PSD to PDF results in HUGE filesize

[magicT]

I'm making a brochure sized 8.625" x 11.125" (the extra .125" is bleed) at 300 dpi. The PSD file is 10.3MB (just looking at one side, since the problem's with both), but when I try to save it as a PDF, it gives me an error saying that the resulting file is more than 2GB!

Also, if I save it as a JPEG (figured I might try to convert to PDF from that), the image dimensions jump to 35.417" x 45.833" (not including bleed). Shrinking the dimensions leaves me with a low resolution though.

I'm not a PS pro, but I'd like to know if shrinking it, then just increasing it to 300dpi would cause problems. Alternatively, what else could solve the problem?

Thanks in advance

 

[admin]

Is the PDF going to be used for print, or just viewing on a computer monitor or tablet?

If you are printing it and you need very high quality then stay at 300 dpi.

If it is for viewing on a computer or tablet screen then you can decrease it to 72 dpi and it will be fine.

I don't knwo what the image looks like or hwo much of it is text, but you could also try saving only the images you need from Photoshop and then adding the text in either Adobe InDesign or Adobe Acrobat Professional.