File Size Management

Say I scan an image as pdf, approx. 2.5 mb file size (36"x48" w/ lots of color at 150ppi). I then open in elements 4.0 add some text lines, arrows or other and try to save medium quality, with layers, as pdf and the file size gets very large very quick, like 70mb pretty easily and 1gb isnt unheard of. In addition to eating up our network servers memory, I sometimes get error messages like not enough memory (ram) to save and cant update my work session.
I know if i flatten the image (combine layers) or save without layers it will be smaller or as a jpg (lose layers) it will work. However i am looking for ways to retain the layer adjustment ability when I reopen the file.
Is this a problem with other users? Would an upgrade to CS2 or CS3 be better at managing these issues? ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREAT, THANKS

> Say I scan an image as pdf, approx. 2.5 mb file size...
Why PDF? I scanned a picture at 150 PPI, which resulted in a 2.5 MB file
size (BMP). When saved as PDF, the size went to 4.0 MB. After adding some
text and one adjustment layer, totaling three layers, I saved as PDF and
PSD. The new file sizes were 9 and 5.2 MB respectively.
Try going with PSD or TIFF format and see if that helps.
Juergen

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toddjb
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