Helge Hafting wrote: > John Pye wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I would like to know if there's a way I can easily downsample (or >> 'degrade') images in my LyX document when creating output using >> pdflatex. I have a mix of PNGs, PDFs, EPS and JPG in my document, but my >> PDF file is starting to become large and I'm sure there must be some >> too-high resolution images in there. I found the graphics/degrade >> package on CTAN but that seems to require that I use ERT for all my >> images, which I'd rather avoid. >> >> If it's not possible from within LyX, perhaps there's a post-processing >> tool that someone can recommend: one that does the downsampling of a PDF >> file, without killing my hyperlinks and bookmarks, would be what I'd >> want. >> >> Any suggestions? >> > Just look at the size of your image files. Then, downsample > the biggest ones. If you want to keep the originals, make new > filenames for the downsampled files, and change the document > accordingly. >
I was looking for an automated approach. For example on Windows, there is 'PDF Factory' (although I haven't tried it with hyperlinks). So I was hoping for something similar on Linux. One reason why an automated approach is needed is that the file can be big and appear big on the page: it /needs/ to be big. But if it's big and appears /small/ on the page, then it needs to be downsampled. Another reason: a LyX document can embed PDFs, SVGs, and I imagine other 'image' files, that can in turn embed bitmaps. One needs a tool that examines the resulting PDF output, rather than the input files. Cheers JP -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
