Using the «create photo layout» utility gives the possibility to have a set of photos printed in a page. It is possible to create a .pdf file, wich is very convenient. The problem is that even if the pictures on the page are small, the resulting file is huge, really huge. For example, on single page .pdf with 16 pictures on it (4 rows, 4 columns) weigths 96 Mo ! Would it be possible to apply a reduction filter to the image so that the resulting file is easyly manipulable ? Best regards. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a photo layout with 20 or plus pictures 2. Export as .pdf 3. Actual Results: We end up with a huge file, sometimes 90 Mo per page. Expected Results: We should get a file of reasonnable page, 1 - 2 Mo per page.
Philippe, This file still valid using last kipi-plugins 4.10.0 ? Gilles Caulier
Hello Gilles. I made a test with Digikam 4.10, and things are worse. For a set of 12 pictures, I get a file of 49 Mo. Moreover, the resulting file appears blank (a uniform white page) in the default .pdf reader.
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Hello Justin, I just did a test again, with Digikam 7.8.0, and I get a similar result, a 36 Mo file for one page with 4x4 images. Best regards.
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A test here with 4 images with 24 MPixel results in 2 A4 pages with image size in a 13 x18 layout around 14 MB file as PDF. I also get this size when I insert the images into LibreOffice and save them as a PDF. What image size/MPixel are your images? Since we do not know what size the PDF file will be printed to later, it is difficult to reduce the images beforehand. You should possibly calculate the images down to the print resolution beforehand. I don't see any error here that we could fix. Otherwise we would have to ask about the print resolution. Maik
Hello Maik, thanks for your answer. My images are 12 Mpix images (EOS 550D), but i tried with 4x4 images. However, you're right, may be it is not a bug, but only due to the fact that the file is constructed directly with the full resolution images. But in my usage of this tool, I create documents like contact sheet, to show or inspect my images. I expect to get a file easily printable or send able, and not a huge one. May be others uses it differently, but in digikam it's the only mean I have found to create something like a contact sheet. If I need to first create a low resolution copy of all the images, and then process them in this tool, it's far less convenient. I guess that as you propose, the best way would be to ask for the print resolution desired, and to reduce the image resolution accordingly before constructing the PDF export. In that case, this bug in not a bug, but a feature request. Best regards.
I think this file is about Print Creator tool. Photo Layout Editor have never been packaged and still unmaintained. Gilles Caulier
@Philippe Can you reproduce the dysfunction using 8.0.0 release ? Gilles Caulier
@Gilles Yes, I get the same result with Digikam 8.0. However, as discussed previously with Maik, it may not be a bug, but a missing behavior. In the process, there may be a field to check, asking if we want to keep the original resolution of the images, or if we want to keep a uniform XXX dpi resolution for the printed page. Many thanks again for all the team for this great software.