For my work I have to create a number of pdf-files containing different sorts of graphics. Now the Pdf-files I received from the company are all very reasonable in size : ±200 - 600kb.
When I however want to create a pdf-file I end up with files up to 25m which obviously is something I don’t want.
Does someone know how to optimize your pdf-files or knows of a good tutorial which will teach you how? I’d be glad to hear!
optimize the images first, perhaps by flattening them and maybe even using save for web if image quality is not essential
you can choose various file sizes when exporting to pdf. If you aren’t sending a pdf to a printer, you don’t need to save as a Print ready file. If the PDF is just for screen viewing and emailing around, you could consider saving as Smallest File Size (I haven’t got a file open to test this at the moment, so I may have the names wrong).
If the originals are primarily vector based, then outputting them from photoshop will rasterize (convert to bitmap) most of the content which makes for a much larger file. You’d be better off using illustrator for creation of pdfs as more of the content can remain as vectors.