Graphics average weight

[Art Campbell]

Yes, there are.

It'd probably be worth downloading the free eval version to play with...

Cheers,
Art

Art Campbell
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:14 PM, mathieu jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Art,
>
> No, I do not. Is there a special tool for optimizing PDFs?
>
> Best regards,
> Mathieu
>
>> From: art.campbell at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:58:37 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Graphics average weight
>> To: bobitch at hotmail.com
>> CC: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com;
>> richard.combs at polycom.com
>>
>> Are you optimizing / reducing the size of the PDF with Acrobat after
>> you generate it?
>>
>>
>> Art Campbell
>>               art.campbell at gmail.com
>>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
>> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>>                                                       No disclaimers
>> apply.
>>                                                                DoD 358
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mathieu jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >> > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
>> >> > 303-223-5111
>> >> > ------
>> >> > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
>> >> > 303-903-6372
>> >> > ------
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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