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Schneeleopard
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June 13, 2023
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InDesign Datei wird bei Verkleinerungsversuchen immer größer

  • June 13, 2023
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Hallo,

ich arbeite zur Zeit an einer größeren, mehrseitigen Datei mit vielen Bildern. Weil ich Zeit hatte, hab ich mir einige, der bereits eingefügten und eingebetteten Bilder mal genauer angesehen und festgestellt, dass einige davon unnötig riesig sind. Also dutzende Bilder verkleinert (80-90% im Schnitt), neu verknüpft und wieder eingebettet. Aber statt kleiner zu werden wurde die Indesign Datei trotzdem immer größer. Besonders auffällig bei einer anderen, nur 4-Seitigen Datei, die ich nebenher mache, die von 12MB auf 83MB angestiegen ist, nachdem ich fast alle Bilder bis zu 90% verkleinert hatte.

Ich habe in einem älteren Post bereits etwas über versteckte Metadaten gelesen und hatte mich gefragt ob die alten Bilder gar nicht wirklich gelöscht werden, sondern die neuen, kleineren zum Gesamtausmaß dazu gedichtet werden. In dem alten Post gab es auch ein Link zu einem Script, das Metadaten in solchen Dateien löschen soll. Ich weiß aber nicht wie man es anwendet.

 

Oder könnte es einen anderen Grund geben? Gibt es eine einfach Möglichkeit die Datei entsprechend zu verkleinern? Auch exportierte PDF-Formate werden nicht kleiner, sondern größer.

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    Correct answer Robert at ID-Tasker

    How often are you doing Save As with a new name? 

     

    If you are ONLY doing Save - then that's the problem - every time you do Save / hit Ctrl+S - InDesign is storing - in the file - Undo history. 

     

    To get rid of this undo history - that is unaccessible when you close and then open your file again - you need to do Save As with a new name - never ever overwrite your original file. 

     

    There is one more thing you can do - but it's more for a case when you have gremlins in your file - when InDesign crashes when you try to go to a specific page or select something - then you need to do IDMLing - save your file as IDML, then open this IDML file and save with a new name - this should clear your file from all the gremlins.

    It will also strip your INDD file from previews. 

     

    And why are you embedding anything in your INDD file? 

     

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    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 13, 2023

    I took a closer look at some of the already inserted and embedded images and found that some of them are unnecessarily huge.

     

    Hi @Schneeleopard , Is there a reason you are Embedding the linked images? For most workflows leaving the Links Unembedded is preferred, and your InDesign file sizes will be considerably smaller with fewer chances of corruptions.

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      June 13, 2023

       

      I embed everything because my predecessor recommended it to me. They file systhem at my work place is very confusing and if someone messes with it just a little it could destroy a lot if not everything is embedded.


      By @Schneeleopard

       

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-TaskerCorrect answer
      Legend
      June 13, 2023

      How often are you doing Save As with a new name? 

       

      If you are ONLY doing Save - then that's the problem - every time you do Save / hit Ctrl+S - InDesign is storing - in the file - Undo history. 

       

      To get rid of this undo history - that is unaccessible when you close and then open your file again - you need to do Save As with a new name - never ever overwrite your original file. 

       

      There is one more thing you can do - but it's more for a case when you have gremlins in your file - when InDesign crashes when you try to go to a specific page or select something - then you need to do IDMLing - save your file as IDML, then open this IDML file and save with a new name - this should clear your file from all the gremlins.

      It will also strip your INDD file from previews. 

       

      And why are you embedding anything in your INDD file? 

       

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        SchneeleopardAuthor
        Participant
        June 13, 2023

        Though it still doesn't make sense that the PDF exported file also was so much bigger, and after now exporting again from the smaller file, still is, from yesterdays export.

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Legend
        June 13, 2023

        Which PDF specification do you select when exporting? 

         

        PDF/X-4 or something else? 

         

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