[dba-Tech] Adobe InDesign to pdf

[John Colby]

The compressor does its magic by tracking how many pixels are the same 
value as the previous pixel.  In photos, often times only areas like sky 
or grass are the same value.  In a document most of the pixels are the 
same as the previous pixel.  Thus the same compressor will have 
radically different compression ratios depending on the data in the 
screen data.


On 8/9/2016 8:38 AM, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> It was, indeed, in the compression settings.  I'm now using the "high 
> quality" compression mode. This simple change resulted in producing a 
> 12MB pdf from the same InDesign document that had produced a 600MB 
> pdf.  Absolutely mind blowing difference!
>
> TNF
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
> 231-322-2787
>
> On 08/08/16 10:58 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Set PDF compression mode on...
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
>> To: "DatabaseAdvisors-Tech" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 9:32:20 PM
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Adobe InDesign to pdf
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I export an Adobe InDesign document to a pdf, I get a huge pdf - I
>> mean huge. I completed a 12-page tabloid-size newspaper and exported it
>> to a pdf so my partner could look it over. The thing was over 600 MB.
>> This is ridiculous. When I get the completed pdf back from my graphic
>> artist after he places the ad artwork, the pdf is a tenth the size of
>> what I sent out.
>>
>> I need to discover why my InDesign documents become gigantic pdfs, and
>> then I need to correct whatever the reason is.
>>
>> Does anybody here have experience with this?
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts,
>>
>> TNf
>>
>>
>
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