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gageer555
gageer555
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June 12, 2015
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How to create small size PDF in Photoshop

  • June 12, 2015
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HI mates

I am creating wallpapers in Photoshop CS6 of size 127cmX300cm at 300 resolution. When I save it as a PDF it size is about 1 GB. And this is too big for my clients. How can I reduce the pdf file size without loosing image quality?

My clients doesn't want to change resolution or size.

Thanks for the comments (in advance)

3 replies

gageer555
gageer555Author
Participant
June 15, 2015

Yes  We need it in 300 dpi and I was wrong about size of files.... I get 2 to 2.5GB file.

Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 15, 2015

Why does it have to be a PDF? Maybe you can get a smaller file by flattening it, then saving the file as a tiff with LZW compression.

gageer555
gageer555Author
Participant
June 15, 2015

Thanks

It worked... it reduced file disk space by 50% and quality is same as PDF file.  Hope my client accept TIFF insted of PDF

    Bojan Živković11378569
    Community Expert
    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 12, 2015

    When saving from Photoshop as PDF you can reduce file size by unchecking Layers.

    Another thing that you can do is to use compression in Save Adobe PDF dialog > Compression tab. Compression is clever algorithm which reduces file size and degrades slightly image quality but not necessary that much that it is critical and many times you won't be able to see any difference.

      gageer555
      gageer555Author
      Participant
      June 12, 2015

      Thanks for the help. But I always Uncheck layers and uncheck "preserve Photoshop editing capabilities" too.

      Still its too big ... My client want it smaller without losing quality.

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 12, 2015

      And you're positive that a resolution of 300 ppi is really required for this? That's a 35000-pixel wide file. There's no way that can ever get "small". In fact I'm surprised you get as low as 1GB.

      Normally, 300 ppi is for books and magazines, held right in front of your nose.

      Mylenium
      Mylenium
      Legend
      June 12, 2015

      Well, that's mutually exclusive. You can't have perfect quality and hope it will fit into a PDF you can send via mail. Some resampling has to happen somewhere.

      Mylenium

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