PDF export duration and size

[Rocketdrive]

Hey there,

I have a print design measuring 118 x 170 cm. It is a document that I originally had in Indesign and recently ported to Addinity Designer. It contains an image background, a couple of small images, text and mostly vector art. Now in Indesign it took a couple of seconds to export a printable PDF in 300 DPI resolution, and the resulting file had less than 4 MB.

Exporting from Affinity Designer takes 8 minutes,  and the resulting file is 47 MB.

My question being: has anyone had similar experiences? And addressing Affinity devs: are there plans for further optimizing PDF export? I guess there is room for improvent here

[Callum]

Hi Rocketdrive, 

I'm not a developer so unfortunately I can't answer your question however could you provide the file so I can see if I get the same behaviour at my end?

Thanks

C

[Rocketdrive]

1 hour ago, Callum said:

Hi Rocketdrive, 

I'm not a developer so unfortunately I can't answer your question however could you provide the file so I can see if I get the same behaviour at my end?

Thanks

C

Absolutely, how can I share the file with You privately?

[Alfred]

Setting aside the question of the excessive time and file size, do you really need to export at 300 DPI? Given the typical viewing distance for a design of those dimensions, 150 DPI should be adequate.

[Rocketdrive]

On 6/7/2018 at 1:03 PM, αℓƒяє∂ said:

Setting aside the question of the excessive time and file size, do you really need to export at 300 DPI? Given the typical viewing distance for a design of those dimensions, 150 DPI should be adequate.

You are right, it is not absolutely necessary. It's just a habit, and never was a source of any problems.

[Alfred]

On 6/7/2018 at 12:03 PM, αℓƒяє∂ said:

Setting aside the question of the excessive time and file size, do you really need to export at 300 DPI?

 

2 minutes ago, Rocketdrive said:

It's just a habit

To put it another way: no, you don’t really need to!

 

[MikeW]

At that size, though, if the min viewing distance is 3 feet (typical for a two-sheet movie poster that is a similar same area), the desired target PPI is between 191 and 266. Depending upon the print technology being used, 300 isn't out of a norm.

AD can/does have extraordinary export times and pdf file size in comparison to other applications once size/dpi rises.