Am 07.09.2010 12:23, schrieb Owen: > >> Am 06.09.2010 22:57, schrieb Gregory Pittman: >>> On 09/06/2010 04:04 PM, Rudolf Vavruch wrote: >>>> Submitted on 09/06/2010 >>>> Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] >>>> >>>> Submitted values are: >>>> >>>> Name: Rudolf Vavruch >>>> Email Address: vavruch at gmail.com >>>> Subject: Making PDF smaller >>>> Message: >>>> Hi, I'm sending this from the contact form on scribus.net. >>>> >>>> My friends and I are making an online magazine, you can view the >>>> first >>>> issue here: exhibitmag.co.za. The second issue is complete but for >>>> one >>>> problem - as a PDF it's too big. I've tried various methods of >>>> exporting >>>> it but nothing gets it looking good unless it is around 400MB. My >>>> friend >>>> took this PDF opened it in Illustrator and when closing it, it >>>> asked him >>>> if he wanted to remove superfluous data (or something similar), >>>> bookmarks and other things. It then compressed the file down to >>>> 40MB! >>>> But I've noticed one problem, occasionally some of the text is >>>> messed up. >>>> >>>> Is there anyway I can compress the generated PDF without dropping >>>> image >>>> resolution and keeping all the text as is? >>>> >>>> I am using ScribusNG 1.3.5 - that comes with Linux Mint 8 Helena. >>> >>> Hi Rudolf, >>> >>> Try these: >>> >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Shrinking_a_PDF_from_the_command_line >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Web_optimised_PDF >>> >>> What these involve is conversion to PS then back to PDF. >>> >>> Greg >>> >> >> Just thought I'd try that first one, but this is what came out: >> >> myfile.pdf: 2660277 >> myfile.ps: 354513891 >> myshrunkenfile.pdf: 72428732 >> >> That means, the "shrunken" file is actually bigger than the original >> one. >> >> Any idea? > > > Hi, > > You don't say what your image resolution is. > > What size are they, the absolute megabyte size as well as the physical > dimensions? > > Select an image and look at the properties->Image > > What is the dpi shown in the properties box? For online content, 150 > dpi is probably all you need. Resize the images? > > When you export to PDF, the export dialog->color should be set to > optimize for Screen/Web > > What have you done with the fonts? What type of fonts are and are they > embedded? > > And yes, the pdf->ps->pdf path can generate files greater that the > original. > >
Ok, you're right. I just used a ready-made pdf which was not optimized by Scribus before: Large pictures, dialog->color was set to Grayscale etc. Let's use another one, only one small logo file contained, and not by Scribus but by OOo: myfile.pdf: 105653 myshrunkenfile.pdf: 434234 Hm, doesn't seem to shrink either. Does OOo use kind of optimization already? I will try to optimize the pdf in Scribus as you wrote above, let's see what happens then. Regards Rolf
