I have wondered this for a while, what is it you do that requires such intensive editing of PDFs?
Both at work and at home PDF is sort of a “read only format” for me.
I get it for things that should not be edited (e.g. invoices) and export it myself for things that should not be edited (e.g. finished documentation). The only “editing” of PDF files that I rarely do is filling out PDF forms or signing a PDF, which most readers can do.
PDF, as it evolved from PostScript, is the de facto standard for most print jobs. Commercial print (think magazines and flyers), packaging, large format (e.g. billboards), books, many textile prints, etc. They all use PDF extensively. And very often those PDFs are print technically garbage. Fixing that in the original application is either not possible or, more frequently, requires knowledge the designers simply don’t have. So the print shop’s prepress department does it in PDF directly.
I have wondered this for a while, what is it you do that requires such intensive editing of PDFs?
Both at work and at home PDF is sort of a “read only format” for me.
I get it for things that should not be edited (e.g. invoices) and export it myself for things that should not be edited (e.g. finished documentation). The only “editing” of PDF files that I rarely do is filling out PDF forms or signing a PDF, which most readers can do.
PDF, as it evolved from PostScript, is the de facto standard for most print jobs. Commercial print (think magazines and flyers), packaging, large format (e.g. billboards), books, many textile prints, etc. They all use PDF extensively. And very often those PDFs are print technically garbage. Fixing that in the original application is either not possible or, more frequently, requires knowledge the designers simply don’t have. So the print shop’s prepress department does it in PDF directly.