Thank you Nadine and Richard, To answer Richard's questions:
> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and > > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? Yes, that was a linguistic "calque" from the French "poids d'un fichier" :o). > > > > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics > > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These > > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM > > source files? Or something else? > > I am talking about PDFs. I have seen 500-pages PDFs with hundreds of images not bigger that 5 Mb, and mine contain about 250 graphics for a good 20 Mb in average, so it makes me think there might be something rotten in my graphics kingdom. > > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate > > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you > > importing by reference or copying into the document? I am using FM9 on Vista 64. I only import them by reference. Graphics are mostly screenshots taken with Snag-It and saved as png (True Colour 24 bits). I have a couple of .eps with very specific Pantone colours but not much (maybe one or two of about 400 Kb each). > > > > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and > > what job options are you using? I am using Acrobat 9.O with "Standard quality" (French calque again :) ) job option. > > > > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) > > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand > > the question and have a little more detail. :-) Here they are :). Thank you all for your help, Mathieu. > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0700 > From: generic668 at yahoo.ca > Subject: RE: Graphics average weight > To: bobitch at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com; richard.combs at > Polycom.com > > If I recall correctly, images that are copied into FM, rather than > referenced, make for larger PDFs. > > Nadine > > --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com> wrote: > > > From: Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com> > > Subject: RE: Graphics average weight > > To: "mathieu jacquet" <bobitch at hotmail.com>, "framers at > > lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > > Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:45 AM > > mathieu jacquet wrote: > > > > > what is the average weight in Ko of your screenshots > > and illustrations? My > > > docs are pretty heavy (up to 15-20 Mo), with graphics > > (mostly png) being > > > around 15 Ko-70 Ko in average. That looks too much. > > What would the best > > > solution be to reduce their weight (in batch if > > possible)? > > > > I had a vague recollection that "octet" is synonymous with > > "byte," and a quick trip to Wikipedia confirmed that your > > references to "Ko" and "Mo" are probably file sizes. But > > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and > > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? > > > > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics > > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These > > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM > > source files? Or something else? > > > > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate > > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you > > importing by reference or copying into the document? > > > > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and > > what job options are you using? > > > > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) > > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand > > the question and have a little more detail. :-) > > > > > > Richard G. Combs > > Senior Technical Writer > > Polycom, Inc. > > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > > 303-223-5111 > > ------ > > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > > 303-903-6372 > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > > Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > > info. > > >
