How to Compress JPG Photos and Images Embedded in a PDF File
Learn how to compress JPG photos and images embedded in a PDF to exact target sizes (100KB, 200KB, 1MB) with complete client-side privacy using PDFGeneral.
## 1. Why JPG Photos and Images Dramatically Inflate PDF File Sizes When creating digital documents from camera captures, high-resolution scans, or graphic layouts, JPG images are frequently embedded at their raw dimensions. A document with just a few pages can quickly escalate from a few kilobytes to over 15MB or 20MB due to pixel density and unoptimized metadata stored inside each embedded photograph. This excessive file size leads to frequent upload rejections on job portals, government filing systems, university platforms, and email attachments, where file size limits are strictly capped a
