[scribus] [SOLVED] Reducing PDF file size without loss of 'HotLinks'

[Gregory Pittman]

On 09/19/2011 04:35 PM, Andreas Hünnebeck wrote:
> Ian "Witty" Whitfield wrote:
>
>> I VERY happy to report that this problem has been solved!!
>>
>> Many thanks to Anders in Sweden for the information!!
>>
>> 1) Save your PDF from Scribus at the settings that you are happy with.
>> 2) Run the following script in Konsole...
>>         "ps2pdf14 filename.pdf newfilename.pdf".
>>        (NOTE - There must be NO SPACES in the file names!!)
>> 3) As a PDF file is a 'special' kind of PS file it can be input to
>> 'ps2pdf' with no problems.
>> 4) You get a major reduction in file size, (in my case 15Mb to 3Mb!!)
>> AND all the 'HotLinks' still work!!
>
> I tried this using the web version of my biyearly magazine and it did
> reduce the size by 58%, but due to a very strong compression rate
> of the embedded images. They are much worse now, you can see strong
> compression artefacts. I think one could reach the same result in
> scribus by choosing 'Low' or 'Minimum' Compression Quality (my original
> PDF was created with 'Medium').
>
Here's something of a guide to this:

http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Image_DPI_and_Scaling,_and_Resultant_File_Sizes

Greg