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Sometimes I need to save the Photoshop files i'm working on as .pdf, but there is a huge problem with the .pdf export on my computer.

  • For example here is a brochure design draft. It looks great in Photoshop:

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  • When i export the .psd to .pdf (with the Save as... command), the result looks like this:

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The rasterized image layers are OK, but the vector objects (logo) and the texts... horrible. Has anyone met this problem?

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no intention to sound sassy at all, but is using InDesign an option? – Bakabaka Feb 12 at 12:01
What are you viewing the PDF in? Preview? What's the PDf look like in Reader or Acrobat? Preview has some serious rendering bugs where PDFs are concerned. – Scott Feb 12 at 15:07
i am having the exact same problem ... black vector text rendering white. randomly. any further developments on a fix for this? – makaha50 Feb 22 at 20:23

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This is not a permanent fix, but it might get you on your way until you find one.

You could create an action that converts all layers to raster then saves out a pdf, then undo's the raster changes.

This way you get the pdf looking as required and your still working non destructively - I would recommend saving a copy before doing this on large files - just in case.

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I have run into the same issue when exporting .pdfs in InDesign for print. The solution we found to work best is if you print the design. It will embed the fonts and in InDesign it will preserve all white pages. I know you said Photoshop but it would be something I would try. Hope it helps.

here is another option to try

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The first place i would look is the transparency flattening option in the PDF dialogue since this in known for causing problems with drop shadows.

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This is a known bug with Photoshop CS6 IF you ran any updates. In other words, a fresh install of CS6 doesn't have the problem - an version other than 13.0 WILL have the problem. There is no fix yet, and there is no way around it.

The problem only occurs on Photoshop documents with text blocks with more than six lines of text exported as a PDF (with any settings combination).

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Do you know of any other community discussion on the bug? A topic on the Adobe Forums might be helpful, if one exists – John Mar 27 at 0:22
Please explain how you know it is a "known bug". Thanks. – Scott Apr 30 at 23:47
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No workarounds for this, just hoping that Adobe will fix the bug. I'm using Retina display, so there is no option of downgrading to PS 13.0

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