From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/73993 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Rolf Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: \externalfigure and file size Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:29 +0100 Message-ID: <4F17F755.5060200@gmx.net> References: <1326932737.5532.74.camel@kip-laptop> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1326970747 22576 80.91.229.12 (19 Jan 2012 10:59:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:59:07 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jan 19 11:59:01 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rnphr-0000oN-11 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA309CB201; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:57 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id mB2Ia3SgoPYK; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74517CB1FC; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0712CB1FC for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:50 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id zBg1jr4oh6Yi for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter4-til.mf.surf.net (filter4-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.220]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B217CB1F8 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by filter4-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with SMTP id q0JAwZF2007004 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:58:35 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 19 Jan 2012 10:58:34 -0000 Original-Received: from ip-178-203-63-139.unitymediagroup.de (EHLO [192.168.178.3]) [178.203.63.139] by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 19 Jan 2012 11:58:34 +0100 X-Authenticated: #24293357 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+Ow9lCgSKO87FgXjny7DG1AoOcGrL4Lq/I2O8AgJ BpvXZPJobEjp+G User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 In-Reply-To: <1326932737.5532.74.camel@kip-laptop> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0145 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.165.64.22; country=DE; latitude=51.0000; longitude=9.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.0000,9.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 05GnmWzmk - 5aa91b0fe8bd - 20120119 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.220 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:73993 Archived-At: Am 19.01.2012 01:25, schrieb Kip Warner: > Hey list, > > I have a number of \externalfigure commands to typeset some svg images. > This is often handy to have them vectorized because it allows for the > user to zoom in on diagrams of great detail. > > In other situations, I find that for images that are not so important, > they would benefit from ConTeXt rasterizing them when they are imported. > The reason for this is I find some vector images get enormously bloated > when they are typeset. As an example, I have a Logo.svg of only 6.8 KB. > The m_k_i_v_Logo.pdf intermediate ConTeXt generates is nearly a megabyte > in size. Why? I have no idea, as they both appear to be the same image > with the same gausian blur. > Probably because the exported PDF contains a raster image (at least the blured part). If you use Inkscape to save your SVG logo as PDF, you will see a dialog box with an option for this (rasterize filter effects). Remove the hook and you'll get a small, but unblured PDF graphic. 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