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Custom Quartz Filter In Preview Not Showing Up

In Snow Leopard, I could create a custom ColorSync profile to reduce PDF size (but not with quite as a dramatic drop in quality as the default PDF Reduce File Size) and it would show up in Preview as an option.

Now, in Lion, I still have the profiles, but they do not show up in Preview as a choice. I also cannot edit the default Reduce File Size profile in ColorSync as it is perma-locked.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 2:22 PM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2011 7:21 PM

The solution I realized involves the following:


  • Right click the PDF file you desire to work with and then select "Open with..."
  • Select the "Colorsync Utility" application
  • The Colorsync Utility will open up with your PDF file
  • At the bottom of Colorsync Utility status bar, you can select the quartz filter you wish to apply (including any custom ones you made)
  • Press "Apply"
  • Save the document


I hope this workaround can hold up for now. I do admit I miss the ability to see and use my quartz filters right out of preview.


Take care.

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Jul 22, 2011 7:21 PM in response to GoEric88

The solution I realized involves the following:


  • Right click the PDF file you desire to work with and then select "Open with..."
  • Select the "Colorsync Utility" application
  • The Colorsync Utility will open up with your PDF file
  • At the bottom of Colorsync Utility status bar, you can select the quartz filter you wish to apply (including any custom ones you made)
  • Press "Apply"
  • Save the document


I hope this workaround can hold up for now. I do admit I miss the ability to see and use my quartz filters right out of preview.


Take care.

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Jul 22, 2011 9:30 AM in response to GoEric88

Same issue here.


I went so far as to remove my custom filters and re-create them. No luck. Still not showing up in the File->Export Quartz Filter list.


This is a significant issue as I use these filters as part of my daily workflow. Any suggestions?


Thanks

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Jul 22, 2011 7:19 PM in response to mrrish_

Nice find. I wasn't aware that ColorSync could open files. Learn something new every day.


This certainly works and is a step forward. Thanks for sharing.


Hopefully Apple will get around to fixing this obvious bug in Preview so we can reduce the number of steps.


Thanks.

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Aug 1, 2011 1:19 PM in response to midnightmac

Thanks for this suggestion, but I cannot find the "Library" folder in /Users/YourName/. I only see a Library folder in Macintosh HD.


As for the other work-arounds, I really appreciate it. The only issue I have with that, is it erases all existing bookmarks every time I compress a file directly in ColorSync.

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Aug 1, 2011 10:40 PM in response to mrrish_

Thanks. Works great.


Now I need to figure out how to get a PDF to open in Single Page view as well as Bookmarks showing in Preview on Lion on every computer by default. Preview seems to bypass my PDF setting.


I can't find a way around this. Snow Leopard Preview seems to abide by the setting the PDF was made with.

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Custom Quartz Filter In Preview Not Showing Up

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