<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM, a.l.e <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
salut louis,<div class="im"><br>
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If you look at this wiki page:<br>
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<a href="http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Image_DPI_and_Scaling,_and_Resultant_File_Sizes" target="_blank">http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Image_DPI_and_Scaling,_and_Resultant_File_Sizes</a><br>
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you can get a sense of how changing some settings in Scribus or<br>
manipulating the images can variably reduce file size of the PDF.<br>
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Especially with a large document containing many images, you should be<br>
using the lowest DPI resolution that makes sense for your purpose.<br>
Typically, 150 to 300 DPI is good enough. Using a tiny part of a very large<br>
image will load this entire image into the PDF, so cropping before you use<br>
the image can be a huge savings.<br>
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This naturally brings me to the idea of a script that would do that, when<br>
the user is ready, crop the image to the frame + 1 pixel to avoid accidental<br>
white gap between a framed image frame. Is this feasible? What's the best<br>
way to do this, a python script or hard coded into the application?<br>
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personally, i would do it as a script in python. with an external application like imagemagick (or a python module) taking care of the cropping.<br>
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and i would not add 1 pixel: the script and scribus should work correctly, and not allow accidental white gaps.<br>
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ciao<br><font color="#888888">
a.l.e</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>Should anyone develop such a script, I would be very interested in it. My last .pdf for the printer was 1.5Gb which meant I had to transfer it in person on a DVD. Printer's http based file transfer system said the job would require 23 hours to upload. The the printer would require another 23 hours to download to his site.<br>
-- <br>John Ghormley KJ4UFG<br>Editor, SERA <i>Repeater Journal</i><br>Walkertown, NC 27051 USA<br><a href="mailto:editor@sera.org" target="_blank">editor@sera.org</a><br><br>