Graphics average weight

[mathieu jacquet]

Thank you Nadine and Richard,

To answer Richard's questions:

> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and
> > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? 

Yes, that was a linguistic "calque" from the French "poids d'un fichier" :o). 

> > 
> > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics
> > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These
> > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM
> > source files? Or something else? 
> > 

I am talking about PDFs. I have seen 500-pages PDFs with hundreds of images not bigger that 5 Mb, and mine contain about 250 graphics for a good 20 Mb in average, so it makes me think there might be something rotten in my graphics kingdom.

> > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate
> > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you
> > importing by reference or copying into the document? 

I am using FM9 on Vista 64. I only import them by reference.
Graphics are mostly screenshots taken with Snag-It and saved as png (True Colour 24 bits). I have a couple of .eps with very specific Pantone colours but not much (maybe one or two of about 400 Kb each).

> > 
> > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and
> > what job options are you using? 

I am using Acrobat 9.O with "Standard quality" (French calque again :) ) job option.

> > 
> > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them)
> > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand
> > the question and have a little more detail. :-) 

Here they are :). 

Thank you all for your help,

Mathieu.

> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0700
> From: generic668 at yahoo.ca
> Subject: RE: Graphics average weight
> To: bobitch at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com; richard.combs at Polycom.com
> 
> If I recall correctly, images that are copied into FM, rather than referenced, make for larger PDFs.
> 
> Nadine
> 
> --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
> > Subject: RE: Graphics average weight
> > To: "mathieu jacquet" <bobitch at hotmail.com>, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:45 AM
> > mathieu jacquet wrote:
> >  
> > > what is the average weight in Ko of your screenshots
> > and illustrations? My
> > > docs are pretty heavy (up to 15-20 Mo), with graphics
> > (mostly png) being
> > > around 15 Ko-70 Ko in average. That looks too much.
> > What would the best
> > > solution be to reduce their weight (in batch if
> > possible)?
> > 
> > I had a vague recollection that "octet" is synonymous with
> > "byte," and a quick trip to Wikipedia confirmed that your
> > references to "Ko" and "Mo" are probably file sizes. But
> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and
> > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? 
> > 
> > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics
> > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These
> > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM
> > source files? Or something else? 
> > 
> > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate
> > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you
> > importing by reference or copying into the document? 
> > 
> > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and
> > what job options are you using? 
> > 
> > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them)
> > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand
> > the question and have a little more detail. :-) 
> > 
> > 
> > Richard G. Combs
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > Polycom, Inc.
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