PDF (for export) downsampling parts of the file

[PaoloT]

Hi,

I had to discover this the hard way: with text rotated by 90° transformed in a bitmap image and downsampled.

What I had done was to export my Designer image for reuse in another program. Therefore, I used the factory "PDF (for export)" preset, believing this was the one preserving all the details of the original Designer file.

Not so. Is there a reason for this? Wouldn't one want to preserve the original elements when exchanging a project?

In any case, I customized the preset to avoid rasterizing, and choose to include the advanced features in the exported file. It seems to work as expected. Text will remain text, even if rotated.

But I would like to understand the reason for the factory settings, and if I'm doing the wrong thing in choosing that preset when exporting data for reuse in other programs (in my particular case, InDesign).

Paolo

 

[thomaso]

A can't reproduce rotated text getting rasterized on export with the "PDF (for export)" preset. Are you sure it was indeed only rotated, but not stretched for instance and/or a stroke or a transparency or blend mode ≠ normal assigned? – The Help says:

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If this option is off, depending on the nature of these features, they are rasterized or converted to curves on export. These features include:

• Artistic text which has been horizontally or vertically stretched.
• Text which has an applied stroke.
• Linear and radial gradients.
• Non-solid transparencies.

 

It seems the "advanced features" aren't activated for this preset to maintain a certain visual appearance with more compatibility for various PDF versions and readers.

[PaoloT]

2 hours ago, thomaso said:

Are you sure it was indeed only rotated, but not stretched for instance and/or a stroke or a transparency or blend mode ≠ normal assigned?

Good question! In fact, the layer of the rasterized text had Opacity = 50%. So, it was not simply text.

I'll use my customized preset, to be sure this type of bland effects will be exported. I see the resulting PDF file works perfectly fine when imported into InDesign.

Thank you!

Paolo