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Feature Request - PDF Output - Quality control #38563

Open TonyShep opened 4 years ago

TonyShep commented 4 years ago

When exporting a layout to PDF, it would be good to have the option to tailor the output file size depending on the end use, so some type of drop down allowing several options for output would be useful. For example, it seems that in v3.14, if using SVG fills etc the file size of any PDF output has gone up considerably and I now need to use a third party to compress the PDF's to be of a suitable file size to email to colleagues to load into mobile devices. This is despite to trying various options already available, so a simple DPI option or "Low" ; "Medium" ; " High ' ; "Press Quality" type of option would be great.

gespiel commented 4 years ago

Hi, it is possible to have a small exported pdf. In Layout, Map, Register Layout, Sektion "Export settings", set the option "Print as raster". layout_export_pdf_as_raster

nyalldawson commented 4 years ago

There's also similar per-layer settings available in the layer's rendering tab

nyalldawson commented 4 years ago

FWIW, I think this is a valid request, and I like the option to have some presets available which expose the middle ground between the full forced rasterisation of all layout content vs the high quality output we currently make by default.