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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