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Started by Stefaan_Desmedt
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:12
Merging blackchannels of two different PDFs
Author: Stefaan_Desmedt
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:12
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:12
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Would anyone know if there any means of merging the blackchannels of two different PDFs? The problem is we are working on a catalogue wich must be produced in 15 languages. Working in layers in Indesign makes the file very heavy, working with different files per language gives great risks regarding the photo's and illustrations. Therefore i though abouth making several PDFs: one with the artwork and 15 others with only the text. The i would like to combine the black of the artwork-PDF and the black of the text-PDF into one PDF for production. So i would have 15 PDFs with the artwork at exact the same places.
Re: Merging blackchannels of two different PDFs
Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:11
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:11
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Given that you are working in layers in InDesign and that InDesign's PDF export to PDF 1.5 supports passing layer information on to PDF when exporting, why don't you export one big, honk'in PDF file with layers that you can turn on and off selectively for printing purposes? That would be the easiest way to meet your needs. To answer your base question, there is no simple way to do what you want in Acrobat or any other common application. - Dov
Re: Merging blackchannels of two different PDFs
Author: Stefaan_Desmedt
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:51
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:51
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Therefore i though abouth making several PDFs: one with the artwork and 15 others with only the text. Sorry, my description wasn't very clear: i would like to work with several indesign-files. Just to keep my indesign files easy workable. Starting from these i would make several PDFs.
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