[scribus] Smaller file sizes?

[Nigel Ridley]

Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
> (Pet peeve from the grammar police: "theirs" has no apostrophe)
Thank you 'grammar police' - I [still] like to learn :-)
> 
> So, what, exactly did you try? "Etc." isn't specific enough
Basically I kept the default [compression] options ('Compress Text and Vector Graphics' - 
checked; Compression Method: Automatic; Compression Quality: Maximum) and chose 'Resample Images' 
to 72 dpi. Under the 'Color' tab, I chose 'Output Intended For: Screen/Web'.
> 
> Resample image to low DPI - check!
> how about different compression qualities?
> Different modes of compression? JPEG compression will produce much
> smaller files than .zip for *photos*. If you have a lot of photos you
> may want to try that.
The photos are already JPEGs and they look kind of poor quality after saving as PDF (they were 
originally 300 dpi in the .sla (I need two versions - one for print and one for email).
> 
> Just some ideas, but I'm sure others will have better ones.
> 
> thanks. Seeya.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il> wrote:
>> I have to ask this;
>>
>> How can I produce a reasonable looking 2 page (A4) PDF file that is less
>> than 1 Mb?
>> I ask this because I receive a couple of PDF's via email per month that are
>> similar in content as the ones that I produce (a top full width logo; two
>> column text with 4 or 5 jpg's) but their's are around the 500 KB mark whilst
>> mine are 1.3 Mb! Their's are produced using 'easyPDF SDK 4.3' and 'InDesign
>> CS 3.0.1'.
>>
>> I have done everything in the export to PDF to get the file size down
>> (resample to 72 DPI etc).
>> How do the competition manage such small file sizes?
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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