On 05/30/2013 09:24 AM, JLuc wrote: > Le 25/05/2013 20:43, val o a ?crit : >> I'm using Scribus to make a photography portfolio. When I save it as svg, >> size is about 300 k, but when I export it to pdf it grows up to 40 mb. >> That is way to big for a web portfolio. >> Any suggestions? I've already tried redoing it by using smaller size >> (150k >> to 300k max) pictures, and still haven't been able to work around this. > > Hello, > > this is a traditionnal problem with scribus > and many solutions are provided : > > First choose a low resolution for the PDF in the options for PDF output : > 72 dpi is ok for screen display and will slitghtly reduce size. > > Then use advanced technics described on > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Web_optimised_PDF > and > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Reduce_the_size_of_Scribus_generated_PDFs > so as to get drastic weight enlightment. >
It's also worth having a look at this: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Image_DPI_and_Scaling,_and_Resultant_File_Sizes to see how settings in PDF Export can affect file size (and image quality). Greg
