Huge File after Post Processing
Jul 25, 2015 08:33:41 #
gorgehiker
Loc: Lexington, Ky
I got a little carried away processing photos in LR and ON1. I merged to HDR and added a layer of healing brushes in ON1. Then I added additional filters in ON1 Perfect Effects. By the time the photo made it back to LR, the file size was a whopping 707 MB! Is there a was to convert the photo to a smaller file size within LR CC so it won't take up so much space on my hard drive?
Jul 25, 2015 08:39:28 #
gorgehiker wrote:
I got a little carried away processing photos in LR and ON1. I merged to HDR and added a layer of healing brushes in ON1. Then I added additional filters in ON1 Perfect Effects. By the time the photo made it back to LR, the file size was a whopping 707 MB! Is there a was to convert the photo to a smaller file size within LR CC so it won't take up so much space on my hard drive?
When you export the file, you can specify file settings (JPEG, TIFF, PSD, etc.) quality and size. You can also adjust image sizing. These will all affect the size of the exported file.
Jul 25, 2015 09:03:40 #
gorgehiker
Loc: Lexington, Ky
Just Fred wrote:
When you export the file, you can specify file settings (JPEG, TIFF, PSD, etc.) quality and size. You can also adjust image sizing. These will all affect the size of the exported file.
Thanks, but what if I am not exporting the file at this time and it is just taking up space on my hard drive? I'd like to downsize the file which is stored on my hard drive before exporting it.
Jul 25, 2015 09:13:43 #
gorgehiker wrote:
Thanks, but what if I am not exporting the file at this time and it is just taking up space on my hard drive? I'd like to downsize the file which is stored on my hard drive before exporting it.
Where are you trying to put this finished file?? in a folder?? if you resize before 'exporting' it anywhere, it will be smaller. Once you make something smaller, you take away information, it becomes hard to enlarge it again and do the same kind of things you just described, if you decide you want to do more with this photo at a later date.
Maybe you should invest in an external hard drive and give yourself terabytes of storage so this isn't a worry for you.
Jul 25, 2015 09:27:58 #
gorgehiker wrote:
I got a little carried away processing photos in LR and ON1. I merged to HDR and added a layer of healing brushes in ON1. Then I added additional filters in ON1 Perfect Effects. By the time the photo made it back to LR, the file size was a whopping 707 MB! Is there a was to convert the photo to a smaller file size within LR CC so it won't take up so much space on my hard drive?
Export as a tiff, import back into LR, delete the original. The tiff will still be quite large, but should not be 707 MB.
Jul 25, 2015 09:30:35 #
gorgehiker wrote:
I got a little carried away processing photos in LR and ON1. I merged to HDR and added a layer of healing brushes in ON1. Then I added additional filters in ON1 Perfect Effects. By the time the photo made it back to LR, the file size was a whopping 707 MB! Is there a was to convert the photo to a smaller file size within LR CC so it won't take up so much space on my hard drive?
Deleted post. Misread the question.
Jul 25, 2015 10:12:43 #
If you still have the original it shouldn't worry you if the editing is non-reversible, because you have the original to go back to. So, when you export from On1, stipulate a format that isn't going to save all of the adjustments/layers (which I'm assuming is what makes the final file so big). Alternatively, formats like TIFF and DNG probably will save all of the adjustments, but as Searcher said, they won't be THAT big!
Jul 25, 2015 11:53:54 #
gorgehiker
Loc: Lexington, Ky
Searcher wrote:
Export as a tiff, import back into LR, delete the original. The tiff will still be quite large, but should not be 707 MB.
Great suggestion, as usual. Tiff file is a much more efficient 95 MB. Thanks!
Jul 26, 2015 08:37:35 #
Two suggestions: flatten the layers when done; do not resize to a larger artboard.
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