Yes, there are. It'd probably be worth downloading the free eval version to play with...
Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:14 PM, mathieu jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Art, > > No, I do not. Is there a special tool for optimizing PDFs? > > Best regards, > Mathieu > >> From: art.campbell at gmail.com >> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:58:37 -0400 >> Subject: Re: Graphics average weight >> To: bobitch at hotmail.com >> CC: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com; >> richard.combs at polycom.com >> >> Are you optimizing / reducing the size of the PDF with Acrobat after >> you generate it? >> >> >> Art Campbell >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com >> ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 >> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers >> apply. >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mathieu jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > 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. 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