Exporting Pictures

The Picture Tasks feature enables you to export pictures from PDF files as individual JPEG image files. Using photo editors installed with your operating system you can edit the exported images without having to purchase an image editor. You might have images that need contrast adjustments or color changes, or you may want to composite several images together in a collage. If you do use a commercial image editor such as Adobe Photoshop CS or Adobe Photoshop Elements, you can edit the exported images in those products.

To export images using Picture Tasks:

1.	Open a PDF document that supports Picture Tasks in Adobe Reader.
2.	Select Export Pictures from the Picture Tasks pull-down menu. The Export Pictures dialog opens.
3.	Select the pictures you want to export. Using the same method for selecting pictures as you do when exporting pictures for a slide show, select the pictures you want to export. If all images are to be exported, click Select All in the bottom-left corner ( Figure 9.7 ). Figure 9.7. Click Select All to export all your images.
4.	Select a target folder. Click the Change button to open the Browse For Folder dialog ( Figure 9.8 ). Click the Make New Folder button to create a new folder. Type a name for the folder in the Folder text box. Figure 9.8. Click Make New Folder to create a new folder for the exported pictures.
5.	Add a common base name for the files. Type a descriptive name for easy recognition when you view files in a Desktop view. Adding a name like Hawaiian Luau exports the files as Hawaiian Luau1.jpg, Hawaiian Luau2.jpg, Hawaiian Luau3.jpg, and so on. Otherwise, if you use the default of Original Names the files will have the name of the open PDF file from which you extracted the images.
6.	Export the pictures. Click the Export button, and all selected images are exported to the target folder as JPEG images. The exported files retain the original image resolution of the PDF file.
7.	Verify the folder location of the exported files and that they all were exported successfully so you know where the files are saved. Return to your Desktop view and open the folder where you saved the files. Each image should appear with the common base filename ( Figure 9.9 ). Figure 9.9. Open the folder where the images are saved and verify that all images exported appear in the folder.

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Photo-finishing centers can use Adobe Reader for commercial photo printing without having to purchase Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional or a PDF creator that converts image file formats to PDF. Clients need to submit PDF documents directly to the vendor. Using Picture Tasks, you export the pictures; the files are all saved as JPEG images. Service centers using professional photo-imaging equipment can directly download the JPEG images to the imaging device. When the pictures are exported using the Picture Tasks menu command, the files retain their original resolution.

Why don't Picture Tasks work when the tool is loaded?

PDF authors may have secured the document against content copying and extraction. If the PDF file is secure and does not grant permissions for content copying and extraction, a dialog opens each time you access a Picture Tasks menu command, informing you that you do not have permissions to export or edit the file.

Exporting and Editing Pictures

You may have a PDF document supporting Picture Tasks and want to print some or all of the images to a desktop printer. Prior to printing you may also want to edit the pictures for contrast adjustment, cropping, compositing, adding text, or a host of other reasons.

The Picture Tasks pull-down menu offers a quick and efficient way of exporting pictures and opening them in a program you use to edit photos.

Use the hawaiianLuau.pdf file, which you can download from www.peachpit.com/adobereader7.

To export and edit photos from a PDF document supporting Picture Tasks:

1.	Open a PDF document that supports Picture Tasks or the hawaiianLuau.pdf file in Adobe Reader.
2.	Select the Export and Edit Pictures command from the Picture Tasks pull-down menu. The Export and Edit Pictures dialog opens.
3.	Select the images you want to export and edit using the same selection procedures you use when creating slide shows and exporting pictures ( Figure 9.10 ). Figure 9.10. Click on the pictures you want to export and edit.
4.	Create a target folder where the images are to be exported. Using the same procedure you used when exporting pictures, click the Change button and create a new folder. Note: If you want to use a common base name , follow the same procedure as when exporting pictures.
5.	Identify your image-editing application. Click the Change button in the Editing Application area and the Choose Image Editor dialog opens ( Figure 9.11 ). Figure 9.11. Select an image editor and click Open.
6.	If you want to apply effects, correct brightness and contrast, or make other edits, you can use a commercial image editor or the image editor installed with your operating system. In Windows use the Microsoft Photo Editor ( Figure 9.12 ); on the Macintosh use iPhoto. Navigate your hard drive to locate the image editor you want to use. Select the application and click Open. Figure 9.12. In Windows you can use the Microsoft Photo Editor to edit images for brightness and contrast, and add a number of different effects.
7.	You return to the Export and Edit Pictures dialog. Click Edit, and the files open in the selected image editor.
8.	Edit the images as desired using the editing tools and menu commands in your image-editing program.
9.	On the Macintosh, open the exported images in iPhoto ( Figure 9.13). iPhoto supports tools for adjusting brightness and contrast, retouching photos, removing red-eye, and changing color modes such as the Sepia toning applied in Figure 9.13. Figure 9.13. On the Macintosh, use iPhoto to edit images exported from Adobe Reader.

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If you use Adobe Photoshop CS or Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit your pictures, you can export from both programs back to a PDF slide show that can be opened in Adobe Reader. Both programs offer you more transition effects than Adobe Reader Picture Tasks.

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