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Last post: 7 years, 3 months ago | Thread started: Feb 15, 06, 2:39 p.m.

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• linearch

  so i made a 70 page pdf from pdfs exported from illustrator, but my multipage pdf is about 70 MBs. even when i do the reduce file size. anybody have any tricks to get this down? has to be a way......
  much thanks in advance.
  //c

  Feb 15, 06, 2:39 p.m. – Permalink

• madirish

  it is all about how you save them off from IA. removing the "Enable Illy editing?" feature is a big one.

  there is a lot to play with in that window- hunt around

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 2:49 p.m. – Permalink

• mayo

  also check your "save as pdf" settings in illy. You might have it set pretty high there.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 2:56 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  i replaced a bunch of pages in a huge pdf via acrobat pro with some that i had saved out of ai, and the result was huge... but then i did a save as out of acrobat to a new file and the result was small again. strange.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 2:58 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  in Acrobat Pro > Tools > Print Production > PDF Optimizer..

  its amazing how much some of those settings will reduce your file size.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:06 p.m. – Permalink

• kurious

  The best way I found is to save your illustrator pages as eps. Then in Adobe Acrobat import them using the create pdf from multiple files and select your eps files. Should work

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:10 p.m. – Permalink

• NegativeSpace

  What madrish suggested has reduced my files size greatly in the past.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:14 p.m. – Permalink

• madirish

  nice tip horton- i will try that next time w/ some test docs.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:17 p.m. – Permalink

• madirish

  yeah -space, it attaches a whole grip of handling intructions and tool commands, ect to the file that really add up. as long as it is not important to the final doc, uncheck that sucker.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:18 p.m. – Permalink

• linearch

  thanks doods. the idea of saving all the files with different settings in illy then remaking the pdf has me cracking a bottle of wine.....
  appreciate the tips.
  //c

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  you can strip all that cross-compatibility in the PDF optimizer...

  just so buddy doesn't have to resave 70 pages!

  also if you've got complex vectors consider rastering them to 150 dpi or so with jpeg compression (depending on end use).. will probably save you tons.

  that too is all via PDF Optimizer.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:23 p.m. – Permalink

• bukka

  I found saving as Acrobat 6 makes a good size change, maybe because its a newer version and if its just for the web, there is an "optimize for web" check box for acrobat 6 . This is from Illy CS.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:26 p.m. – Permalink

• linearch

  can i still drink?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:30 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  can i still drink?
  linearch
  (Feb 15 06, 15:30)

  only if you use the PDF Optimizer.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:30 p.m. – Permalink

• madirish

  can i still drink?
  linearch
  (Feb 15 06, 15:30)

  only if you use the PDF Optimizer.
  horton
  (Feb 15 06, 15:30)

  if you do not drink while doing this, i will personally bitch-slap you with that PDF Optimizer.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:33 p.m. – Permalink

• linearch

  i wish i could PDF Optimize my house......

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:38 p.m. – Permalink

• linearch

  noice. got it to 10 megs. really appreciate it bros....

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:40 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  teh Optimizer ruleth.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 15, 06, 3:41 p.m. – Permalink