Creating a PDF portfolio You can create an Adobe PDF slide show or a multipage PDF document from a set of Photoshop files by applying the PDF Presentation command in Photoshop or Bridge and setting the options you want. You can select which files within a folder you want to include, or simply select a folder to include all the files stored inside it. Now that you've created a portfolio of images (in the Portfolio folder), you can easily turn it into a PDF slide show to share with clients and colleagues.
1. | Click the Go to Bridge button ( ). In Bridge, click the Lessons folder favorite (if it is not already selected from the previous exercise), and navigate to the Lesson08/Portfolio folder. The Portfolio folder should contain the following image files: mission_final.psd, portrait_final.psd, farmhouse_final.psd, and columns_final.psd. | 2. | Choose Tools > Photoshop > PDF Presentation.The Photoshop PDF Presentation dialog box opens. Notice that the four files from the Portfolio folder already appear in the Source Files area. | 3. | In the PDF Presentation dialog box, do the following:Under Output Options, select Presentation.Under Presentation Options, check the Advance Every box, and accept the default to advance every 5 seconds.Check the Loop after Last Page box.Choose Wipe Right from the Transition pop-up menu.Click Save.
 | 4. | In the Save dialog box that appears, type Photography_portfolio.pdf as the filename, and specify the location as the Lesson08 folder. (Do not select the Portfolio folder.) Then click Save. | 5. | In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, do the following:Choose Adobe PDF Preset > Smallest File Size to create a PDF document that is suitable for onscreen display.Under Options, check View PDF After Saving.Click Save PDF. [View full size image] If you have a version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader installed on your computer, it launches automatically and starts the PDF slide-show presentation. | 6. | When the slide show finishes, press Esc to return to the standard Acrobat window. Then quit your Acrobat application and return to Photoshop. |
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