP? Is it doing the conversion already? If I elect to import, as a PDF, PsP offers to convert to RGB - it is a selectable option. The result is awful! However, as I say, if I don't import and do NOT convert, and just go: copy> paste - it just does it perfectly anyway.

What's all that about?

Grazie
marts wrote on 11/3/2007, 2:42 PM
I do not remember if I ever needed to use PDF in Vegas, but if I need something from PDF for use in a presentation I use the same way -Copy/Paste. And if you need it with better resolution then you just zoom-in within Acrobat Reader and then do the Copy/Paste (or is it called Snapshot in the latest version?)
rmack350 wrote on 11/3/2007, 10:33 PM
That's essentially what Grazie did, he just used the printscreen tool that's part of Acrobat.

Incidentally, I think PDF publishers can disable that tool, but a plain old Windows screen capture is still perfectly fine.

Rob Mack
rmack350 wrote on 11/3/2007, 10:35 PM
It's Acrobat doing it's own PrntScrn.

Rob Mack
marts wrote on 11/4/2007, 1:11 AM
yes, that's it. However there is a slight difference between Windows PrintScreen and Acrobat Snapshot. In Windows you get just what you see, in Acrobat you get what you have selected even if you can see just a part of the page.
gordyboy wrote on 11/6/2007, 12:50 AM
Ah - yes but in XP, hold down the ALT key and press print screen and you would capture only the active Acrobat window....

gb
Grazie wrote on 11/6/2007, 1:43 AM
In Windows you get just what you see, in Acrobat you get what you have selected even if you can see just a part of the page.

Well, I just experimented and, in the PDF in AR, I did NOT do a selection; I zoomed in real BIG - 800% (in fact, all I could see was some black of the advert! No detail at all )- and used, within AR:

Edit> Copy to Clipboard > PsP > Paste New Image

The result was spectacular. However, AFAICT, the zooming over 100% doesn't make a difference. The difference is to NOT use PrintScreen - bad mess; NOT needing to have the full frame for PrintScreen and using AR's "Copy to Clipboard". In future, if I do remember, I wont even "scrub" the area anymore. Copy to Clipboard - DONE!

All that PsP import PDF??? What's all that about? And that was where I kinda came in? Making life easier - but this is even easier.

Cheers,

Grazie