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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0005533Scribus-public2007-04-10 10:14
ReporterMagnes Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
PlatformLinuxOSUbuntuOS Version6.10
Product Version1.3.3.8 
Summary0005533: Exported PDF with resample option... bigger
DescriptionIf I export a document with some images (JPEG) to PDF and click "Resample images" and set 72DPI the resulting PDF file is bigger (14,4MB) than the one made without "resample" (13MB) (and of course the quality is worse, so the resample is working fine). How is that posibble? Shouldn't Scribus test if resulting image is larger (in file size) than the original and choose the smaller if the "resample" option is choosen?

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related to 0002745 new PDF Export: Image resampling needs more control over when to resample 
related to 0003561 feedback Default settings for image export should be more flexible 

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cbradney

2007-04-06 23:44

administrator   ~0015772

If the original images were jpgs, then they are simply embedded as is.. if you change the compression method they could actually grow.

ringerc

2007-04-10 07:18

reporter   ~0015843

IIRC we *used* to upsample images, but Scribus no longer does this. Given the small increase in size, I'd agree with cbradney - Scribus is probably having to recompress your images and getting worse results than the original. Not surprising, especially with JPEG compression, as JPEG does its best work on images that haven't been previously compressed.

Magnes

2007-04-10 07:45

reporter   ~0015844

OK. I suppose in this case the JPEG compression is to blame, so the problem could be closed.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2007-04-06 07:38 Magnes New Issue
2007-04-06 13:30 mhanski Relationship added related to 0002745
2007-04-06 22:39 mhanski Relationship added related to 0003561
2007-04-06 23:44 cbradney Note Added: 0015772
2007-04-10 07:18 ringerc Note Added: 0015843
2007-04-10 07:45 Magnes Note Added: 0015844
2007-04-10 10:14 cbradney Status new => closed
2007-04-10 10:14 cbradney Resolution open => no change required