be aware: "edit mask" in pages reduces only the visual size of the image, not the file size.
1. for read only uses, (email etc) keep the individual image file sizes as small as possible. in an image editor, resize a "duplicate" of the original image to a target between 48-76k. makes for a paltry printed version, but that's not the goal here.
2. for print use (download pdf from web) an 8M pdf file provides a reasonable print quality, but necessitates uploading the finished pdf to a webhost for user browsing and/or download printing.
my workflow: in photoshop "save for web" > first, in the image size tab, set the size. example: 900x600 > then from the upper right carrot, choose optimize to file size , say 48k > save. (i wrote an action to batch resize in save for web so i don't have to hand crank these). 'save for web' reduces the file size a few more K by stripping the mostly useless meta data from the file.
similar schemes may be possible with the "web" images options in other softwares. best...jf
On May 4, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote:
Thanks for the information. Maybe I should start looking at my pdf files to see if they are really doing what I want. Also what do you do to get the size of your pdf files down, especially if they have lots of photographs? I have been exporting in Pages at "better" but frequently also need to "reduce size" in Preview' s Quartz. Any other suggestions? Anne Cartwright
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