Re: Exported PDFs are too big in file size.
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- Subject: [mg91005] Re: Exported PDFs are too big in file size.
- From: Bob F <deepyogurt at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 05:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <g6uch9$pda$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Aug 1, 1:04 am, Mahn-Soo Choi <mahnsoo.c... at gmail.com> wrote: > I usually export Mathematica plots toPDFformat. I don't like bitmap > formats. > > The problem is the file size. Most of the 3D graphics on Mathematica 6 > are exported toPDFfiles aslargeas several megabytes > (even several tens MB sometimes). > > For example, this simple 3D graphics > > ContourPlot3D[ > Exp[-(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)/2], {x, 0, 2}, {y, 0, 2}, {z, 0, 2}, > Mesh -> None] > > generates aPDFaslargeas 3.7 MB!! > > With Mathematica 5, the file size was reasonable. > > Is there something I'm missing with Mathematica 6? > Thanks in advance for any help. > > mahn-soo See the discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_frm/th= read/1656afeb09496586/4a9711e06f69abc0?lnk=gst&q=large+PDF#4a9711e06f69= abc0 It covers this in much detail... -Bob