#compressing pdf files

[architect-of-the-last-act]

Part II. On Spring Cleaning, the Lingering Frost

or alternatively: No weight is heavier than regret.

+ Spring follows the harshness of Winter. Though seen as a 'soft' season, it is associated with rebirth—bloody flesh transforming into itself, skin rupturing at the seams. A renewal of sorts. Soft it may seem, Spring is simply as kind as the winter allows it to be. ... In this life, how many ghosts haunt these halls? How many will you allow? Maybe it's time for an upheaval. Such is the role of Spring.

Part I | Part III | Part IV

authors below:

Illustrations from A Stepmother’s Märchen | Unknown | Spring Equinox, Jeanette Winterson | The Years, Virginia Woolf | We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson | South London Forever, Florence & The Machine | a letter, Germaine de Staël (translated by Kathleen Jameson-Cemper) | West Wind, Mary Oliver | Letters From Medea, Salma Deera | tumblr post, @/inelegancies | Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli | Japanese Breakfast | The Letters Of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath | Vincenzo Bellini | I, Carrion (Icarian), Hozier | I Don’t Smoke, Mitski | The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller | When the Sun Loves the Moon, Reinaeiry | Soul Mates, Lang Leav | a letter, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | This Is How You Lose The Time War, Amal El-Mohtar | Circe, Madeline Miller | a letter, Friedrich Nietzsche | Daily Haiku on Love, Tyler Knott Gregson | Ivy, Frank Ocean | The Vow | Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe | Mind Over Matter, Young the Giant | Great Expectations, Charles Dickens | I, Carrion (Icarian), Hozier | The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller | This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald | Light, Sleeping at Last | Thought Catalog, Kim Quindlen | Jay Vespertine | Unknown | Light, Sleeping at Last | City of Bones, Cassandra Clare | James Joyce | Night Walk, Franz Wright | Unknown

[chicago-geniza]

My Fuckass Job update: we are officially banned from carrying books "on the floor," to combat...staff...reading on the job when it's slow instead of, idk, doing busywork or feigning looking busy. We work in a bookstore. I am sooo tempted to be pedantic and remonstrate with them on imprecise semantic terms but that would be unproductive in the extreme. It would, however, be very funny if we all pretended to take it literally and just stopped shelving/stocking/pulling for a week

[lesbiangiratina]

What if i posted the 07 testament anthology scans today. I dunno. We’ll see after therapy

[czerwonykasztelanic]

Finally finished scanning that book.

[acidheaddd]

I've been running around all day and only just now got to sit down for more than 2 minutes at a time. 😭 It's been a stressful day.

[shawnjordison]

How to Compress a PDF: A Simple Guide to Smaller File Sizes

Learn how to compress a PDF to make files smaller. This guide walks you through the steps for customizing PDF compression settings. #PDFCompression #FileSize #AdobePDF #Customization

Hi! I’m Shawn Jordison and welcome to The Accessibility Guy blog. In today’s post, we’re learning how to compress a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Compressing PDFs makes large files quick and easy to share. You can reduce a PDF size by 20% to 30% without compromising quality or readability. Video Guide Get accessible Documents Now Following this guide will teach you how to customize Adobe’s…

[silcoitus]

Art of Arcane Full PDF Download

Briefly, the entirety of the Art of Artcane artbook was available to view online. Me being me, I painstakingly downloaded every single spread, compressed the JPEG file size down using JPEGmini, and compiled them into a PDF.

Now I share said PDF with you!

[sarahelizasims]

Nestled in the heart of Lombard Drive, this exquisite 2.5-bedroom, 2-bathroom residence embodies the elegance of modern French Colonial design. A harmonious blend of light neutrals and bold dark accents graces both the interior and exterior, creating a timeless aesthetic. The home’s grand façade is framed by lush, meticulously curated gardens, where vibrant red and white hydrangeas weave a captivating tapestry around the estate. Beyond the charming exterior, a private backyard oasis awaits—an entertainer’s dream featuring a striking sunken conversation pit seamlessly encircled by a shimmering pool, perfect for intimate gatherings and luxurious outdoor living.

40 x 30

Residential Lot

2 beds, 1 nursery

2 full bathrooms

Furnished

$570,487

Requirements:

Turn bb.moveobjects on before placing. **optional** TwistedMexi has a script mod that does it for you automatically, so there is no reason to always have to type it in.

T.O.O.L by TwistedMexi.

Required CC - Please refer to the included PDF document for downloading items that were not included in the zip file, as some are still in early access.

One of the cabinets is a recolor; download the original mesh here if you load into the lot and something is missing. The file name is [KKB'sMM]Aesthete - Cabinet ver.2.

The lush red hydrangeas are a recolor; download the mesh here.

Terms of Use:

Do not re-upload my lots and claim them as your own.

You're welcome to edit or modify my builds, but please remember to credit me as the original creator!

Do not put my builds behind a paywall.

I've included some of my recolors, please refer to those posts for their TOU.

Thank you to all CC Creators.

Please let me know if there's any problem with the build. Tag @sarahelizasims so I can see your gameplay and any personal touches you've made!

I sincerely apologize for the number of zip files. I had a tough time finding a way to upload everything at once or compress the main folder as a whole. As a result, I had to create multiple folders to split up the CC. If you have any tips on compressing and optimizing large files, I would greatly appreciate your help!

Please note that this is a very CC heavy build, which might cause lag in your game. I organize CC files to their content creator in my downloads. Make sure you're actively running batch fixes on your files.

My game is DirectX11, so you may need to update your images to DX11 in the Sims 4 Studio.

📥DOWNLOAD (Available for FREE on Patreon)

Floor Plan & Photo Gallery:

[girasois]

words for users !

ideias de palavras aleatórias para ajudar você a criar seu próprio user;

random ideas of words to help you to create your own user.

core -> aesthetic core

vlog -> daily videos

logs -> daily facts

mp3 -> audio file format

m4p -> apple audio file format

mp4 -> video file format

txt -> text format

jpeg -> image file format

jpg -> image file format

png -> image file format

gif -> animated file format

raw -> uncompressed file format

zip -> compressed archive file format

rar -> compressed archive file format

web -> internet file format

doc -> document file

pdf -> document file

vinyl -> phonograph record

film -> motion picture; photography

user -> person who utilizes a computer or network service

i2 -> "keeping it real"

self -> a person's essential being

itself -> a person's essential being

priv -> private

luv -> love's short form

tale -> a fictitious or true narrative or story

archive -> to place or store (something) in an archive

list -> connected items

tier -> a type of hierarchy

talk -> speak in order to express something

chat -> to have a conversation

post -> to announce or publish something

zone -> a subject to particular restrictions

vie -> life in french

tie -> to form a knot or bow in

on/online -> connected to a network

byte -> a group of binary digits 

bits -> a small piece, part, or quantity of something

ram -> hardware in a computing device

8bit -> computer term used to designate either color depth

pixel -> a minute area of illumination on a display screen

data -> things known or assumed as facts

series -> a number of things, events, or people of a similar kind

village -> a self-contained community within a town or city

lab -> a laboratory

lady -> a woman

miss -> a form of address to a woman

mister -> a form of address to a man

error -> something not found

art -> the various branches of creative activity

petit -> small in french

poet -> a person possessing special powers of imagination or expression

thing -> an object without a specific name

stuff -> a vague reference to additional things

vogue -> the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time

tv -> taylor's version and/or television as a system or form of media

media -> the main means of mass communication

topia -> an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

saur -> forming names of extinct reptiles such as dinosaurs

tune -> a melody, one that characterizes a particular piece of music

deun -> melody in deutsch

off/offline -> disconnected from the Internet

gloss -> shine or luster on a smooth surface

fae -> a fairy, in modern fantasy fiction

[empty-movement]

Chiho Saito’s 1999 Revolutionary Girl Utena Original Illustration Collection

IT’S HERE. IT’S DONE. IT’S FINISHED. NOW…IT’S YOURS. Happy Holidays, my friends.

Vanna here! I have posted some already about this project, and the responses I got, public and otherwise, have been absolutely incredible. Y’all have been reblogging and hyping this before it even finished…I haven’t felt so encouraged about an Utena project since the musicals! (Yes, streams soon, I promise.) You can read the other post to get more details, and catch my post here with more details about the process if you’re interested. The long and short of it?

This is the first artbook I ever scanned. I did it in 2001. In Photoshop, using multiple scans per page that took hours to process. But it was 2001. A half megabyte file that was 1250px wide was considered extremely hardcore and impressive. That’s just always been the business I’m in when it comes to Utena art, you know? 

It’s now the latest artbook I’ve scanned, and so much of the process, and effort involved, is unchanged. What has changed, is the result. Welcome to your new desktop background. Your new phone background. Your new poster print. 

What I’ve done here is attempt to create definitive digitized images of Chiho Saito’s work as offered by this book--I have removed the print moiré of the original scans, and used my literal decades of experience to try and tease out as much information from them as possible. Without being physically in front of the original artwork (which is a thing I’ve had the great fortune to get to do) this is The Most Chiho Saito you are ever going to get. I’ve tried my best to make sure there is a way to get it that works for everyone:

Do you just wanna scope 'em out? Look at some disaster gays? Grab your favorite one or two? This is the path for you! Check out the ‘compressed’ (not very) 10k ‘web friendly’ (not really) copy at the Bibliothèque, the media archiving wing of the Something Eternal forums at Empty Movement*. All the following links are also available from here. Do you want these copies? All of them? Don't just grab them individually, friend. This batch is 375MB and can be downloaded as a zip of the individual files here on our Google Drive.

Do you like digital archiving? Are you looking for a copy that preserves the archival quality of the effort but sits nice and comfy in a single file? This is for you. A minimally compressed 10k, 513MB version worked into a PDF is now up, shiny and chrome, on the Internet Archive. Do you like the idea of the minimal compression, but want the individual files in a zip? Yep I did that too, here's the drive link.

Are you looking to print these in a larger size? This is probably the only reason on Earth you’d ever want them, and yet a bunch of you are going to go straight for these. Here are the zero-compression JPG full size copies, most of them are 15k across, like simply a ridiculous size. Pick your fave and download it from our Google Drive! 

I am genuinely really proud of this work.** I was able to tease out so much new detail from these…her incredible layering techniques, the faintest brush of her highlights, and the full range of her delicate hand at whites and blacks… details commonly lost in digitization. I sincerely hope you find something here that you’re looking for, as an artist looking for inspiration, as a weeb looking for a desktop, as an archiver excited to see incredible 90s manga artwork saved forever in the digital realm. I feel like I have already said so much about them, and could keep going, but you know what? This work speaks for itself. Enjoy, use, explore, and definitely tell us what you think!

We love y’all. ~ Vanna & Yasha

* AHEM ASTERISK AHEM

You might be wondering what any of that is. Something Eternal? Biblewhatawhat??? EmptyMovement.com? You might even have done a double take at the word ‘forum.’ And you should!!!

I have a confession. This artbook was my ‘side project’ as I worked on this, *the main project.* For a couple years I’ve been banging around with a new domain, and originally I had other plans for it, but Elon Musk ruined my Twitter and Discord is well along on its way to enshittification, and well….we joke on the Discord a lot about ‘reject modernity, embrace forums’ and you know what? We’re right. So Yasha and I are putting our money where our mouths are once again, and doing something insane. We are launching, in 2023, a website forum. Obviously, this is not the official ‘launch’ per se, but I cannot announce the artbook without directing you to the forum, since it sits on the attached very cool gallery system. Oops! Told on myself. Another post more focused on the forum will be forthcoming, but if you are just that motivated to get in right away, you absolutely can! (This will help stagger new arrivals anyway, which is good for us!) If you would rather wait for the ‘official’ launch, by all means that’s coming, including a lengthy screed about how and why we’re doing this. In either case, remember: this is a couple weebs trying to make internet magic happen, we are not website developers by trade. Give us grace as we iron things out and grow into this cool new website thingie…hopefully along with some of you! :D

If you do join up, naturally, there is a thread about this project!

** If you like this kind of content, consider helping us pay for it! We do have a Patreon! If you’re wanting to use these in some public-facing distributive way, all we ask is for credit back to Empty Movement (ohtori.nu or emptymovement.com, either will work.) 

I would like to say ‘don’t just slap these files on RedBubble to get easy money’ but I know that saying this won’t effectively prevent it. Y’all that do that suck, but you’re not worth letting it rain on the rest of this parade. :)

[queer-ragnelle]

"New" Medieval Texts!

This community is slowly but surely working together to scan all available Arthurian texts for everyone to enjoy for free!

The new additions have been added to the Medieval Literature page. PDFs are compressed files with recognizable text for easy searching, highlighting, and sharing.

The Lancelot Compilation (scanned by @roselark) (English translation)

Les Prophesies (scanned by @liminalpsych) (French)

Li Roman de Claris et Laris (French)

Interesting Romances and Novels (English translation)

Perceval: The Story of the Grail (Burton Raffel English translation)

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Burton Raffel English translation)

Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (English verse translation)

Sir Perceval de Galles (Modern English translation)

More to come soon!

[raywardreal]

ive uploaded all cometcare and darkermatters askblog arcs onto archive.org in pdf form (view them here). the image quality is pretty shitty in the on-site preview but they should look comparatively fine if downloaded and viewed in your files, and they should still be legible in the preview even with the compression anyways.

i know others had already uploaded archives of both ask blogs to internet archive but those were all, from my understanding, out of order. these uploads should be ordered properly, which im hoping will be more convenient for people. of course we also have individual image versions in the server google drive, which are higher quality than the pdf versions, again this is just to give people options to access whatever works best for them.

[lesbiangiratina]

Kat why didnt you save teh cleaned up scans of the 2007 testament anthology Before shrinking them. Why kat

[it-was-always-her-rayllumfanzine]

Mod Role Descriptions

Since there has been some confusion! Thanks to @thatartiststudios for explaining this so well. (Note that all the dates on this could be subject to change.)

Fic Mod

Role Overview: The Fic Mod oversees all fanfiction contributions, ensuring high-quality. This role involves reviewing applications, providing feedback, and editing submissions.

Key Responsibilities:

Review writer applications, scoring portfolios (2-3 excerpts, 500-3000 words) for storytelling, Rayllum characterization, and Arc 2 relevance (August 2025).

Coordinate with 10-15 writers via Discord, managing check-ins (outlines, drafts, finals) from September to November 2025.

Edit fics for grammar, clarity, and consistency, ensuring they meet guidelines (SFW, 500-3000 words, G/T rating).

Collaborate with the Art Mod (Tategaminu) for artist-writer collabs (if applicable).

Assist with PDF layout by organizing fics thematically (December 2025).

Skills Needed:

Strong writing/editing skills (familiarity with Google Docs or Word).

Organizational skills to track deadlines and provide constructive feedback.

Discord communication for contributor support.

Time Commitment: 5-8 hours/week, peaking during application reviews (August) and editing (October–November).

Contributor Mod

Role Overview: The Contributor Mod manages the overall contributor experience, ensuring artists and writers stay on track and feel supported. This role is focused on coordinating deadlines and communication across the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee contributor applications (August 2025), coordinating with Fic and Art Mods to select 20-30 contributors (10-15 artists, 10-15 writers).

Manage Discord server, posting announcements, reminders, and guidelines for contributors.

Track check-ins (September–November 2025), following up with contributors on sketches, drafts, and finals.

Handle dropouts (10-20% expected) by activating pinch-hitters from the backup list.

Resolve contributor questions or conflicts via Discord, maintaining a positive, inclusive environment.

Assist with final PDF compilation and charity donation logistics (February–March 2026).

Skills Needed:

Project management or organizational skills (e.g., Trello, Google Sheets).

Strong communication to liaise between mods and contributors.

Conflict resolution to handle delays or disputes calmly.

Time Commitment: 6-10 hours/week, peaking during application reviews (August) and check-ins (September–November).

Design/Graphics Mod

Role Overview: The Design/Graphics Mod creates the visual layout of the PDF zine, ensuring a polished, cohesive look that showcases art and fics. This role includes formatting the PDF and potentially designing the cover (if our potential cover artist is unavailable).

Key Responsibilities:

Format the PDF (December 2025) using Canva or Adobe InDesign, arranging 50-70 pages of art and fics by theme (themes to be announced).

Design or integrate the cover art, ensuring it reflects Rayllum’s Arc 2 vibe (November–December 2025).

Add elements like table of contents, contributor bios, and charity info, maintaining consistent fonts and margins.

Test the PDF for quality (300 DPI, compressed for download) and accessibility on multiple devices.

Collaborate with Fic and Art Mods to ensure submissions meet specs (A5 art, formatted fics).

Skills Needed:

Experience with graphic design tools (Canva, InDesign, or similar).

Eye for aesthetics to create a professional, fandom-inspired layout.

Basic understanding of PDF formatting (e.g., DPI, file compression).

Optional: Ability to create cover art if needed.

Time Commitment: 4-7 hours/week, peaking during PDF layout (December 2025).

[disordinarybeauty]

"I have seen three pictures of the man".

Picture_01

The boy stood still, staring at the camera, his gaze fixed, unyielding. A absent smirk, just the stark, unadorned plane of his face. It was a face that already knew the weight of scrutiny, the silent judgment that settled like dust. No empathy, but a rigid mask, the skin stretched taut over the bones, revealing nothing.

"What a dreadful child!", a silent testament to the cruelty of first impressions. "What a hideous little boy! A monkey! That's why he looks so miserable and nobody wishes to play with him.". Parents would quietly whisper to each other upon seeing him arriving at the playground, shamelessly blessing God for having not so ugly sons.

Even in childhood, the contours of our features are being etched into a narrative not of our making. A single, unyielding look, and the world begins to define us: dreadful, wizened, hideous. Labels whispered and solidified, a prison built of glances. How swiftly the gaze of society could strip innocence, how easily a child could become a stigma, a grotesque caricature, simply for the way he appears, and becomes no longer human.

#GlitchArt + #AIportrait + Text inspired by a paragraph from No Longer Human by #OsamuDazai.

Childhood and Body Shaming.

Society's judgmental and pitiful gaze.

Physical appearance and discrimination.

Art inspiration and creative process.

Experimental Art and New Media.

Body Horror and Body Positivity.

How was the video made?

Initial AI Image Generation and Glitching:

Eight AI-generated portraits were compiled into a PDF (JPG compression).

The PDF's raw data was manipulated using a text editor (Notepad++) by replacing hexadecimal characters, creating initial glitches.

The glitched PDF was viewed in SumatraPDF.

Each glitched image was copied and pasted into a single Photoshop file as separate layers (PSD).

The PSD file's raw data was again manipulated in Notepad++, further glitching the image layers.

The glitched layers were then adjusted in Photoshop using Hue and Saturation adjustments.

All layers were blended into a final PNG image.

Image Sorting and Animation:

The PNG image was processed using the "UltimateSort" script by GenerateMe, creating a series of sorted frames.

A selection of these frames was exported.

The frames were compiled into an animated GIF.

The GIF was encoded into an MP4 video.

The GIF's raw data was databended in Note++

The glitched GIF was played in IrfanView and screen recorded via ShareX.

The two MP4 video files that were made from the GIF were edited together in Adobe Premiere.

Video Glitching and Audio Integration:

The edited video track was exported as an MP4.

The MP4 was converted to an AVI file using the ASV1 codec.

The AVI video's raw data was imported into Audacity as a RAW file, glitched, and saved.

The glitched AVI was converted back into an MP4 video using FFmpeg.

The glitched video was imported into Adobe Premiere.

Audio was added: a Mubert-generated musical track and a voiceover.

The voiceover was created using TTSMaker, based on text generated by Gemini 2.0, which drew inspiration from a paragraph in No Longer Human.