osang Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Is this normal? I created a flyer on Designer with 2 artboards linked to Publisher for front and back side printing, but the publisher saved file size is 1.58GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Yep - threads abound on this subject. Currently Publisher embeds a copy of a resource into the document file even if it is linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftemplate Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Affinity seems to use increments to speed up the save, but this will increase the file size. Usually saving as a new file will significantly reduce the file size. The more restricted you put on the program, the closer you program is to idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 "Save As...": For now you still need to enter a new file name to make the effect effective. macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osang Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/21/2018 at 11:19 PM, Extended said: Affinity seems to use increments to speed up the save, but this will increase the file size. Usually saving as a new file will significantly reduce the file size. On 12/22/2018 at 12:42 PM, thomaso said: "Save As...": For now you still need to enter a new file name to make the effect effective. Nope. Saving as a new file didn't reduce at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftemplate Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Fde101 is correct, the problem is that the file caused by embeds a copy becomes larger. The more restricted you put on the program, the closer you program is to idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Extended said: Fde101 is correct, the problem is that the file caused by embeds a copy becomes larger. It is not enough to explain your file size of 1.58 GB. The sum of the 15 used links is about the half of your .afpubs file size. macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftemplate Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 hour ago, thomaso said: It is not enough to explain your file size of 1.58 GB. The sum of the 15 used links is about the half of your .afpubs file size. If you do some processing, such as changing the bit depth, it will get bigger. I think osang or APub changed the link image. The more restricted you put on the program, the closer you program is to idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osang Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 11:09 PM, Extended said: If you do some processing, such as changing the bit depth, it will get bigger. I think osang or APub changed the link image. Well, the only process I did is duplicate for printing multiple copies. Most of the time I use InDesign or QuarkXpress for laying out like this and the file size is small...and working in a printing press I'm curious how this software will hasten my workflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/22/2018 at 3:42 AM, thomaso said: "Save As...": For now you still need to enter a new file name to make the effect effective. Wow, nice trick. I just did that to my file and it lost 100 MB in size. Windows 10. Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osang Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Something I noticed about the huge publisher file size; once I updated the 'Designer' linked file, the file size increased, and If I replace the linked file with the same file then saved--the smaller publisher file size--from 1.58GB to 633.7 MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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