Adobe Photoshop is a powerful raster graphics editor developed by Adobe for photographers, designers and creative professionals. It is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems and has a wide range of uses in creating images, editing photos, and designing artwork.
Generally speaking, Photoshop is a piece of software to be well versed in images, but some of its users are still looking for the method to edit PDF files in Photoshop as well as editing images. Is it possible? And how to edit PDF in Photoshop? This article aims to take away your puzzles.
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The answer is yes.
Photoshop can indeed edit a PDF file, but it doesn’t have a full range of editing capabilities that you would have in a dedicated PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat. The principle is turning a single-page PDF file into a raster graphic, which means you can not change the layout of the original PDF and modify the existing text. Any edits to PDF text in Photoshop like copying, re-sizing, moving and aligning have to be operated on a new type layer.
For professionals, editing images in Photoshop is a breeze, but they may still find it confusing when they try to edit PDF files using this software. Therefore, several step-by-step tutorials regarding how to edit PDF text and how to create a multi-page PDF in Photoshop will be elaborated below.
As mentioned earlier, the imported PDF will be rasterized in Photoshop, which prevents any modifications to the original content. You can only be able to add text to the PDF and make edits on the new text layer.
Besides adding text in PDF, Photoshop also provides a way to create a multi-page PDF.
As mentioned earlier, although Photoshop can successfully edit PDF files, it is not recommended because of its complex design, limited functionality and expensive price. Professional work should be left to professional product. PDF editors are born for editing and managing PDF files, which typically offers an abundance of useful features.
Here we picked out 2 standout PDF editors from numerous choices: Cisdem PDFMaster and Adobe Acrobat.
Cisdem PDFMaster is listed as the first recommendation because it blends the benefits of intuitive interface, full-fledged features and affordable price. It is an all-embracing PDF editor that puts every tool users may need in one place, from requisite content editing tools, excellent file conversion performance, form creation and fill support to robust security options for sensitive documents, such as open and permission passwords, redaction marks and digital signatures. Follow the tutorials to work on your PDF files like a professional.
Import a PDF into Cisdem Software
Download and install Cisdem PDFMaster on your computer. Click Open Files in the home interface to upload your PDF file.
Edit the Text and Images in PDF
Choose Edit PDF tab from the top toolbar, all the texts and images will be editable. You can edit, copy and delete the existing text easily. A full set of font options are available on the right panel.
Also, you can edit the image from the right-click menu or side pane.
Turn PDF into an Editable File Format
Choose Converter feature instead, here are several editable file formats in the sub-menu. Take To Word as an example, adjust the layout settings and customize the page range, click Convert to start processing. Batch conversion is allowed.
Make PDF Interactive and Fillable
Go to Form tab, 6 form fields are provided for your choice. Select one and place the field rectangle where you want to add it. You can change its properties on the right hand. All the inserted fields are editable and easy to fill out.
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You must have heard of Adobe Acrobat as long as you work with PDF files regularly. It is developed by the same company as Adobe Photoshop, but they focus on different areas. The former is built for PDF editing, while the latter aims to design artwork and optimize images. Working as a PDF editor, Adobe Acrobat has gained a good reputation, packing with powerful features and file security guarantees. But its high cost discourages a majority of people.
It offers a full set of editing features, allowing users to modify the existing text, black/white out the sensitive information, create/convert PDF from/to various file formats, add page numbers/watermarks/stamps to PDF and so forth.
Consider it a hassle to download and install software onto your computer just for occasional PDF editing? Using online PDF editors can get your around this. They are accessible on any browser and enable you to edit a PDF on the go.
Among multifarious online PDF services, Smallpdf can rank at the forefront, which integrates all the necessary features into one basket. Expect text editing feature, other basic functions like adding text, shapes, images, highlights and annotations are supported in the program for free.
While Photoshop do offer the capabilities to edit PDF files, it is still a bad option because the imported PDF pages have to be rasterized. The original text layout and formatting can not be edited directly. Compared to Photoshop, professional PDF editors such as Adobe Acrobat and Cisdem PDFMaster are a much better choice, initially designed to edit and process PDF files.
Bianca is a senior tech editor and strategist at Cisdem with Over 10 years of experience on PDF related solutions which covers all document editing, annotating, converting and managing etc.
