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PDF slides imported into FCP
We shot a series of presentations at a conference. Some presenters gave us PowerPoint slides which we’re able to convert to tiff files for editing in FCP.
However several presentations were given to us as PDF files. Can someone advise me on how to convert those slides from PDF files to tiff files and import them into either FCP or Motion 4?
Thanks.
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I do this all the time by opening the PDF using Preview, then “save as” which gets you to a box with numerous choices such as TIF.
This is kind of my usual tool when I want to blow up a map or office form really huge, so I can then do impressive “fly-overs” of the image in Motion, without the flickering of thin lines aliasing all over.
There’s probably three better ways, but this is what I do and it works for me.
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Thanks Mark. But there are 60 slides, and this is only allowing me to save 1 slide, even if I select all first.
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I just tried to replicate your problem. I made a three-slide powerpoint, exported it to /pdf. Opened the PDF using Preview. Was able to export all three tiffs using the export>select tif command. I dunno, maybe our versions are not the same, but it’s working for me.
My last trick is to use the free grab tool in the utilities folder to capture things off the screen. Sorry you have to do it 60 times. I don’t have photoshop here at home, but you might check there to open the pdf and then do a batch convert on the pages.
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Get the PowerPoint Presentations from the ones that did not give them to you. It will make your workflow much easier. Make sure your slides are video safe.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
Steve, thanks but that’s not going to happen. There must be a better way to do this.
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FileJuicer ($17.95) will extract all the image files from PDF’s and save in one folder as TIFFS – https://echoone.com/filejuicer/
Web – https://www.foxvideo.co.uk
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If you have Photoshop you can open all (or selected) pages and rasterize them at a specified pixel size, then save the individual files however you want. You may need to add a background white layer, if you see transparency in the pages.
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I figured as much, since Adobe owns PDF technology, it makes sense Photoshop can manipulate it some.
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Actually I tried Photoshop but it keeps crashing because of the number of slides. That’s not a good solution for me.
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Greg, what’s your hardware/software setup?
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