On 08/22/2011 08:04 PM, David Copeland wrote: > On 08/21/2011 11:10 PM, Meho R. wrote: >> This was discussed couple of days ago. I'm going to point out three >> things you can try and see if they help: >> >> 1. Limit image resolution to 72dpi (in "Save as PDF" dialog: "General >> > Maximum Image Resolution") >> >> 2. Set profile optimized for screen/web instead of press (in "Save as >> PDF" dialog: "Color > Output Intended for > Screen/Web") >> >> 3. Let vector graphics stay that way, without conversion to bitmap (in >> "Save as PDF" dialog: "General > Embed PDF & EPS files (EXPERIMENTAL)"). >> >> M. >> > > I have been reading this thread with interest. I have just started to > use Scibus to produce a small newsletter (8 to 16 pages). My first issue > is 8 pages, containing a total of 23 photos, of various sizes. Initially > the the size of the PDF created was about 39Mb with the following PDF > settings: PDF 1.5, with Profile "Optimized for Screen/Web", Image > resolution limit of 300dpi. When I change the Image resolution limit to > 72dpi, the size of the PDF is reduced to 1.8Mb, a reduction over 20 times. >
I doubt many will want to go that far. Check this wiki article, which may help show the way to other ways to reduce file size: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Image_DPI_and_Scaling,_and_Resultant_File_Sizes Greg
