Saturday, February 2, 2008

Using Illustrator for Rasterizing Intricate Artwork

After your selection is made in Acrobat, right-click inside the selection and click Edit Objects . . . . Adobe Illustrator will open and your selected material will appear. Now, you must select the items you want to rasterize. If your selection in Acrobat worked just right, you can simply select the entire page (Edit >Select All). If your original selection included unwanted items, carefully omit these items from this new selection. The Shift key works the same way in Illustrator as it did in Acrobat, as you assemble your selection.
After making your selection in Illustrator, select Object >Rasterize . . . and a dialog opens. Select a suitable color model (e.g., RGB) and resolution (e.g., 300 pixels per inch) and click OK. Inspect the results to make sure the artwork retained adequate detail. If you like the results, save and close the Illustrator file. Acrobat will automatically update the PDF to reflect your changes. If you still like them, save the PDF in Acrobat. Otherwise, discard them by pressing Ctrl-Z (Edit >Undo) or by closing the PDF and starting over.

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