Hello,
(pdf for example)
I was wondering the best way to reduce my pdf file sizes WITHOUT reducing the quality of the enscape renders; to make the files easy to open out and about & emailable as an attachment.
I currently do this easily through adobe (29mb to 1mb) but have to create both a high res pdf and a compressed pdf and its quite annoying when you’re making multiple a day/if there’s a better solution where I can do it straight from layout. I have tried the smaller file image compression but it make it look really bad and only made the file 1 mb smaller. 
I understand my renders are probably large as I render them out to high - but that’s what I’d like to sell them as.
Bethlehem Grove Toddler Area REV A LOWRES.pdf (885.0 KB)
I would export as normal and then use a PDF editor to reduce file size.
I’m on a Mac so I can use the built in functions but I prefer the PDFExpert app.
I agree. I would also uncheck the “Use JPEG compression…” box. Especially raster rendered SketchUp views get ugly artifacts if it is used.
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Im curious about the differences of PDF files exported from Layout in different versions of Layout. This is a question for a team member. Perhaps @colin ?I have a file exported from Layout 2025 that created a PDF 170 mb. If I open the same file in 2023 and export I get a 33mb PDF. I cannot see any difference in the quality of the PDF Same file no changes accept for clean up of annotations and dimensions that didnt like the backward opening from the 2025 file.
Recent versions of LayOut have an option to convert viewports to vector or hybrid when exporting to PDF. If you look at Document Setup… Rendering, and see if this box is checked. That could account for differences in file size:
Thank you for the reply. I have tested with all raster view ports and many Hybrid view ports with little difference in the PDF file size. I have never used the Output over ride because if I want Hybrid I make only select view ports Hybrid. Always have View ports and Images set to High and have exact duplication between 2023 and 2025 same 2025 sketchup file and am opening the 2025 Layout file in 2023. I noticed PDF file size getting larger in 2024 and learned during a spell of bugsplats when I had to use older versions of Layout there was a difference. After your reply I did another export from Layout 2025 with the Experimental Graphics engine off and no difference in file size. I have studied the PDF files and see no noticeable difference in the quality of the various PDF files. Its a mystery!