Huge file sizes

TK
Posted By
Tom_Kaemmerling
Dec 15, 2006
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Photoshop 7.0
Windows
Gateway
2GB RAM

I receive PDF files from clients that are 8.5 x 11, 300DPI, CMYK that are under 200k in size.

If I create a similar PDF, TIFF or PSD file, 8.5×11, 300DPI, CMYK (or RGB), it is 10mb or more even when the layers are merged. They are then too large to e-mail to my clients.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanx!
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Bob Levine
Dec 15, 2006
What you’re doing wrong is creating PDFs in Photoshop.

I can be pretty sure the PDFs you were looking at were not created in Photoshop and contain mostly vector info with some small graphics.

Bob
TK
Tom_Kaemmerling
Dec 15, 2006
Hi Bob:

So what would I use then?
Quark? (which I hate…but if it works….)

Tom
B
Bernie
Dec 15, 2006
Illustrator or InDesign
BL
Bob Levine
Dec 15, 2006
What CN said.

Depends on the layout.

Bob
TK
Tom_Kaemmerling
Dec 15, 2006
Thank you both very much. I can muddle through Illustrator. Have a wonderfull holiday.

Tom
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Chris_Cox
Dec 15, 2006
Sounds like someone used JPEG compression in those PDFs…

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