The Apple 'Reduce file size filter' scales images by 50%, with target dimensions between 128 and 512 pixels, which can give very unusable results. These filters produce much better (better being in terms of consistency, file size and quality) than the filter Apple includes with Leopard (and maybe Tiger ?). I have tried (before Leopard) PDF compression software like PDFshrink but was not satisifed with the results and interface. I find the 150 dpi / average JPEG compression to be quite suitable for most purposes. I included 8 settings which produce increasingly large files, with increasingly better quality. + Choose Save As in the File Menu (pretty easy I guess), then choose PDF as format, and one of the 'Reduce to XXX dpi. + Open your existing PDF in preview, or Print any document using 'Open PDF in Preview' from the PDF pop-up menu in the Print dialog *Then, in order to create a compressed PDF with decent quality :*
HOW TO REDUCE SIZE OF PDF ACROBAT INSTALL
You can manually edit those same settings (using Colorsync Utility) but can also benefit from my trial-and-error process and directly download from my iDisk.Īfter download and decompressions, *simply drag the downloaded 'Filters' folder to your Library folder* (inside your user folder to install it just for this user, or at the root level of your hard disk in order to install it for all users) - And if you already have such a folder, simply copy the contents of the downloaded folder into it.įeel free to use, download, copy, use the idea. There are a couple of articles I found here or elsewhere on the web, but they still don't make things simple.
It uses the poorly documented Quartz filtering ability for PDFs in Preview.
*Well, at least this fits my need*, which to be able to email PDFs of my iWork or Office presentations with both :
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