Try the "Subset" option in the PDF output window. I've had similar problems, and this option fixed them when dropping resolutions didn't.
Rainer Heilke Paraplegic Racehorse wrote: > Scribus 1.2, SuSE 9.1 Pro > > I am in the process of creating some PDF documents of several series > of disparate, but themed, graphics files. I am unable to achieve > anything resembling reasonable PDF output file size, however. In one > case, I have somewhat less than one page of text (two fonts, embedded) > and approximately 12 pages of assorted graphics files. Within my > filesystem, the combined size of all the graphics is about four MB of > [mostly] reduced-color-palatte GIF files. The output PDF, however, is > nearly 20MB! (8.0 x 10.5 pages, 300dpi, reduce images to 300dpi, embed > two fonts, Acrobat 5.0, generate thumbs, include bookmarks, format for > printer) > > The only thing that immediately comes to mind, concerning how to > reduce file size is to reduce the resolution, which I am loathe to do. > Can anyone toss me some pointers? > > Incidentally, the first four of the PDFs are available at > http://homepage.mac.com/charlesreynolds/werldwerks/models/index.html > >
