renate75 Posted November 16, 2021 Posted November 16, 2021 Hello all, I have a question: When I create a file in Affinity Publisher, the file becomes very large even though the document does not have much content. For example, I have a DIN A 3 document with a picture (2.8 MB) and a few vector curves. When I export it as a PDF, the file has a size of 10.3 MB. How does this happen? Thank you for your help. Renate Quote
Old Bruce Posted November 16, 2021 Posted November 16, 2021 Could it be that the Affinity Publisher document has the image Linked? Check with Document > Resource Manager. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
renate75 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Posted November 16, 2021 Normally I always embed files. Quote
Staff Callum Posted November 17, 2021 Staff Posted November 17, 2021 Hi Renate75, Its going to be difficult to advise the best course for action without having a copy of the file to try exporting here at my end, if possible could you provide one so I can see if the file size bloats unexpectedly for me? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
thomaso Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 21 hours ago, renate75 said: When I export it as a PDF, the file has a size of 10.3 MB. The settings for PDF export do influence the resulting file size, e.g. image resolution / compression type (jpg or not) / compression quality (if jpg), color space and color depth. Also depending on the initial resolution / compression / color of the used image the output PDF can result in a larger file size then its input. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
renate75 Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Callum said: Hi Renate75, Its going to be difficult to advise the best course for action without having a copy of the file to try exporting here at my end, if possible could you provide one so I can see if the file size bloats unexpectedly for me? Thanks C Hi Callum, I have attached 3 files below: The file as PDF, as JPG and a screenshot of the inserted background. It is really inexplicable to me how this file size comes about. Thanks for your help Weihnachten 2.pdf Quote
renate75 Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, thomaso said: The settings for PDF export do influence the resulting file size, e.g. image resolution / compression type (jpg or not) / compression quality (if jpg), color space and color depth. Also depending on the initial resolution / compression / color of the used image the output PDF can result in a larger file size then its input. Hi Thomaso, thank you for your answer. I understand that the size depends on many factors, but I am still surprised that the file is so extremely large. Even as a JPG. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, renate75 said: I have attached 3 files below: The file as PDF, as JPG and a screenshot of the inserted background. Could you give us the .afpub file, too, please? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
renate75 Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Could you give us the .afpub file, too, please? Yes, sorry. Weihnachten.afpub Quote
thomaso Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 It appears to be a matter of your export settings. Attached an exported PDF with 2.8 MB (sRGB, 300 dpi, compression quality 77%). Weihnachten_jpgQ77.pdf Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
renate75 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Posted November 18, 2021 13 hours ago, thomaso said: It appears to be a matter of your export settings. Attached an exported PDF with 2.8 MB (sRGB, 300 dpi, compression quality 77%). Weihnachten_jpgQ77.pdf 2.68 MB · 0 downloads Good morning, yes, that would be a possibility. Still, I wonder why the file is getting so big. If I have to export it to .png, for example, I would have more than 13 MB. Regards Quote
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