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Rob2Smith
Rob2Smith
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August 1, 2012
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Reducing file size to specific target (500kb)

  • August 1, 2012
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Guys,

I have a 6mb file and the lowest I can reduce it is to 2.5M. How can I get this file smaller and hopefully, right around 500KB?

Thanks

Rob

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Alec Molloy
Alec Molloy
Inspiring
August 1, 2012

This is a case where you should edit the original file. Do you have images in your pdf?

Rob2Smith
Rob2SmithAuthor
Participating Frequently
August 1, 2012

There are images and it is a file produced by a hired firm. I am reducing it to put in our database for reference. We want smaller files there. I have acrobat pro and hope to do this myself as compared to paying them to simply reduce a file.

Yes, there are images.

Rob2Smith
Rob2SmithAuthor
Participating Frequently
August 2, 2012

What do you get when you reduce them to 72 ppi like this:

You can't do anything within Acrobat (that I know of) to deal with the "image mask" message.

You might be able to reduce further if you open each image in the publication in Photoshop and reduce the resolution in Photoshop.


Thank you. It appears I am stuck, so to speak.

I did, for what it's worth, open the pdf in Ai and save as smallest pdf to reduce it to 1mb which is better than 2.5mb.

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