How To Reduce Your PDF File Size // Illustrator & InDesign

How To Reduce Your File Size in Illustrator & InDesign Today lets talk about how to reduce your PDF file size in Illustrator and InDesign. ---------- We’ve all been guilty of it. Exporting your PDFs from Illustrator or InDesign to find that the final file is scarily huge! Let’s be honest, if you are setting up a flyer design and the is 50mb, 150mb or even 2gb…. It’s way too big! Your artwork should be below 10mb, ideally below 50mb. So you might be wondering, why does this happen? Normally if you have set up your artwork correctly, the two main reasons you are ending up with super-sized files is either because you have extremely detailed vector artwork with a lot of anchor points, or, you haven’t compressed your imagery that’s over 300dpi. Firstly, let’s talk about the super detailed vector elements. If you are finding your computer is massively slowing down when you’re working on your artwork you need to flatten those elements. (Only do this when you are completely happy with your design). You can do this by simply saving those specific elements as images and then replacing them into your artwork as an image. You will instantly find that your computer will speed up. If you have super-high-resolution images you will need to compress the files when you save them as a PDF. To do this you will save your PDF as normal in either Adobe Illustrator or In Design… File - Save As Select the location you want the files saved to. Make sure you select Adobe (Print) PDF from the dropdown menu Click Save The next window that will pop up is when you optimize your file and add your compression. On the first window, deselect ‘Preserve Editing Capabilities’ Select ‘Optimize for Fast Web Preview’ Now on the left of the window click on ‘Compression’ On the new panel, you will have all of your compression settings On the first set of dropdowns, for ‘Colorplan Bitmap Images’ click the Do Not Downsample dropdown. Select ‘Average Downsample To’ Replace 150ppi to 300ppi and this will automatically change the second box to 300ppi also. On the second dropdown (Compression), select JPEG from the dropdown menu. And now click Save. That’s it! Dependant on the size of your image, this may take a few seconds to save or a few minutes. Once this is done go check out your new small file sized artwork. There we have it, that is how you compress your artwork to a size that’s easy to email as well as sending to print (As long as you have added your crop marks and bleed). Hopefully, you have found this useful, if you have any comments please just let me know! COME SAY HI! Website: www.byrobmoore.com (Coming soon!) Instagram:   / byrobmoore   GEAR USED: ○ Camera - Canon 70D (No longer available) ○ Headphones - https://amzn.to/31hB1zh ○ Vlogging lens - https://amzn.to/3kufZF6 ○ Microphone - https://amzn.to/3inrz2J ○ SD card - https://amzn.to/33Eitux ○ Vlogging tripod - https://amzn.to/2DNzJT8 ○ Laptop - https://amzn.to/2XJtQNS ○ Monitor - https://amzn.to/2XIMplc TOOLS & SERVICES I USE: ○ Where I find my music (Epidemic) - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... ○ Keyword research tool for YouTube (TubeBuddy) - https://www.tubebuddy.com/byrobmoore And make sure you subscribe to my channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!