Which PDF Compress is that Ronni. There are several in the App Store and others on the internet. Enjoy Easter, hopefully in pleasant sunshine like we have! Severin
> On 14 Apr 2017, at 11:40 am, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > OMG Peter H, > I completely forgot about PDFCompress, I've have it on all my Macs and had > used it for years to compress large PDFs of mine, but have not needed to use > it for some time, so had forgotten how good it is ;-)) > > Yes well worth the purchase price! > > Happy Easter > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 14 Apr 2017, at 11:11 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Another option I’ve used to great effect for many years is PDFCompress. I’ve >> been using it since the old MacOS Classic days, and it works as well now as >> it did then. You can find it at >> >> http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ <http://www.metaobject.com/Products/> >> >> It’s not free, but it’s extremely efficient and fast, and in 99% of cases >> the compressed result is indistinguishable from the original. It does not >> modify the original in anyway, and I’ve had occasions where a PDF many Mb is >> size has been reduced to as many hundred Kb, with, as I say, no appreciable >> loss in quality. I’ve tried many other options over the years, but always >> come back to PDFCompress if I want the best results. >> >> >> >>> On 14 Apr 2017, at 10:39 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> You can Reduce File Size in Preview App. >>> Reduce File Size is alluring, but beware if you have images other than >>> photos in your document. >>> When you use Reduce File Size, Preview uses lossy compression to reduce the >>> quality of every image in the document, making non-photos notably fuzzy. >>> Photos see a quality reduction too, but the effects are less noticeable. >>> >>> Reduce File Size has improved radically from earlier versions of Preview, >>> which also deleted useful metadata like a PDF’s table of contents. >>> I would suggest you test on a Duplicate of your PDF first, to see if you >>> are happy with the result. >>> Open the PDF, then choose File > Export. >>> Click the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, then choose Reduce File Size. >>> >>> >>> <https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc33.htm#outputpdfsizereduction >>> <https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc33.htm#outputpdfsizereduction>> >>> In VueScan Output >>> Output | PDF size reduction >>> >>> You can use this option to write files with a reduced number of pixels. For >>> instance, if size reduction is set to 3, then every 3x3 block of pixels in >>> the image will be written as a single pixel, which is the average of these >>> 9 pixels. >>> >>> This option will reduce the resolution and size of the file produced. These >>> values will be displayed in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan >>> window. >>> >>> However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution >>> of the scan, as the averaging of multiple pixels results in a similar noise >>> reduction benefit as multi-sampling. See Input | Number of samples >>> <https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc29.htm#inputnumberofsamples> and >>> Input | Number of passes >>> <https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc29.htm#inputnumberofpasses>. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>> >>> macOS Sierra 10.12.4 >>> >>>> On 13 Apr 2017, at 8:05 pm, Rob Phillips <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Peter. >>>> The Pro version of Adobe Acrobat lets you do this, but you might not want >>>> to pay for this. Maybe the free Acrobat Reader does this... >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> On 13/4/17 4:15 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: >>>>> Hi all >>>>> >>>>> I’m using VueScan for some documents which I need to email to another >>>>> person on their phone. I scan as .pdf yet the file sizes are large >>>>> (3.5MB) for a 12 page document. I’ve looked through the settings and >>>>> preferences on ViewScan and can’t see any way of reducing the size. Is >>>>> this size normal for a 12 page document? Is there any way I can reduce >>>>> the size of the .pdf? >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards >>>>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: [email protected] ____________________________________________________
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