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Title: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: AaronH on August 06, 2018, 01:12:38 PM
Hey everyone, I've got a strange one. The customer somehow did most of their text in a PDF for a Remit Envelope as comments. I didn't realize it until they looked at the proof and said, "Hey there is text missing!" Is there a way to turn them into actual artwork or do I have to typeset it?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on August 06, 2018, 01:15:56 PM
I assume you tried copying the text from the comment and then pasting elsewhere. Never tried it but no idea if you can do that or not.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: AaronH on August 06, 2018, 01:19:33 PM
Yeah that's what I'm doing now.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: born2print on August 06, 2018, 01:48:10 PM
That comments thing has gotten us before, "you missed most of the alterations!"
I believe we did everything marked on the proof...
"didn't you see my comments?!"
 :facepalm:
ok, let's try again.

I do not know of a way to make comments live other than what you're doing.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 06, 2018, 02:05:34 PM
I presume you already tried in Acrobat preflight-->flatten?
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: scottrsimons on August 06, 2018, 02:20:58 PM
We've been burned by this in the past too. We've actually got the PDF from the customer and they said that they set the type in Acrobat, it was just using comments.  :strangle:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: AaronH on August 06, 2018, 02:42:01 PM
Quote from: DigiCorn on August 06, 2018, 02:05:34 PMI presume you already tried in Acrobat preflight-->flatten?

I hadn't tried that. I didn't realize that action list could do that. Thanks!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 07, 2018, 07:58:31 AM
Quote from: AaronH on August 06, 2018, 01:12:38 PMHey everyone, I've got a strange one. The customer somehow did most of their text in a PDF for a Remit Envelope as comments. I didn't realize it until they looked at the proof and said, "Hey there is text missing!" Is there a way to turn them into actual artwork or do I have to typeset it?

Thanks!

Are you able to post a sample of the PDF? I'm intrigued by this and want to look at it..
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: wonderings on August 07, 2018, 11:18:49 AM
Do you not see comments in a PDF? For me they stick out and cannot be missed. For some programs for different events I get tons of notes for corrections and changes all through comments. I find it easy and helpful rather then someone trying to explain where and what the change is. And yes you can copy from the comments, just highlight like you would any other text and copy.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: born2print on August 07, 2018, 11:23:12 AM
Quote from: wonderings on August 07, 2018, 11:18:49 AMDo you not see comments in a PDF? For me they stick out and cannot be missed. For some programs for different events I get tons of notes for corrections and changes all through comments. I find it easy and helpful rather then someone trying to explain where and what the change is. And yes you can copy from the comments, just highlight like you would any other text and copy.
View comments can be turned off, so that's what gets us when the rare event that someone uses them happens.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DvilleDevil on August 07, 2018, 12:55:22 PM
Under Preflight in Acrobat, PDF fixups, Flatten annotations and forms fields.

Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 07, 2018, 01:18:17 PM
Quote from: DvilleDevil on August 07, 2018, 12:55:22 PMUnder Preflight in Acrobat, PDF fixups, Flatten annotations and forms fields.



^ well we know who didn't read the rest of the thread.   :facepalm:

:ninja:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 07, 2018, 02:39:10 PM
Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on August 07, 2018, 01:18:17 PM
Quote from: DvilleDevil on August 07, 2018, 12:55:22 PMUnder Preflight in Acrobat, PDF fixups, Flatten annotations and forms fields.



^ well we know who didn't read the rest of the thread.   :facepalm:

:ninja:
I wasn't going to say anything...
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 07, 2018, 03:28:21 PM
Quote from: DigiCorn on August 07, 2018, 02:39:10 PMI wasn't going to say anything...

Well I couldn't resist.   :popcorn:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on August 07, 2018, 03:53:50 PM
Well I've never tried flattening a PDF with comments...what does it do to them? Sure I could add some comments and flatten one to find out myself but I'm tired (and lazy).
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 07, 2018, 04:57:44 PM
Quote from: Joe on August 07, 2018, 03:53:50 PMWell I've never tried flattening a PDF with comments...what does it do to them? Sure I could add some comments and flatten one to find out myself but I'm tired (and lazy).

This is why I wanted to see a sample of the file - the comments I add in Acrobat 10.1.16 are either little yellow sticky notes, or little blue things depending on how you add them - alternatively, I can use Content tool to add a text box but that prints without flattening. 

screen grabs attached.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on August 07, 2018, 05:02:08 PM
I guess my question is what does it do to the comments text when it gets flattened? Delete the comments or something else?
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: abc on August 08, 2018, 03:03:56 AM
These are all technically annotations. It depends on the type of annotation.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 06:09:15 AM
Okay, call me crazy, but I took an 8.25 x 5.25 pdf, opened it in Acrobat and turned on display mode, took a screenshot on a 5K monitor and managed to get about 600 dpi at printing size.

Good enough to get some jobs out, especially for digital.

Just saying.


Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on August 08, 2018, 07:53:28 AM
Quote from: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 06:09:15 AMOkay, call me crazy, but I took an 8.25 x 5.25 pdf, opened it in Acrobat and turned on display mode, took a screenshot on a 5K monitor and managed to get about 600 dpi at printing size.

Good enough to get some jobs out, especially for digital.

Just saying.

You are crazy! :sarcasm:

You are welcome. :rotf:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 08:25:33 AM
Would I be here if i was not crazy?

Not likely.

Just thinking, if you get a very large 7K monitor you might get her up to 1200 dpi.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 08, 2018, 08:39:53 AM
Wait, did I just read that right? Printing from a screenshot?

(http://i66.tinypic.com/nl92yb.jpg)
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AM
Good enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: wonderings on August 08, 2018, 09:17:16 AM
Quote from: born2print on August 07, 2018, 11:23:12 AM
Quote from: wonderings on August 07, 2018, 11:18:49 AMDo you not see comments in a PDF? For me they stick out and cannot be missed. For some programs for different events I get tons of notes for corrections and changes all through comments. I find it easy and helpful rather then someone trying to explain where and what the change is. And yes you can copy from the comments, just highlight like you would any other text and copy.
View comments can be turned off, so that's what gets us when the rare event that someone uses them happens.

Just curious, why would you turn that function off?
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on August 08, 2018, 09:32:27 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AMGood enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.

That's nothing, there's lots of greasy things you consider good enough for you.   :rotf:

:ninja:  :hello:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 08, 2018, 09:43:25 AM
The more I look at the title of this thread, the more I think about the Police/Sting and "Murder by Numbers," specifically because of the line, "you can turn murder into art."
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 09:47:19 AM
We just want to put the laughter back into manslaughter!

 :death:   :lmao:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 09:49:25 AM
Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on August 08, 2018, 08:39:53 AMWait, did I just read that right? Printing from a screenshot?

(http://i66.tinypic.com/nl92yb.jpg)

Yes, desperate times call for desperate actions.

Like the time us Canadians had to burn down the white house.

Think about it.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 10:15:47 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AMGood enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.

Yeah well sometimes it's just "Ged er done boys!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: born2print on August 08, 2018, 01:39:58 PM
Quote from: wonderings on August 08, 2018, 09:17:16 AM
Quote from: born2print on August 07, 2018, 11:23:12 AM
Quote from: wonderings on August 07, 2018, 11:18:49 AMDo you not see comments in a PDF? For me they stick out and cannot be missed. For some programs for different events I get tons of notes for corrections and changes all through comments. I find it easy and helpful rather then someone trying to explain where and what the change is. And yes you can copy from the comments, just highlight like you would any other text and copy.
View comments can be turned off, so that's what gets us when the rare event that someone uses them happens.

Just curious, why would you turn that function off?
I think the default setting is off? If not, I do not know as I / we didn't go turning it off on all the workstations.
:shrug:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Ear on August 08, 2018, 01:48:58 PM
Quote from: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 10:15:47 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AMGood enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.

Yeah well sometimes it's just "Ged er done boys!

Agreed. Alright, CoreyTrevor SMOKES, LET'S GO!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 08, 2018, 02:08:28 PM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 01:48:58 PM
Quote from: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 10:15:47 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AMGood enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.

Yeah well sometimes it's just "Ged er done boys!

Agreed. Alright, CoreyTrevor SMOKES, LET'S GO!
You ever just YouTube Ricky falling down compilations?
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Ear on August 08, 2018, 02:29:37 PM
No but I'm a huge fan of Ricky crashing. And Julian saying "chill oot".
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 09, 2018, 04:38:29 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 01:48:58 PM
Quote from: pspdfppdfxhd on August 08, 2018, 10:15:47 AM
Quote from: Ear on August 08, 2018, 08:43:50 AMGood enough for a greasy trailer park boy, good enough for me.

Yeah well sometimes it's just "Ged er done boys!

Agreed. Alright, CoreyTrevor SMOKES, LET'S GO!

Did they buy their smokes from the Indian reserve? I can't remember.

Up here, if you buy them from the reserves they cost about  7 cents a stick. If you buy them "legally" they cost about 56 cents a stick.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 09, 2018, 04:40:17 AM
And I like the name of their convenience store: "convenients store" where you could buy single cigarettes.

Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 09, 2018, 09:43:09 AM
Quote from: pspdfppdfxhd on August 09, 2018, 04:40:17 AMAnd I like the name of their convenience store: "convenients store" where you could buy single cigarettes.
Those are known as, "loosies."
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: born2print on August 09, 2018, 10:25:16 AM
Hard to find loosies these days, illegal ya know.
You gotta be in the "hood" to even have a chance of finding them.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 09, 2018, 10:33:42 AM
Quote from: born2print on August 09, 2018, 10:25:16 AMHard to find loosies these days, illegal ya know.
You gotta be in the "hood" to even have a chance of finding them.
Yeah. I learned that from watching Dave Chappelle.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on August 09, 2018, 11:31:49 AM
I don't know how anyone can afford to smoke anymore. I quit a little over 20 years ago and at the time I could get a carton for around $14. I noticed the sign at the gas station the other day was for $62.50 a carton. :wow:
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Ear on August 09, 2018, 11:49:26 AM
Can't afford to smoke? Buy a summer home in Oregon or Cali... you'll get to smoke for 3 months free!

I haven't seen blue sky since the 4th of July (aside form a couple day-trips to the freakin' ocean). People are catching pre-smoked salmon from the Rogue River, FFS!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: born2print on August 09, 2018, 11:57:52 AM
Truth.
So sick of wildfires  >:(
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Possum on August 09, 2018, 12:41:58 PM
Not all wild. Saw a news story a couple of days ago about one fire that got started by some moron running across the land throwing lit flares or something. I think he got caught. I hope he got caught - and dropped right into the middle of the fire he started.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 10, 2018, 06:45:20 AM
Most dangerous kind of Moron. An evil-Moron.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Ear on August 13, 2018, 11:50:42 AM
Yeah they don't start wild but they are wildfire, once lit.

If you've been near a wildfire, it is terrifying. Like no other form of fire you've seen, building fire included included. It is alive and creates its own weather and wind, especially in the steep mountains. Truly wild and terrible. Fire will climb a 2000 ft hill in minutes, flame plumes and firenados hundreds of feet tall.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on August 13, 2018, 12:04:29 PM
I remember back about '99 when I was working in Vacaville (literally Cow-Town) along highway 80 and there was a guy setting fires about every few miles or so. I told everyone I bet it's not an arsonist - just a dumb chain smoker tossing butts out the window.
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: pspdfppdfxhd on August 13, 2018, 12:29:01 PM
Damned smokers.... we should shoot them all before they hurt themselves!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DPSprint on September 04, 2018, 03:11:45 PM
Quote from: Joe on August 09, 2018, 11:31:49 AMI don't know how anyone can afford to smoke anymore. I quit a little over 20 years ago and at the time I could get a carton for around $14. I noticed the sign at the gas station the other day was for $62.50 a carton. :wow:

lol... im catching up on threads..
 one of the girls on the trip started smoking again cos they are so cheap in the USA! 5-6$ a packet... they are about $20 US here... govt taxing it to death
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: Joe on September 04, 2018, 03:43:43 PM
YIKES!
Title: Re: Turn Comments to Art?
Post by: DigiCorn on September 05, 2018, 09:15:29 AM
I remember as a kid up in Idaho my family would buy cigs from the Nezperce, and it was $10 a carton. No taxes because it was sold from the Native Americans on the reservation.