[Tex/LaTex] PDF-images -> slow scrolling

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I use LaTeX for writing my Thesis.

I recently added 7 pdf-images rendered in matlab. These images are placed one after another. When I scroll over this part of the thesis in pdfTex or Apple Preview it slow down disturbingly. Especially because I will add a lot more of these images.

How can I solve this?

Best Answer

The reason is that the images probably contain very complicated vector graphics. Sometimes it might be better to convert them to raster graphics. If you have ImageMagick installed, then you can do it by

convert -resize 2400 drawing.pdf drawing.png

The number 2400 is given by <desired-resolution-in-dpi>*<resulting-width-in-inches>, where I thought of 600dpi*4in=2400px.

For a draft or soft-copy (= for screen, not for printing) version of your paper you can arbitrarily lower this number of course to get a "faster" result.

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