Hi Trent,

Thanks for the response. The SVG images I created (about 15) were all done in Inkspace, and saved into a single inkspace .svg file. The .svg is only 900KB... however when using inkspace to save each of the 15 images to EPS, they each take about 8MB.

I'm not importing any raster images. I could export SVG images to PNG, then use imagemagic convert or gimp to go back to EPS however the resulting image is blocky due to vector->bitmap->vector process.

I find it strange that an Inkspace-created SVG takes so much space in EPS when they are both vector based.

Kind regards,

JoeBlow

Quoth Craig Pearce on or about 2004-11-15:

When I indivually place each image in the page, change page size to match image size and print direct, I choose various resolutions such as 72DPI, 300DPI etc. The output filesize is the same no matter what DPI setting I choose.

PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript are vector-based formats, like SVG. Vector objects will simply be transformed, so the only change between DPI sizes will be the transformation matrix. PostScript can include raster images, but probably they also simply have a transform applied.

The issue is the size of the file, it is common for the file to be 7MB which results in the latex-generated postscript document being too large for me to email.

Some suggestions are:

* When importing raster images (e.g. JPGs), first reduce the resolution in e.g. the GIMP. * Look for ways to simplify the design of the vector parts. * You can import raster images directly into LaTeX, rather than going through Inkscape / SVG (the graphicx package).

HTH -trent