Comments on: The Power of PDF http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jonno Cohen http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-257525 Jonno Cohen Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:38:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-257525 I stumbled on a semi-solution this evening. If I embed the placed PDF rather than link to it, the preview comes up in perfect vector quality, and so does the resulting final PDF. But obviously this is far from an ideal solution because of the embedding... I stumbled on a semi-solution this evening. If I embed the placed PDF rather than link to it, the preview comes up in perfect vector quality, and so does the resulting final PDF. But obviously this is far from an ideal solution because of the embedding…

]]> By: Jonno Cohen http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-254824 Jonno Cohen Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:32:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-254824 David: I thought of that, especially because I use Version Cue and with my bad habit of not always checking in an updated file I thought maybe links were getting out of sync and outdated. Alas, it still comes out pixelated even with all links up to date... David: I thought of that, especially because I use Version Cue and with my bad habit of not always checking in an updated file I thought maybe links were getting out of sync and outdated. Alas, it still comes out pixelated even with all links up to date…

]]> By: Eugene Tyson http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253514 Eugene Tyson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:29 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253514 I had a similar problem earlier today. It was placing a PDF made from Quark into InDesign. It exported pixelated no matter what settings I used. I had a similar problem earlier today. It was placing a PDF made from Quark into InDesign. It exported pixelated no matter what settings I used.

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253483 David Blatner Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:15:49 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253483 Jonno: You're using File > Place to import the PDF, right? Check the Links panel to make sure there is not a Modified or Missing icon there. Sounds like a frustrating problem! Jonno: You’re using File > Place to import the PDF, right? Check the Links panel to make sure there is not a Modified or Missing icon there. Sounds like a frustrating problem!

]]> By: Jonno Cohen http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253035 Jonno Cohen Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:23:45 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-253035 I've had some problems recently with this. I place a PDF in my layout, and it displays in a very low resolution preview, even if I change its display performance setting to high-quality. This wouldn't bother me that much, except that when I export the layout to a new PDF, whether flattened or unflattened, the placed PDF comes out in the same crappy pixelated preview. Anyone know if I might be doing something wrong or how I can prevent this? I’ve had some problems recently with this. I place a PDF in my layout, and it displays in a very low resolution preview, even if I change its display performance setting to high-quality. This wouldn’t bother me that much, except that when I export the layout to a new PDF, whether flattened or unflattened, the placed PDF comes out in the same crappy pixelated preview.

Anyone know if I might be doing something wrong or how I can prevent this?

]]> By: Mark Anderson http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-248164 Mark Anderson Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:31:48 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-248164 I have a client (high school) that uses CS for their yearbook layouts. Their publisher provides them with CS. They are required to use specific templates for the layout. They are also have a script for placing images. If your nieces yearbook happens to use this publisher, an .inx file would not work. I have a client (high school) that uses CS for their yearbook layouts. Their publisher provides them with CS. They are required to use specific templates for the layout. They are also have a script for placing images.

If your nieces yearbook happens to use this publisher, an .inx file would not work.

]]> By: Mike Coyle http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-247710 Mike Coyle Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:51:40 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-247710 I am still using InDesign CS at work to lay out our magazine! I still love what it can do but it's hard listening to the podcasts/video casts and hearing what CS3 can do. And regarding the .INX file, at the design school I went to in Milan students had problems with it so tended to not bother using it. I know it should be easy though. I am still using InDesign CS at work to lay out our magazine! I still love what it can do but it’s hard listening to the podcasts/video casts and hearing what CS3 can do.
And regarding the .INX file, at the design school I went to in Milan students had problems with it so tended to not bother using it. I know it should be easy though.

]]> By: Matt tucker http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-247014 Matt tucker Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:55:34 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-247014 Hey Klaus, sometime you can't open inx files in older versions of ID unless you update that particular version, so If CS is version 3 you have to find the updated for that program to make it 3.01 or something like that. "But I guess that, at fancy-schmanzy private schools in Manhattan, most brains might work a bit slower than in the normal world . . ." That's pretty low. What a jerk. Hey Klaus, sometime you can’t open inx files in older versions of ID unless you update that particular version, so If CS is version 3 you have to find the updated for that program to make it 3.01 or something like that.

“But I guess that, at fancy-schmanzy private schools in Manhattan, most brains might work a bit slower than in the normal world . . .”

That’s pretty low. What a jerk.

]]> By: Klaus Nordby http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-246963 Klaus Nordby Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:57:27 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-246963 Sandee, I would just have given her the INX and the other linked files in one folder and told her: "here sweetie, just click on the 'my neat file.inx' file!" End of problems. But yes, PDF is great and trouble-free -- it's just that I find the INX format so fascinating, as a tiny INX can build a huge INDD file. So it's amazingly bandwidth-saving. And, I will steadfastly maintain, INX requires NO understanding or explanation to either open or save. Sandee, I would just have given her the INX and the other linked files in one folder and told her: “here sweetie, just click on the ‘my neat file.inx’ file!” End of problems.

But yes, PDF is great and trouble-free — it’s just that I find the INX format so fascinating, as a tiny INX can build a huge INDD file. So it’s amazingly bandwidth-saving. And, I will steadfastly maintain, INX requires NO understanding or explanation to either open or save.

]]> By: Sandee "vectorbabe" Cohen http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-246954 Sandee "vectorbabe" Cohen Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:46:24 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-power-of-pdf.php#comment-246954 >What’s to explain, what’s to understand? Simply by clicking on it, the .INX extension... But I guess that, at fancy-schmanzy private schools in Manhattan, most brains might work a bit slower than in the normal world It's not how fast their brains work, it's that no one there would have ever heard of an .inx file. And then I would have had to explain what the .inx file was. And even then I might have had to deal with missing/modified links. What was so nice about the PDF is that it is one file with everything neatly in it. >What’s to explain, what’s to understand? Simply by clicking on it, the .INX extension… But I guess that, at fancy-schmanzy private schools in Manhattan, most brains might work a bit slower than in the normal world

It’s not how fast their brains work, it’s that no one there would have ever heard of an .inx file.

And then I would have had to explain what the .inx file was.

And even then I might have had to deal with missing/modified links.

What was so nice about the PDF is that it is one file with everything neatly in it.

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