Large PDF file size
Hi,
Windows XP, SVN branch 0.9.6 rev. 3080.
I just tried to export to PDF the score posted here : the .mscz file is 99KB, the .mscx file is 3003 KB, but the PDF is 26805 KB.
It seems to me very large for a 45 page score (and cumbersome to upload anywhere); 45 images in 300 dpi would have taken less room. The file is also very slow to display and scroll than other, much bigger, PDF files.
I didn't regularly export to PDF with previous versions, so I don't know if this is expected. Has anybody else similar experiences?
To export to PDF I used both "Save as..." and "Save a copy" but I didn't notice any difference.
Thanks,
M.
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Creating a PDF of the same score using PDFCreator creates a 2.8 MB file. The File > Save As method definitely seems oversized.
In reply to Thank you for reporting this. by David Bolton
The implementation was naive and assumed that the qt library would optimized away drawing off page elements. Its changed in rev. 3094. I now get a pdf file size of only 832619 bytes. Creation is also much faster.
In reply to PDF export by [DELETED] 3
I don't know how big the change was but is there an option to apply this to the 0.9.6 branch as well?
Hi Werner,
It works perfectly: small, fast to create and to read. Super! Many thanks!
Thomas: it works in branch 0.9.6 rev. 3094.
M.
In reply to Indeed! by Miwarre
Not sure if it's a regression but with r3094, I obtain a small PDF and quite fast but the custom size is not respected.
My test score is the Beethoven file
In reply to Regression? by [DELETED] 5
With r. 3089 it ignores the custom size as well so I don't think it is a regression.
In reply to Regression? by [DELETED] 5
Works (again?) in rev. 3096
Pdf large fil size problem: any solution already?
I'm facing the same issue.
Using Save as... .pdf I got 4,5 Mb for a 11 page (A4, black and white) pdf, which seems really too big for me.
The alternative Print... Save as PDF... just closes the window without creating any file after clicking OK.
I'm using MuseScore 1.3 with Mac OSX 10.6.8
Thanks a lot!
Rodolfo
www.rodolfovalente.com
In reply to Pdf large file size problem: any solution already? by rodolfo valente
Do you have an image in your score?
In reply to Do you have an image in your by [DELETED] 5
Yes I do, in one page I inserted a .png I generated in Inkscape, weighing 57 Kb.
In reply to Yes I do, in one page I by rodolfo valente
Anyway I generated a separated file with the cello part, resulting in a 3-page PDF featuring a 1,5 Mb size.
It also looks really large to me and this part does not contain any images (the image was some graphical notation in the piano part).
In reply to Anyway I generated a by rodolfo valente
Feel free to attached the MuseScore file so others can look at it and see what might be causing the large file size. Without the file we are just guessing in the dark.
In reply to Feel free to attached the by David Bolton
Of course! Here are the files attached! The cello part as .mscz, plus the pdf. Thanks for the help!
With 1.3 does not give problems.
I do not know why, but if it may be helpful. here is the pdf.
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(Preview've already used? : Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_% 28Mac_OS 29%)
In reply to On Vista (32-bit) by Shoichi
no more problem with 1.3
the pdf is 122,4 kO
In reply to On Mint14 by robert leleu
114k on Win XP
In reply to 114k on Win XP by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks! But 1.3 on MAC OSX Snow Leopard (10.6.8) still gives me the same 1,7 Mb...
I noticed that the link does not work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_%28Mac_OS%29
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2506?viewlocale=en_US#PDF
In reply to I'm sorry, by Shoichi
Thank you so much Shoichi, but I have tried several times reducing the file size via Preview before posting in this forum. At most I got a reduction from 1,7 Mb to 1,6 Mb.
Another thing with MuseScore 1.3 is that choosing Print and then choosing "Save as PDF" in the printer options given by OSX now closes the window without creating the file. As far as I remember, that worked in prior MuseScore versions.