Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
You haven't said whether the resultant PDFs are for printing or for web viewing. And are you referring to a PDF of one page, letter size, or many pages of a larger size? Nor do you tell us what size you think a "normal" PDF is. For printing you can get away with 260 dpi images. For web viewing try 96 dpi, as has been suggested. For a many-page PDF of course the file will be large. Rick S. -Original Message- From: Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2020 10:59 AM To: GIMP Support Subject: [Gimp-user] Image Compression Hello, I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of normal size. Thank you, Jason ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
Thank you for the information. On December 2, 2020 17:47:44 Øyvind Kolås wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:59 PM Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list wrote: I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of normal size. Your problem might be your PDF creation tool (unstated), rather than your input images. If the images are black and white (or grayscale) using TIFFs instead of JPEG might help - but PDF is also capable of embedding JPG images directly inside which your workflow has not done (unless you have roughly 250 pages...). /pippin ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
Thank you for your help. I will give that a try. I know about copyright issues but when I scan in books or magazines it is for my personal use. I never distribute them. On December 2, 2020 17:46:20 Liam R E Quin wrote: On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 10:59 -0500, Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list wrote: Hello, I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of normal size. A PDF for printing is nomally hundreds of megabytes per page. if you mean, normal compared to PDF files on the Web, scale the images down to e.g. 96ppi. )96dpi). You may need to use unsharp mask on htem a little afterwards. Obviously a magazine will be copyright, as Cliff pointed out, so remember it's not in general legal to redistribute even for no money. unless you get permission, unless both the magazine and all items in it are out of copyright- e.g. it's mover than 70 years since the death of any artist or writer involved. Liam (slave ankh) -- Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read. Click here to have the slave rewarded with heavier chains. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:59 PM Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list wrote: > I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but > still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these > files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to > compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of > normal size. Your problem might be your PDF creation tool (unstated), rather than your input images. If the images are black and white (or grayscale) using TIFFs instead of JPEG might help - but PDF is also capable of embedding JPG images directly inside which your workflow has not done (unless you have roughly 250 pages...). /pippin ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 10:59 -0500, Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list wrote: > Hello, > > I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but > still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these > files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to > compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of > normal size. A PDF for printing is nomally hundreds of megabytes per page. if you mean, normal compared to PDF files on the Web, scale the images down to e.g. 96ppi. )96dpi). You may need to use unsharp mask on htem a little afterwards. Obviously a magazine will be copyright, as Cliff pointed out, so remember it's not in general legal to redistribute even for no money. unless you get permission, unless both the magazine and all items in it are out of copyright- e.g. it's mover than 70 years since the death of any artist or writer involved. Liam (slave ankh) -- Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read. Click here to have the slave rewarded with heavier chains. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression
Pictures in a magazine are likely to be copyrighted. Cheers, Cliff On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 4:59 AM Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list < gimp-user-list@gnome.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but > still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these > files, it is over 250 MB. I was wondering if you could tell me how to > compress these files in GIMP so that the resulting PDF will be of > normal size. > > Thank you, > > Jason > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > -- My Amazon author page : https://amazon.com/author/cliffpratt My Facebook author page : https://www.facebook.com/cliffprattauthor My Search on Kobo : https://www.kobo.com/search?query=Cliff+Pratt ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
