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Surely the point of downsampling images within the pdf is to have the images at exactly the size you want them? ie. if the file is more than 250dpi then automatically downsample the file to that size? > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Jahn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 October 2003 15:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PDF] Images appearing blurred in PDF > > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > On 10/1/03 6:54 AM, "Gauri Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am using Acrobat 4.0 and am converting Word documents (manuals) to = > > PDF. > > The documents have large amount of images (dialog boxes), captured and = > > inserted as GIF's. > > My problem starts once the conversion is done to pdf: > > All the images appear blurred and the text on them is non readable. > > > > Is there something I can do to increase the image quality in the final = > > output? > > Can the distiller settings be changed for better o/p? > > Is there any workaround for this problem? > > I would appreciate if any help is given. > > I see no reason that you can't use GIF files that are probably screen > captures - if they open and are legible enough in a web browser, they will > work fine. They are the resolution they are - up-sampling or making the > scale factor something different in Photoshop will not make anything any > sharper. > > You probably have downsampling turned on in Distiller. Turn it off. > > > I think this is how you get to Job options in Acrobat 4 (I am using 6) > > Acrobat Distiller > Edit (or General?) > Job Options > > Go to the compression Tab (or Images?) > > Just turn it Subsampling or (Downsampling ?) to None or off > > Hope this helps. > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
