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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#005F83" vlink="#005F83"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks, guys for the helpful information and suggestion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>So my understanding is that the PDF file output is now using vector (as opposed to raster) for fills and font markers to increase quality. This is great, but I'm guessing the obvious trade-off for quality is an increase in file size.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I think it would be worthwhile having an option to perhaps alter the quality of the output to be able to produce a “horses for courses” approach to the output dependent on the intended use of the outputted map. For example a really good quality glossy print for display or a PDF to use on a mobile app where a larger file is not that convenient.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>So, if people agree that it’s a good idea then I’m happy to suggest a future enhancement to allow some control over the output quality somehow (reduced DPI maybe?).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> Ryan Brook (Perth) <Ryan.Brook@advisian.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 2 August 2020 4:17 am<br><b>To:</b> Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson@gmail.com>; Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) <tony@farmmaps.nz><br><b>Cc:</b> qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Qgis-user] PDF output - file size<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hi Tony,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Consider using multiply blending mode for your map in the rendering menu of item properties. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This will lose transparency but reduce file size (could be an order of magnitude decrease if you have many raster layers loaded).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><img width=414 height=138 style='width:4.3125in;height:1.4375in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D66BC7.B98D2FB0"></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Not sure if the simplify geometries option will help you:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><img width=487 height=292 style='width:5.0729in;height:3.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D66BC7.B98D2FB0"></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Nyall Dawson <<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>> <br>Sent: Friday, 31 July 2020 7:26 AM<br>To: Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) <<a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz">tony@farmmaps.nz</a>><br>Cc: qgis-user <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] PDF output - file size</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 09:20, Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) <<a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz"><span style='text-decoration:none'>tony@farmmaps.nz</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>> Hi All<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>> Hope all is well. I’m really liking QGIS 3.14!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>> I have a question re the file size of PDF outputs. Since upgrading to 3.14, the file size of PDF outputs seems to have grown by a substantial amount. If I have SVG or font marker fills, even more so. An A3 map, typically was 5mb or so, now it is outputting at close to 30mb. Id then normally use Acrobat to compress and get it down a bit without losing any discernable quality (but retain geo info), but even then it's still over 20mb.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Previously svg or font marker fills were exported as raster patterns, which resulted in a loss of quality when the PDFs were printed or zoomed in to. Since 3.14 we now output marker fills using vector artwork wherever possible, in order to avoid this loss of quality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>> How do others deal with this issue? Is there anywhere that I can have some control over the DPI of the output etc, much like the old days when we hade Acrobat installed as a stand-alone printer driver?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>There's no option for this in current versions, but it's worth filing a feature request!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Nyall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>*** Advisian Notice *** "This email is confidential. 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