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Converting PDFs to TIFs

Fri, 02/09/2007 - 11:29am — gregsgraphics

Hi All,

I have tried in vain to create an action in PS CS2 that will allow me to:
1. point to a folder
2. open a group of PDFs
3. convert them to CMYK TIFs
4. then save them to a folder as TIFs

I have gotten steps 1-3 to work like a champ. Here's the problem... the part of the action that is saving the rasterized TIF files is messed up. It will save the first PDF file as a TIF fine. Then it will proceed with saving the second file.... BUT, it saves it under the first file name not the second. So it seems that the first file name is being 'saved' in the action instead of a 'generic' name.

I have posted the screen captures here (may not be current attempt):

http://mysite.verizon.net/wackyinday/pdf_to_tif/pdf_to_tif.htm

If anyone has a clue as to why this isn't working, or knows of another conversion method, it would be mucho appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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Fri, 02/16/2007 - 12:04pm — gregsgraphics

1. I made a 'PDFs' folder and a 'TIFs' folder to keep them separate (not necessary)

2. At first it gave me an error, perhaps from it not seeing the PDFs as 'images'. But after selecting "Open first image to apply settings", it allowed me to point to the file I wanted.

3. Ran the script. It worked as hoped... but only on the [b]FIRST IMAGE[/b].

4. Then, I had the idea to select [b]ALL[/b] of the PDFs in the open dialog.

5. Ka-ching! Seems to be working. Now I hope I can stopping pulling my hair out. Thanks Gene!

Thu, 02/15/2007 - 9:15pm — Anonymous

Create a simple action that merely converts to the CMYK colorspace.

Instead of using the batch command, use the Image Processor script. You can choose TIFF as the resulting file type and it will create a TIFF directory below the directory where your PSD files are. The names will be the same but with a TIFF extension. You can choose an action to run. So basically, Image Processor will do the conversion to TIFF and your simple action will alter the colorspace. Works every time!