P: Exporting Artboards to PDF are much larger in file size

I used photoshop 2015.5 to export artboards to pdf and that made the files sizes considerably smaller.

I am having the same issue.

A 31,408 KB file exported to 1,381 KB file (jpg set to 6 - I believe) in Photoshop CC 2017, it Photoshop CC 2018 it exports to 16,861 KB and Photoshop CC 2019 to 16,861 KB - that's like 1200% increase...? 

It makes a lot of my files to large to even email. 

I have had to keep the old version of Photoshop CC 2017 to just handle creating PDF Files.

On the same thread, why must I create artboards to export to PDF? 

How the hell does Adobe manage to break working features?

After my update the artboards to pdf exports files to be 70mb in size, instead of the usual 1.5mb. T

I encountered the same problem Julie!

I would love to figure this out because it is a pain to export as jpegs and make a pdf in Acrobat.

Hi Jeffrey,

I was unable to unzip the file you posted. I tried unzipping by double-click, by command line and by Unarchiver. However, all attempts yielded a CPZG/ZIP loop.

Here is a workaround:

1. Quit Photoshop

2. Back-up these two files which are located in the Photoshop application folder at the following location:

• Presets/Scripts/ArtBoards To PDF.jsx
• Presets/Scripts/ArtboardExport.inc

3. Download the zip file from here and double-click it to unzip: https://adobe.ly/2kc2snD

4. Place the two files in the same folder as above Presets/Scripts/  (You may be asked to provide your administrator password to replace the files)

5. Restart Photoshop

This is insane. I'm having the same problem, 8 page artboard proposal was 23mb, not it's 80+ wth!

I'm having the same issue. At first I had both the new CC and 2017 to use for exporting but it's just impractical. Please help

Having the same problem! The web banners are coming out the same size as the file itself. PLEASE FIX ADOBE. OR TELL US HOW TO TURN OFF WHAT YOU TURNED ON.

THANKS!