![]() ![]() Personally I prefer the smaller file for emailing and distribution but may choose the PDF exporter file for press. Also the result magnification is 400% so the differences are not noticeable when viewed at 100% or when printed. However, there is no difference in the quality of the raster. ![]() TIFF Export converted to PDF file size: 3.13 MBĬonclusion: Clearly, the PDF exporter result shows cleaner line work because features on top of raster were converted to vector graphics. Greyscale Compresion: JPEG (Quality: Medium)Ĭolor Compression: JPEG (Quality: Medium) Picture Symbol: Rasterize layers with bitmap markers/fillsĪdobe Renderer (Converting TIFF to PDF) Settings: Output Image Quality (Resample Ratio): Best For the PDF export I chose the following parameters: I run a small test exporting a simple tabloid sized map with imagery, some vector layers and some annotations using both PDF and the TIFF technique described herein. I email and distribute a lot of complex maps (by a lot i mean 1000s) and I need my output to be high resolution and small in file size and this is what works for me. but I have not found anything better to date. I've been suggesting this technique to people from time to time but received a lot of negative rap for it being a bit of a hack, requiring the purchase of additional software, etc, etc. Personally, I would not recommend the PDF exporter for complex maps, maps with transparencies and maps containing rasters. ![]() The PDF exporter in ESRI works reasonably well for exporting vector maps with no transparencies. Adobe is not cheap but there is simply no comparison when it comes to accurate conversion and on-screen display. Adobe Acrobat works best, other 3rd party PDF makers are not as good I've tested a few with mixed results either the resulting PDF was larger, or appeared more down-sampled or the on-screen viewer rendering was subpar. (Important note: this only works well with TIFF) You can tweak the rendering options in Adobe if need be but you will get the best and most importantly the smallest result (in file size) using this workaround. Considering the fact that you are exporting some raster data as well the best technique, IMHO, is to NOT use the ArcGIS PDF exporter at all but rather export to a high resolution TIFF instead and then convert the tiff using Adobe Acrobat Pro renderer to PDF. ![]()
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