Inkscape

PNGs are exported uncompressed in PDF / EPS , results in huge files.

Bug #168434 reported by Bug Importer
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Bug Description

Saving an Inkscape SVG as a PDF file seems to result in unreasonably
large file sizes, in the range of 20 MB. I've observed this behavior in
multiple files, all of which consist mostly of lines and imported PNG
images. When the same SVG is imported into Scribus and then saved as a
PDF, the resulting file is much smaller, on the order of 100 KB, but of the
same apparent quality.
     I'm using Inkscape 0.45 on Windows XP, SP2, although the same behavior
may exist with other platforms and versions.

Tags: saving win32
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Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users) wrote :

Originator: NO

Please attach a sample SVG that gives you huge PDF (including all linked
PNGs).

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Christophe Dehais (christophe-dehais) wrote :

Inkscape seems to embed all bitmaps as uncompressed images in PDFs. Some PNGs, while being lossless, are fairly compressed, and expanding them to raw bitmap produces a greatly bigger amount of data.
The best would be to support some of the various compression algorithms available in PDFs [1] and e.g. keep imported jpg bitmaps as jpgs in the pdf.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format#Raster_images

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Christophe Dehais (christophe-dehais) wrote :
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Christophe Dehais (christophe-dehais) wrote :

The attached svg will produce a PDF of nearly 2Mb (compared to 18kb png)

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bbyak (buliabyak) wrote : Re: Bitmaps are exported uncompressed in PDF / EPS , results in huge files.

current svn with cairo pdf export produces 18 kb pdf

Changed in inkscape:
status: New → Fix Released
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maelp (mael-primet) wrote :

I have the same problem with the current version of inkscape, a 200k .jpg file result in a 2Mb pdf file

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phil (fongpwf) wrote :

I see the same problem in 0.48.1 on Windows. I put a 211KB jpeg in the drawing and saved as a PDF. The resulting file is 1441KB.
Trying the same with a PNG file results in a PDF that is only slightly larger.
It seems that the PDF always uses lossless compression rather than the original format. So, the JPEG is expanded.

So, should this be re-opened?

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote :

Reproduced on Ubuntu 10.10, Inkscape trunk revision 10456 and Windows XP, Inkscape 0.47, 0.48 and trunk revision 10441.
The PNG from comment #3 is correctly exported, but JPG files are uncompressed.

Changed in inkscape:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

JazzyNico wrote:
> The PNG from comment #3 is correctly exported,
> but JPG files are uncompressed.

Isn't the issue with JPEG files tracked in bug #168708 “Embedded jpg exported to EPS/PDF as non-jpeg (JPEGs are stored /FlateDecode instead of /DCTDecode)”?

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote :

Ah, yes. Reverting the report status to Fix released.

Changed in inkscape:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
summary: - Bitmaps are exported uncompressed in PDF / EPS , results in huge files.
+ PNGs are exported uncompressed in PDF / EPS , results in huge files.
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