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.