Creating PDF Presentations in Photoshop

Yet another new feature found on the Automate menu, the PDF Presentation command, allows you to use multiple images to create a single, multi-paged document or slide show. This feature is great for several reasons. First, your recipient doesn’t need to have any specific hardware, software, utilities, or fonts to open and view the presentation. All that is required is Acrobat Reader, a free download from www.adobe.com. In addition, sending a single file containing multiple images is a great way to share your photos with family and friends. You avoid the hassle of having to e-mail your images as separate attachments. Finally, the PDF format offers excellent compression, thereby squeezing your file size down significantly without sacrificing image quality. Follow these steps to create a PDF Presentation:
1. Choose File-->Automate-->PDF Presentation.
The PDF Presentation dialog box appears. Note that you can also access the PDF Presentation command from the menu in the File Browser. Select your desired images in the File Browser and choose Automate-->PDF Presentation. Note that if you do not select any images, the command selects all images displayed in the File Browser.
b Click the Browse button and navigate to your desired files. If you want to add the files you already have open in Photoshop, select the Add Open Files option.
Remove files from the list by selecting them and clicking the Remove button.
c Choose either a Multi-Page Document or a Presentation (slideshow).
A multi-page document displays each image on a separate page. Note that the PDF Presentation command preserves any notes added with the Notes tool. In addition, Photoshop reimports a multi-page document or PDF presentation file with comments that have been added in Acrobat. This is a great tool for presenting projects to clients or management and receiving feedback from those recipients.
4. Select the View PDF after Saving option to have Acrobat or Acrobat Reader launch and open the PDF after you save the file.
5. If you selected Presentation in Step 3, specify your presentation options.
- Advance Every [5] Seconds: Establishes how long each image appears on-screen. You can change the default of 5 seconds.
- Loop After Last Page: Enables the presentation to continually run. If not selected, the presentation stops after the last image.
- Transition: From the pop-up menu, choose how you want one image to transition to the next.
6. Click Save.
7. In the Save dialog box, provide a name and location for your presentation. Click Save.
8. In the PDF Options dialog box, specify your desired options.
9. Click OK.
Photoshop creates your PDF Presentation and prompts you with a message that it was successfully created, if indeed it was. If you didn’t choose the option in Step 4, launch Acrobat or Acrobat Reader and view your presentation.