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Adobe has created these to answer the needs of the general public (“Standard”) and the publishing professional (PDFX1a), but for the work I do there are often things that I need to change. In Acrobat Distiller 6.0, which comes with Acrobat 6.0 Professional, the five available default settings (High Quality, PDFX1a, PDFX3, Press Quality, and Standard) are usually not acceptable to me. This all-important software is in fact a software RIP, similar to the controller on a PostScript printer, but its end product is a self-contained PDF document instead of a printed page.Īt last count there were 1,239,864 variables in Distiller (perhaps a conservative count – experts cannot agree on the actual number), and if you set one incorrectly, the resulting files are not useful: They don’t print correctly, or they don’t have the correct font implementation, or the color space is wrong, or…

Distiller is the software part of the Adobe Acrobat package that actually creates PDF files.

You'll end up with just what you want, made professionally, and will best present what you have to offer.As a person who makes PDF files all day every day, controlling the many settings in Acrobat Distiller can be a real problem. There are many folks out there who've spent much of their life making and creating things just like this and who'd appreciate a short job (such as this). Besides, it's not uncommon for folks to do something once, discover they like doing these kinds of things and spend many more years learning and doing something new and exciting.Īlternatively, pay someone else to do it. As such, you should probably consider getting it for (at least) several months to both learn and complete your project. However, it's not like you can open InDesign and in a few hours learn how to use it and get your product. You do have several options: you do not need to get InDesign for years and years if this is the only thing you want to do with it. Sure there is a big difference between a car and a book but making something professional is the point.

After all, would you be willing to buy a car made by someone who didn't want to spend any money?

While I do appreciate the desire to keep costs down as much as possible, think of it this way: if this is anything that you plan on getting money for, doing it as professionally as possible will make the item more worth the money.