How to reduce the size of an IND file by reducing the size of the embedded images

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Hi,

I still try to reduce the size of an IND file. i have alreday used the tip of "saving as" and worked with the way to generate a PDF.

I tghink now to get further ; I nedd to go back to the "roots" of the imported file of the IND file.

So whats the best way to do it ?

- solution 1 : working on each file with Photoshop to reduce the size

- solution 2 : the way of importing the iages within the IND file

I have tried the solution 1 without any amazing changers. for example, I reduce the size of several images by 50% but it doesn't chnage the size of the global ING file at the end .. so I don't undestand.

Thank you for your help.

BobLevine · Answer

Any images you place in InDesign are linked externally. The only thing in the actual INDD file is a pointer to that file and a preview image. It doesn't really matter what you do to it in Photoshop.

You don't say how large these files are but there's a limit to how small they're going to be and beyond a file > save as from time to time, there's little else you can do.

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