Comments on Tips & Techniques: Convert a color PDF to grayscale

Brilliant. I can't describe the headache your ...

2011-12-13T11:59:58.857-06:00

Brilliant. I can't describe the headache your simple tip just saved me!

Thank you very much. this saved a lot of time for ...

2011-12-13T00:16:14.006-06:00

Thank you very much. this saved a lot of time for me

HOW TO PRESERVE BLACK I didn’t go through the for...

2011-11-16T16:12:32.172-06:00

HOW TO PRESERVE BLACK
I didn’t go through the forum but will post this anyway incase someone didn’t. Some of you may have been able to create a grayscale but wanted to keep the black as black. Sometimes the black comes out as black and sometimes it doesn’t. The reason is... Indesign still has this big problem with their drop shadow. If you have a drop shadow around that area you’re trying to keep as black... Get rid of the drop shadow and your problem will be solve. Whether image or font. I create lots of ads and use these functions a lot. This may not be the only way but it works for me.
So here are the steps (go to):
Advance
Print production
Convert colors
(on Output Intent) check Convert Colors to Output Intent
(choose) Gray Gamma 2.2 (for profile next to the Output Intent option)
(below this) check Preserve Black
(Press) ok

If you want your work to be in all grayscale, don’t check the preserve black. But remember you must not have drop shadows or its all just be grayscale if you want to preserve black

hope it helps
tiger

thanks!!!

2011-11-07T12:49:52.586-06:00

thanks!!!

I first found and used this blessed, wonderful adv...

2011-11-01T23:04:19.575-05:00

I first found and used this blessed, wonderful advice 3 years ago. On the two occasions a year I need to convert this way, I still forget where the commands are hidden in Adobe ... so I go to my Bookmarks and read this all over again! Hurray for Keith!

THANK YOU!

2011-10-19T08:26:15.553-05:00

THANK YOU!

Thanks for the tip. I needed my native INDD files ...

2011-10-12T14:54:01.898-05:00

Thanks for the tip. I needed my native INDD files to be black and white, and this conversion gave me a quick reference to what the swatches needed to be changed to.

THANK YOU!!! Saved me lots of time!

2011-10-07T09:40:00.246-05:00

THANK YOU!!! Saved me lots of time!

THNX! I have searched EVERYWHERE!! But this is the...

2011-09-14T07:36:34.035-05:00

THNX! I have searched EVERYWHERE!! But this is the best and easiest way to do it!

Thank you! Years after this is posted, it's st...

2011-08-30T14:23:22.367-05:00

Thank you! Years after this is posted, it's still helping people! :)

I don't seem to be having much luck when I con...

2011-07-26T04:17:14.153-05:00

I don't seem to be having much luck when I convert a 4 colour PDF into greyscale through Preflight. It turns the pages to greyscale but splits the grey over CMYK. I have had this problem before, and don't know why it is happening. Is there an option that I need to change so greyscale is only on the black plate? Very frustrating.

Thanks for giving such a nice information. _______...

2011-07-02T00:28:15.244-05:00

Thanks for giving such a nice information.
___________
Mary

Brilliant you have saved me hours of work converti...

2011-07-01T10:36:45.288-05:00

Brilliant you have saved me hours of work converting individual images to tiffs in Photoshop then having to drop them in again. I wish I had searched for an answer before. Big massive thanks.

thanks! from NC

2011-06-28T21:58:22.950-05:00

thanks! from NC

OMG! Why didn't I look this up sooner! Thanks...

2011-06-21T15:52:11.572-05:00

OMG! Why didn't I look this up sooner!

Thanks!

Invaluable tip - just had to say thank you!!

2011-06-13T16:28:38.161-05:00

Invaluable tip - just had to say thank you!!

Outstanding! Thank you very much. This little tric...

2011-06-10T13:48:10.077-05:00

Outstanding! Thank you very much. This little trick saved me a lot of time!

Fantastic! Thank you, thank you, thank you

2011-05-31T08:45:41.939-05:00

Fantastic! Thank you, thank you, thank you

Great tip just what I needed thanks!

2011-05-06T09:46:40.605-05:00

Great tip just what I needed thanks!

Just adding to the accolades - many thanks for the...

2011-04-06T10:15:16.271-05:00

Just adding to the accolades - many thanks for the simple solution! :) Like many of the others, I've been looking for the solution off and on for some time, and glad to have found your post.
Best,
Bryan

Delighted I found your tip about using preflight t...

2011-04-06T05:50:06.770-05:00

Delighted I found your tip about using preflight to convert colours. I need to create a black plate only for mono printing. I find that to achieve this I also need to select the profile "Digital printing (B/W)".

I have previously created a single black plate in Acrobat Professional 8 using Advanced> Print Production>convert colors> Device gray: Convert> Profile: grey gamma 2.2> don't embed profile ... but now it doesn't seem to work - the colour is shared between 4 plates - either I've forgotten something or an Adobe update has changed things!

I'm delighted to have found a way that results in a single black plate.

thanks to google to pointing me to you, and thank ...

2011-03-25T16:30:56.965-05:00

thanks to google to pointing me to you, and thank you for the useful tip... saved me lots of time!

Keep the tips coming! Thanks!

2011-03-17T14:15:59.417-05:00

Keep the tips coming! Thanks!

again, thank you! more tips on using preflight wou...

2011-02-28T09:58:59.164-06:00

again, thank you! more tips on using preflight would be most welcome!

Thanks! This was so helpful!

2011-02-11T12:27:13.632-06:00

Thanks! This was so helpful!