On Thu 10 Nov 2011, Hans van der Meer wrote:
> Something terrible must be done to png pictures, either in ConTeXt or in
> luatex.
> I have the following minimal sample code and picture. I include the png for
> those who want to check.
>
> % Test png addition.
> \starttext
> Place png figure.\par
> \placefigure{Test figure}{\externalfigure[test.png]}
> \stoptext
>
> Without the png-picture it makes an 8KB pdf.
> But with the png-picture the pdf swells to 1.8MB.
> And that for a png-picture of only 48KB.
> Moreover making a zip of all this stuff brought the size back to 110KB.
> In the log:
> ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.10 int: english/english
> mkiv lua stats > graphics processing time - 0.001 seconds including tex, 1
> processed images
Can't reproduce here; I get a 70KB pdf with your file and image.
ConTeXt standalone, 32-bit Linux, mkiv, version 2011.10.01 10:48.
Pont
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