Resize a large image to a small one and the weight of the images increases

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zhxnyuk
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Resize a large image to a small one and the weight of the images increases

Post by zhxnyuk »

I'll see if I can upload images. The problem is that I normally resize images to reduce the quality, but in this case, a 75MB folder with large images ended up leaving me with a 200MB folder.
I don't know what's wrong; this is the first time this has happened to me. Before, the MBs wouldn't upload.
I'm using XnConvert, the blue one.
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555555.PNG
555555.PNG (29.94 KiB) Viewed 85 times
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444444.PNG (20.46 KiB) Viewed 85 times
333333.PNG
333333.PNG (11.31 KiB) Viewed 85 times
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22222.PNG (15.03 KiB) Viewed 85 times
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111.PNG (11.64 KiB) Viewed 85 times
cday
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Re: Resize a large image to a small one and the weight of the image increased.

Post by cday »

If you are outputting to PNG format, to output smaller files you need to set a compression value, 'nivel de compression' in your third image, maximum supported compression value '9'.

As the PNG format is lossless there should be no reduction in image quality, although files may possibly take slightly longer to open.
zhxnyuk
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Re: Resize a large image to a small one and the weight of the image increased.

Post by zhxnyuk »

cday wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:24 pm If you are outputting to PNG format, to output smaller files you need to set a compression value, 'nivel de compression' in your third image, maximum supported compression value '9'.

As the PNG format is lossless there should be no reduction in image quality, although files may possibly take slightly longer to open.
In this case, what would be better? Do I add how much compression to the PNG? Or should I convert it to Webp? I no longer understand why, by reducing the size of a large image by 2MB, I make the image smaller and end up with something like 8MB. I didn't see the logic in this; I didn't increase the quality, I only decreased the width and height, and it shouldn't increase the MB.
By the way, I have my output in "same as original", I didn't put it in png, the original images are PNG.
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Re: Resize a large image to a small one and the weight of the images increases

Post by cday »

Your screenshot above 444444.png indicates that your output PNG files will have no compression, compression value set to '0', so try setting that value to '9' and then check their file sizes and whether there is any noticeable delay when they are opened for viewing, probably not.

If you would like to check the compression level of your input PNG files, you would either need to open one in XnView MP (for example) and examine its properties, or attach an example file for someone else to examine.
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