[PDF-Basics] Re: [PDF] vector to raster inside pdf

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 11:12 AM 1/27/2004, Uri Shavit wrote:

I receive pdf files with embedded illustrator vector files.

        First, the PDF doesn't really have the Illustrator file "embedded in it" - the AI information has been "converted" to PDF information...(the only exception to this rule is if you keep "edit data" in the PDF when saved directly from AI - but the info is private to AI).

I would like to convert these pdf files to pdf files where the embedded Illustrator files are rasterized into a given resolution.
This in order to reduce the total size, in many cases the Illustrator files are b/w drawings.

        Rasterization of vector information will (almost) never make a smaller file...

        If you are looking to reduce the size of the PDF, check out PDF Enhancer (http://www.apago.com/enhancer.html).


Leonard

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