Photoshop + Acrobat

[netu]

Hello,
I have a complex task. I have many Word files (for simplicity, let’s say they are homeworks). These were printed and sent to be marked. Now I want to create PDF files with two layers (1st – text converted from Word, 2nd – markings only). I have tried it and it works, but as there are hundreds of pages I need some automation.

Here are my steps:
1. Word document (example.docx) is being converted to PDF file (example.pdf)
2. All pages from PDF file (example.pdf) are being exported as *.tiff files (example-1.tiff, example-2.tiff and so on)
3. Scanned page (scanned-1.tiff) is being aligned to exported file from PDF (example-1.tiff) using Photoshop (Photomerge function)
4. Red color is being selected in scanned file (scanned-1.tiff) using Color Range function as all markings are done in red
5. New file (the same size as exported PDF file – example-1.tiff) is being created with transparent background
6. Selection (from 4th step) is being copied to new file
7. New file is being exported (scanned-1.png) using Save for Web function
8. In PDF file (example.pdf) layer for selected page is being created and file (scanned-1.png) is being imported
Steps 3-8 are repeated for each page.

Can you help me to do it with some sort of scripting?

 

[costisefu]

Can you swap files between crobat and Photoshop just from actions?
I am curious, too.

 

[netu]

You can edit selected images in Photoshop. But you cannot edit text and other objects. That can be edited in InDesign or Illustrator. All changes made in those mentioned programs automatically are applied to objects/images in PDF file.