: How to keep the text in vector in Photoshop without rasterizing it or flattening the layers when exporting to PDF? After many tests in all kind of PDF presets, I couldn't figure out how to

@Miguel516

Simply convert it into a shape layer.
Right-click on layer and select convert to shape layer

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@Rambettina927

Yes.

A simple trick is to prepare your Photoshop as you always do, and save a .psd file.

Then open this file in Adobe Illustrator.

You will be asked if you want to convert the layers to objects or to flatten them in a single layer. Select "convert objects".

If it doesn't work, verify if the .psd file is in 8bits.



Your text is now editable in Illustrator and appears as vectors. You can now simply do a "create outline" to make sure the fonts don't move for your print-ready or save it as a standard .PDF that you can easily optmize.

(see how to optimize PDF here)

With this trick, even you get files from a friend who can only afford the Photography Plan from Adobe (Photoshop and Lightroom), you can still open the .PSD files without losing too much quality. Don't forget to ask for the fonts if the text layers are not using fonts from the TypeKit!

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