Wolfgang, the size of the export depends on the file type you use, the canvas size and the resolution. If you use png (which is the raster export file type of inkscape) the end result will be large indeed. Inkscape does not export to jpg. But if you open up your export from inkscape in gimp, resize or decrease the resolution and export it to a different file type, like jpg, the end result will be smaller. The quality of the image will be less too, you have to figure out a balance between file size and quality. Usually print quality is a resolution of 300dpi
Krita works in a similar way, only with different buttons and options. You can create a cover in krita as you can in inkscape, but if you use .png as file type, and the canvas size and the resolution of the image is the same, your file will be large again. Krita can export to several file types. So If you use .jpg or another compressed file type, you'll get smaller files. I hope that helps, Bart http://www.bartart3d.be/ On Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/Bart_Issimo> On Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/bartart3d> On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/> 2015-09-05 11:10 GMT+02:00 Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de>: > I tried text in Gimp, but export leads also to a large output. > Will try the Krita drawing program > Wolfgang > > > Am 05.09.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: > >> I would like to come back to a question I had recently. >> I have a background picture sized 24 KiB and a text image produced with >> inkscape sized 9 KiB. The latter one should be on top of the former (text >> over picture). How can I achieve this without ending with a much too large >> final picture of over 600 KiB if exported from inkscape as a pdf file? >> Simple minded as I am I imagine there should be a way to display both >> pictures in such a way, that the text lies on top of the picture. And the >> resulting size should be not much larger as the two separate pictures. >> Any proposals? >> Wolfgang >> >> >> Am 28.08.2015 um 11:15 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have created a book cover using inkscape, an imported image (jpg) and >>> text. >>> The size is 62 KiB for the former and 72 for the latter. If I export it >>> from Inkscape to pdf its size is 2 MiB. >>> Question: Can I include the much smaller svg file in my lyx document? >>> Or, alternatively, can I export in a smaller cover? >>> Wolfgang >>> >> >> >
