Photoshop Problem ? or is it just me: Hi everyone, Recently i noticed my edited photos using photoshop CS5 are quiet a lot smaller than the origional ones and it bothers me because i...

magicunicorn Loc: Melbourne Australia

Hi everyone,
Recently i noticed my edited photos using photoshop CS5 are quiet a lot smaller than the origional ones and it bothers me because i see my photos and at times have to blow them o you big. Some have dropped from around 6 MB to 1.5 MB.

Could this problem be due to something i have done wrong as i have not noticed it before.

I can edit up to 12000 photos a month as its my only sourse of work now.

Thank you in Advance..... Any suggestions please

LuckyshotCT

Depending on the format in which you save the final image, in the Save dialog box, check that the quality is set to the higher setting you may have had earlier.

magicunicorn Loc: Melbourne Australia

Thank you Luckyshot i will look at that I have to save in JEPG the same as i always have. I cleared all setting on Photoshop to see if this helped but it does not.
Thank you

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi everyone,
Recently i noticed my edited photos using photoshop CS5 are quiet a lot smaller than the origional ones and it bothers me because i see my photos and at times have to blow them o you big. Some have dropped from around 6 MB to 1.5 MB.

Could this problem be due to something i have done wrong as i have not noticed it before.

I can edit up to 12000 photos a month as its my only sourse of work now.

Thank you in Advance..... Any suggestions please

At the risk of asking the obvious, have you checked your camera settings and made sure that the camera still takes the photos at the resolution you want them?

magicunicorn Loc: Melbourne Australia

Yes as the unedited photos comes out at 6 MB its just after editing it changes.. but thank you for the suggestion

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi everyone,
Recently i noticed my edited photos using photoshop CS5 are quiet a lot smaller than the origional ones and it bothers me because i see my photos and at times have to blow them o you big. Some have dropped from around 6 MB to 1.5 MB.

Could this problem be due to something i have done wrong as i have not noticed it before.

I can edit up to 12000 photos a month as its my only sourse of work now.

Thank you in Advance..... Any suggestions please

Image resizing :?:

Rongnongno Loc: FL

LuckyshotCT wrote:

Depending on the format in which you save the final image, in the Save dialog box, check that the quality is set to the higher setting you may have had earlier.

That maybe the only reason if you work on JPG.

Another one being the 'open as' set with a default size.

Either way, the trouble does not really lie there but in an often often ignored little box that says: ' Remember last settings'

If you made a change recently and forgot about it, the software does not so this box must be left blank especially in the save/save as, open/open as and export to, import.

If you are using ACR I believe there is one of those boxes too.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Check the "Options" for saving in JPG. Most all programs allow you to select the quality of the JPG from Best Quality all the way down to Smallest Size. Make sure it is set to the MINIMUM compression or BEST QUALITY.

DaveMM Loc: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

I can think of three reasons for the size reducing:
- you open a RAW file and save as a JPG. This hasn't been mentioned here, but a RAW file is always much larger than its JPG equivalent;
- you open a JPG and save it as a lower quality JPG. Several replies address this.
- you resize the image when it is in PS so it has less pixels. To check on this, you can open the original (in almost any picture viewer) and check what size it is, then open the edited file and do the same.
BTW, I presume that you use Save As to save the edited version under a new or more descriptive file name. I always save IMG_1234.CR2 as IMG_1234 What the picture is.JPG

LarryPish Loc: Columbus, Ohio

This has to be the setting in the save dialog box. If you are using an action to process a batch of images in Jpeg, be sure that the save command that was originally used had the quality set on 12, or reprogram the action using 12 for quality. The dialog box will set the quality at 10 when you select maximum resolution, however you can manually type 12 in under quality. The camera setting should also be on maximum quality. 12,000 a month! That would make you cross-eyed! Try using RAW format instead of Jpeg, many more images can be synchronized and processed than using jpeg.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

Jpeg is a lossy format--you lose something every time you open and resave after any adjustment. Even if your originals are jpgs, it makes sense to save in a losless format such as tiff or png, even though they will be much larger. Better yet shoot raws or tiffs and save as tiffs or png, unless the loss of quality is not an issue for you.

FWIW, I have heard that practically speaking, there is no benefit from saving jpgs in PS at a quality setting higher than 10.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

kymarto wrote:

Jpeg is a lossy format--you lose something every time you open and resave after any adjustment. Even if your originals are jpgs, it makes sense to save in a losless format such as tiff or png, even though they will be much larger. Better yet shoot raws or tiffs and save as tiffs or png, unless the loss of quality is not an issue for you.

FWIW, I have heard that practically speaking, there is no benefit from saving jpgs in PS at a quality setting higher than 10.

And practically speaking, there is so little degrading by saving in JPG-HighQuality setting that it does not make sense to do otherwise!

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

Wahawk wrote:

And practically speaking, there is so little degrading by saving in JPG-HighQuality setting that it does not make sense to do otherwise!

I think that point is definitely debatable. I always shoot raw and safe as 16 bit TIFF or PSD. There is a huge difference between saving in 8 and 16 bit if you do any kind of adjustments to your files. Huge. As to lossy vs. lossless, I see no reason to compromise the integrity of my images, being as how storage is incredibly cheap. Of course I am shooting professionally. If it's just pictures of your family dinner it might be different.