export a PDF with just one bitmap (jpeg, tif ....) inside

**rsrsrs** · 10 August 2021, 02:06 PM

Hi,

is it possible export a PDF with just one simple bitmap (jpeg, tif ....) inside

without making a bitmap copy before ....
without MS Print as PDF ....

regards reinhard

**Acorn** · 10 August 2021, 02:27 PM

rs³, which Xara product will you be using/

If Designer Pro --> File > New > Photo, add image, then File > Export PDF.

Acorn

**rsrsrs** · 11 August 2021, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by Acorn

rs³, which Xara product will you be using/

If Designer Pro --> File > New > Photo, add image, then File > Export PDF.

Acorn

oh sorry missunderstanding.

i create a picture with vectors and everything,
and than i want to export it as a bitmap in a PDF suit.

reinhard

**Boy** · 11 August 2021, 10:37 AM

Select your design; right-click and chose 'Create Bitmap Copy...'; with the bitmap selected and positioned on the page, go to File/Expert PDF (make sure you tick 'Selected objects' in the advanced PDF Export Options dialog).

**rsrsrs** · 11 August 2021, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Boy

Select your design; right-click and chose 'Create Bitmap Copy...'; with the bitmap selected and positioned on the page, go to File/Expert PDF (make sure you tick 'Selected objects' in the advanced PDF Export Options dialog).

this is the step i wanted to avoid.
with several pages take a lot of time, two times creating bitmaps can cost quality, ...

i think i have stick with the Micosoft pdf printer tool, or search for another pdf printer .....

**gwpriester** · 11 August 2021, 11:31 AM

I must ask then, why convert the file to a bitmap? This misses the whole point of saving a file as PDF.

**RKissane** · 11 August 2021, 12:50 PM

Gary,

One of the reasons some designers do this is because of all the PDF editors out on the market. This lets the designeran have a file format that is widely readable by many people but still keep the file from being taken apart and modified easily. A lot of game books and manuals that are PDF are saved as bitmap in a PDF form because of this.

I get brochures from manufacture where this is been done also. The reason is they want to make sure their specification listed is not easily changed with a PDF editor.

Ray

**gwpriester** · 11 August 2021, 03:51 PM

Ray - This might depend on how the PDF file is being used.

I use Acrobat which allows me to password protect a file from being copied or edited, but permits the file (book for publication in my case) from being modified without a password. But the quality of the text is better with the font embedded than if it were a bitmap.