WAZZAJ Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I have exported a publication for offset printing. The resulting PDF for just 12 pages is 128 Mb whereas when I export using InDesign the file is 40 Mb. When I export the complete book via Affinity Publisher it is 2.6 Gb whereas via InDesign it is 820 Mb. So files are three times larger through Affinity Publisher than through InDesign. The result is that the printer can't run the files as they are too large. I had to take the Affinity PDFs, place them in InDesign and export from there. I've uploaded a screen shot of the PDF settings FYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staff Lee D Posted July 28, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 28, 2020 @WAZZAJ Can you also post a screenshot of the PDF export settings you use in InDesign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Thanks Legarto. I'll try converting all the pics to CMYK in one file then exporting. I avoided this because there's around 700 pics in the whole document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Hi Lee Attached settings for InDesign. general.tiff output.tiff compression.tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WAZZAJ Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Tried converting all photos to CMYK then exporting. Made little difference. The sample file went from 121.4 Mb to 117.8 Mb. So there is another reason for the over large files. Lagarto's sample files also show the difference when exporting via Affinity vs InDesign. PLEASE can this be fixed. Also the bloated file sizes mentioned in earlier posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BofG Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I saw a PDF before from another user having this kind of issue - the images in it were not being properly resampled. Opening it in Designer (I don't have Publisher) and checking the images showed they were 300DPI at actual size, but in the document they were displayed only at about 3% of that. So the effective DPI was insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WAZZAJ Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 All the pics in the file are adjusted in size so their effective resolution is 300 - 400 dpi. So this shouldn't be an issue. I'm using Affinity Publisher 1.8.3 which as far as I now is the latest version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WAZZAJ Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Here is a copy of the Resource manager... I tried changing all files to CMYK in Photo and it made no difference to the final PDF. I have just started working on another book and with only text the files seem too big (650 kb for 6 pages of just text!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi Legarto If you like I can send you one of the files with associated pics via We transfer. That way you could see everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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