Flattening Explained--When you might want to flatten PDFs
What does it mean to flatten an image? This video explains what flattening is and why it is an important concept to understand if you are selling printable PDFs using licensed images.
If you are collaging images from stock sources and not delivering flattened images to your customer, you may be violating your license terms. See the time stamps below to find the important bits in this regard.
If you are newer to design, this video explains the concept of layers, which is what we are flattening in our exports:
• Layers Explained: What it is, using t...
Timestamps
Intro
:22 What is flattening?
2:26 An unflattened PDF can be editable or not editable based on what software it is opened in (Affinity Publisher demo)
4:30 How your customer could extract an image from an unflattened PDF
5:20 Adobe Acrobat Pro demonstration of same concept
6:54 But remember what your customer expects to be able to do with a file
7:44 How a flattened image file like PNG and JPEG can not be easily broken apart
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