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> > i'm having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

> > Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round
> > 15000px height maybe

> > I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files
> > have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part
> > is ok

> > I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it's still not
> > that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new
> > pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf
> > file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it's 600 times i have to type in
> > 700 px in the height box.

> > Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders,
> > the actions also have a problem: they don't save it in the same folder
> > as from where i opened them.

> > is there any way out of this ?

> someone told me to automate batch but it's not really the solution to
> take because of the following solution:
> But it doesn't apply for pdf files does it ?

> And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 - 7 minutes

> (sized round height 15000px)

> there's like 600 large pdfs to convert !

> I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to
> initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch
> processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards

> Cos there's the thumbnailing that come afterwards

> > i'm having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

> > Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round
> > 15000px height maybe

> > I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files
> > have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part
> > is ok

> > I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it's still not
> > that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new
> > pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf
> > file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it's 600 times i have to type in
> > 700 px in the height box.

> > Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders,
> > the actions also have a problem: they don't save it in the same folder
> > as from where i opened them.

> > is there any way out of this ?

> someone told me to automate batch but it's not really the solution to
> take because of the following solution:
> But it doesn't apply for pdf files does it ?

> And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 - 7 minutes

> (sized round height 15000px)

> there's like 600 large pdfs to convert !

> I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to
> initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch
> processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards

> Cos there's the thumbnailing that come afterwards

> > > i'm having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

> > > Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round
> > > 15000px height maybe

> > > I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files
> > > have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part
> > > is ok

> > > I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it's still not
> > > that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new
> > > pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf
> > > file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it's 600 times i have to type in
> > > 700 px in the height box.

> > > Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders,
> > > the actions also have a problem: they don't save it in the same folder
> > > as from where i opened them.

> > > is there any way out of this ?

> > someone told me to automate batch but it's not really the solution to
> > take because of the following solution:
> > But it doesn't apply for pdf files does it ?

> > And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 - 7 minutes

> > (sized round height 15000px)

> > there's like 600 large pdfs to convert !

> > I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to
> > initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch
> > processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards

> > Cos there's the thumbnailing that come afterwards

> All Right, Pretty Good Solution that was, to open up acrobat Pro,
> export images > jpg

> Now those were pdf files containing images, not pdfs. So when I opened
> my pdfs, found out they were opening up in separate windows, which is
> normal.

> So I combined them, since the export function would only apply for one
> image, which would imply I would have to export 600 times !

> The export worked marvellously, with jpg export functions asking me
> lots of lovely things, ah yeah

> except that the file names were overwritten :( i.e. Test Page 1, Test
> Page 2 Test Page 3

> no cant do sir

> any other way ?

> A friend of mine at work mentioned that applying an action to open up
> the pdf files (they are on high resolutions, so they take time to open
> up), then continuing the other parts of the image processing (ie
> flatten image - eliminates the transparent parts of the vector image,
> set image height to 700px, save, close) would be a piece of cake..

> All that is perfect except that i cannot find a way, in my actions on
> photoshop, to suppress that window on opening pdf..