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Simulated HDR and SDR images of Chartres Cathedral.

The Imaging Model Technical Working Group (TWG) will now focus on the research, specification, and prototyping at the very core of the PDF imaging model, with special focus on HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering in PDF and support for new raster image formats (possibilities include AVIF and JPEG XL) and other color-related topics.

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The new VSCode extension by the PDF Association provides PDF syntax awareness to this popular editor, and is designed to support those learning PDF as a page description language.

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We wanted to know how well ChatGPT processes PDF files. So we signed up for ChatGPT 4.0, the paid version, and asked…

Figurative example of correct and incorrect use of the ActualText property.

5 years ago the PDF Accessibility LWG began a project to develop a set of accessibility techniques for PDF files. This project is now beginning to come to fruition.

Photo of PDF Week San Francisco 2023 meeting room showing attendees listening to a presentation

PDF Week Fall 2023 in San Francisco covered subjects ranging from HDR to compression, color fonts, animation, accessibility and (much!) more!

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The PDF Association is perhaps DARPA’s smallest-ever prime contractor. For DARPA’s SafeDocs program, however, it’s also the biggest success story.

PDF Week Fall 2023 San Francisco logo

PDF Week in San Francisco this October is hosting a free industry Symposium on Advancing the PDF Imaging Model! There’s still time to register!

Dr. John Warnock

The PDF industry mourns the passing of the Adobe founder and visionary whose inventions and insights led to the creation of PDF.

Screen-shot of ChatGPT hallucination due to broken pdf.

LLMs and generative artificial intelligence, as much (or more) than everything else computers can do, is subject to the iron law of GIGO (Garbage in, Garbage Out).

A watch showing the interior mechanism.

Overcoming ossification requires everyone to agree on the strategy and specific technical changes affecting all stakeholders.

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