The converted image (as a PDF) is already compressed to the point that archiving it using Winrar, or any other archiving utility, will not further compress the file. On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:20 AM, Merlin Calo wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Well it was scanned image that I converted into a PDF file.. > > Merlin > http://coroflot.com/M3D > > > > > --- On Wed, 8/12/09, B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com> wrote: > > From: B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com> > Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Trouble compressing a PDF using WinRAR > To: "Merlin Calo" <mj_calo at yahoo.com> > Cc: "Hidden Tech" <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>, "Greg > Caulton" <greg at stayintouch.org> > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 12:41 PM > > Hi Merlin, > > I too work mostly on the Mac platform. > > In your message did you mean that the WinRAR process wouldn't run, > or that the file size wasn't changing? Maybe the file's size is > already the smallest it can be... > > For what it's worth, you must have some placed bitmaps in your > illustrator file because if it was just vector graphics it wouldn't > really need compressing, or rather, the file wouldn't have much data > to compress -- since unlike raster graphics (bitmap) the amount of > information required by the program to render the image is the bare > minimum so the file sizes stay much smaller. > > Still, I suppose the WinRAR process ought to execute, even if the > file size may not change much. > > Hope this helped... > > Best, > Kimo > > > > AZURELINK :: "Simply Connected!" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Web Site Design & Scalable, Managed Web Hosting > Joomla! Content Management System Implementation > eCommerce Development > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 409 Main Street, Suite 114 > Amherst, MA 01002 > (413) 549-2020 > Skype-In: (413) 306-4248 > Fax: (413) 825-8344 > For more information, please visit: www.azurelink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Merlin Calo wrote: > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the >> member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> Hell all: >> >> I am having some trouble compressing a PDF file using WinRAR.. >> >> For some reason I can not compress the file, I have gone over a few >> tutorials and I know that I am taking the right steps. It is a pdf >> file I created in Adobe Illustrator CS4 I have no idea why the file >> size remains the same.. >> >> Any help on this topic or if you can point me in the right >> direction to look for answer would be appreciated! >> >> Merlin Calo >> http://www.coroflot.com/M3D >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/merlincalo >> http://twitter.com/MerlinCalo >> http://www.facebook.com/people/Merlin-Calo/506916396 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech >> Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20090822/330a120c/attachment-0001.htm