Hi :) If the quick test with gifs seems to be fairly good you might be able to clean-up some of the images a bit to remove the wobbly waves that jpg format introduces. Getting back to sharp edges and distinct corners, removing speckling can get file-sizes down a little bit more but the main change happens with the change of format ime. Regards from Tom :)
________________________________ From: Daniel A. Rodriguez <daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com> To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 30 April, 2011 1:55:32 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size > > Hi :) > I tend to save pictures in 3 different formats to see which gives the best > result for the least size. I would always keep a copy of the original. > > Gif tends to be about 1/10th the size of jpgs or pngs but it doesn't work > well > on smoothly changing shades so some of the pictures on pages 15, 17, 19, > 20, 26, > 57, 79, 81, 111, 116, 120, 127, 135, 136 and 139 might not work well but > all the > rest will probably be better as gifs. > > To change formats in Ubuntu just install gimp > I've got it > and use "Save As ... " the change the file-ending from .jpg (for example) > to > .gif. Sometimes png is lighter-weight or sometimes jpg although usually > those 2 > formats tend to be better for photos. Png tends to be higher quality than > jpg > but it is also often lighter-weight. Not always tho which is why i try all > 3 > before committing myself to 1. > > Note that just changing the format of an image can cause it to degrade a > bit or > even a lot and changing the entire document to pdf can cause further errors > to > creep into images. At the moment all your images looked fine to a quick > "squint > test". > > Do you have all the separate images available to work from? Can you create > a > new folder for testing different formats? > will play with that thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Escuelas Libres :: Porque la educación es mucho mejor cuando es libre www.escuelaslibres.org.ar --- Para entrenar, cualquier programa sirve. Para educar, sólo Software Libre. (Federico Heinz) --- -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
