I am interested in the best way to reduce a PDF file size without losing quality. I found and watched 3 different tutorials on youtube. All of the tutorials were very well done though in different styles and used different software or sites. They all seemed to be made by someone very knowledgeable but only one was an actual professional tutorial site.
The first tutorial I watched was by Enix Tutorials. While this was pretty easy to follow I did find the music a little distracting. They showed 2 methods. The first method used Adobe Acrobat. It was simple and straightforward. This is probably the method I would use most often. The 2nd method they showed used a site called Smallpdf.com This site was also pretty easy to use. Just drag and drop the PDF and choose the level of compression.
The second tutorial was from Tech Related Tips. They used an online program called Ilovepdf.com This method was very simple to use. Simply upload the PDF to this site. Then select the compression level. The narrator did a very good job explaining the process step by step.
The third tutorial was from Learning Excellence. This method showed how to compress a file with Adobe Acrobat. I found the ominous music extremely distracting. The pace was really very slow and this video probably could have been completed in about half the time. I also thought the motions and effects used with the mouse circling each step to be a bit annoying. It could have just show clicking the button.
Out of all of these I would probably use the Enix Tutorial because I would prefer to compress off line. And it was easy to follow. Tech Related Tips also seemed easy to use. I will definitely try this method. The third tutorial from Learning Excellence I would not ever use.
How To Reduce Size PDF file Without Losing Quality – Compress PDF document – YouTube
How to Compress PDF File Size | Reduce Size of PDF File – YouTube