Thanks all who answered. I have to admit I never knew photoshop would open pdf. Unbelievable perhaps, but nontheless... Even version 5.5 opened tham and I was able to save as jpg. Thanks!
Bruce Prochnau BKDesign ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Desmet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] pdf graphics > On Friday 13 January 2006 08:50 am, Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: > GIMP is a fine program, but no replacement for Photoshop, it is just not as > robust. > > Mark Desmet > > > This may be a bit off-topic, but I saw a few people mentioning GIMP. > > I'm a long time Photoshop user (since version 5.0), and Photoshop has > > been one of the excuses for staying a Windows user. > > > > Has anyone been a longtime Photoshop user and switched to GIMP, and not > > looked back? > > > > Maybe just email me if this is the case rather than pollute the list > > anymore than I just have. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joseph R. B. Taylor > > Sites by Joe, LLC > > http://sitesbyjoe.com > > (609)335-3076 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Marilyn Langfeld wrote: > > > On Jan 13, 2006, at 6:59 AM, kvnmcwebn wrote: > > >> are the graphics vectors? > > >> Opening from Adobe illustrator would > > >> keep everything nice and editable. > > >> -kvnmcwebn > > > > > > I second trying Illustrator first, Photoshop next. Recent versions of > > > both will open the files. Illustrator's underlying format is pdf, so > > > you can almost always open a pdf with Illustrator, then reestablish > > > layers yourself if you have to and change measurements to pixels and > > > make the size 100% or an even multiple of the pixel size you want-- > > > fonts may be a problem if you don't have the same ones on your machine > > > that were used in the pdf. > > > > > > Photoshop has a pdf import dialog box that allows you to decide on the > > > page if it's multipage pdf, ppi, rgb vs cmyk, size. There's no layer > > > support if the original was made in InDesign or Quark, but layers may > > > transfer if the graphic was made in a new version of Illustrator. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Marilyn Langfeld > > > Langfeldesigns > > > http://www.langfeldesigns.com > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ****************************************************** > > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > > ****************************************************** > > > > ****************************************************** > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
