Questions tagged “file size”

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Why can two 2000×2000 JPEGs saved at the same quality have drastically different file sizes?

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3y ago

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How can I make a JPEG passport-style photo file larger without changing its pixel dimensions?

passport-photo metadata image-editing jpeg file-size

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4y ago

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Why is an image file often smaller than pixels × bit depth suggests?

compression png image-formats jpeg file-size

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4y ago

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Why is my focus-stacked TIFF so large after saving from Photoshop?

tiff focus-stacking photoshop lightroom file-size

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5y ago

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Why can two JPEGs with the same dimensions look identical but have very different file sizes?

compression metadata jpeg file-size image-quality

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5y ago

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Can I reduce a photo to a target file size instead of changing its resolution?

linkedin tiff image-editing jpeg file-size

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5y ago

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Why do JPEGs exported from GIMP become much larger than the originals?

compression image-editing gimp jpeg file-size

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6y ago

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Why can a lower-resolution image have a larger file size than a higher-resolution one?

resolution image-compression jpeg file-size image-noise

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6y ago

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Why is my Photoshop JPEG unusually large, and how do I save it as a normal JPEG?

photoshop metadata exif jpeg file-size

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7y ago

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Are RAW files from the same camera always the same size?

compression workflow image-processing raw file-size

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7y ago

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How can I tell if a JPEG is unnecessarily large for web use?

compression web-images jpeg image-optimization file-size

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7y ago

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How do I download the full-resolution edited photo from Google Photos?

google-photos image-resolution download editing file-size

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8y ago

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Why doesn’t converting a 32-bit PNG to 8-bit make the file one quarter the size?

compression photoshop bit-depth png file-size

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8y ago

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Why do two 128×128 PNGs have very different file sizes, and how can I make one smaller?

bit-depth png image-compression web-graphics file-size

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8y ago

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Are photo files under 1MB good enough for large prints?

printing resolution jpeg file-size image-quality

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8y ago

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Why do my image files seem smaller after copying from the memory card, and how can I meet a 6MB requirement?

image-resolution workflow jpeg raw file-size

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8y ago

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Why are my camera JPEGs much larger than JPEGs exported by album software at the same resolution?

compression nikon-d3300 jpeg file-size image-quality

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9y ago

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Why do my edited JPEGs get much smaller even when the pixel dimensions stay the same?

compression jpeg editing file-size image-quality

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9y ago

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How can I make JPEG uploads stay under a fixed file size like 300 KB?

android mobile-photography image-compression jpeg file-size

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9y ago

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Why are image file sizes often close to a camera’s megapixel count?

bit-depth jpeg raw file-size megapixels

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10y ago

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