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Easily extract an image from within a PDF (CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5)

 Quick Tip

by Renée Dustman

Application:

Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5

Operating Systems:

Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Unless you have Adobe Acrobat Professional, you can’t edit PDF files. You can, however, open PDFs in Photoshop. But what if you just want to repurpose an image that’s in a PDF file? No problem!

To extract an image in a PDF:

1.   Launch Photoshop and choose File > Open.

2.   Select the PD...