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Bigger file size as the original image
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:50 pm
by Photograph
Hello, I took some Jpeg pictures with my camera and then cutted the image with XnView (100% qualitiy), but the file is bigger now (Original 3,46MB, now 429MB) and I don´t know why.
Can somepne please help me? I also searched for this problem in the forum but didn´t get an answer.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:22 am
by Olivier_G
Check
this.
Summary: at 100% the compression ratio is much lower than what was used in the camera... and although you don't add information by doing so you actually lose less than if you used a similar compression ratio.
A better choice could be to try Tools>Lossless JPEG cropping
(beware: its applied immediately... so work on a copy first!). You could also use a lower quality if you care about filesize.
AW: Bigger file size as the original image
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:54 am
by Photograph
OK, thank you for your answer. I will better go on with 100% compression, because I do not want to risk anythink.
Re: AW: Bigger file size as the original image
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:25 am
by Olivier_G
Photograph wrote:I do not want to risk anythink.
Then, my advise is to keep the original file unmodified and stored safely and work only on copies. I do this routinely for all my photos.