#PDF Export - Good Quality with small file size

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pallid iron
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Hey! can some me let me know the exact settings of how to export a PDF in photoshop. If i compressed it reduces the quality of the content. or if i choose good quality then it is a big size file and take lot of time to open.

fallow crater
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I would trim the canvas size to an absolute minim that you need, not sure if flattening laters will help or not; I don't export to PDF from Photoshop, never needed to; not sure why I would but that's the only thing I can think of if you want to avoid having to compress it

nocturne wyvern
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If you need to compress to save space make sure you don't downsample too much, it depends if your pdf is made for printing or screen display
This is for print below

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Untick the Photoshop editing capabilities

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You can see here that you have no option to embed or outline the fonts. That's because Photoshop doesn't deal with these very well, so I would suggest taking your file (as a PSD or a PDF newly saved with everything at the max) and run it through Acrobat where you'll see WAAAAAYYYY more options

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Even in Illustrator you'll have more options

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Same with InDesign by the way

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In Acrobat you even have handy shortcuts for smaller files sizes
Remember that high quality images will be a drain on the size, as well as text if there is lots of it.

pallid iron
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Thank you @nocturne wyvern It will follow the steps and let you know asap

warm caveBOT
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Gave +1 Creative Carma to @nocturne wyvern (current: #8 - 783)

grave wyvern
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@pallid iron Just as a note: The most important thing to do, if you want to reduce PDF file size, is to uncheck "Preserve Photoshop Editing Capabilities." If you leave it checked, your PDF will contain a complete copy of the entire Photoshop document in addition to the normal PDF content.

pallid iron
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thank you @grave wyvern I have tried each possible way but did not work for me