Why are my Photos Shrinking when I email them? If I export a photo out of Lightroom I end up with a JPG around 6 to 7 Mb in size. Actual dimensions of photo are 300 DPI and is 3000...

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

If I export a photo out of Lightroom I end up with a JPG around 6 to 7 Mb in size. Actual dimensions of photo are 300 DPI and is 3000 pixels on the long side. Then using my MacBook Pro I email it to someone via the Apple Mail program it comes out the other end as like around 160Kb.
What setting can I change to keep the file the same size?

TIA,
Mike.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

It depends on how one sends them.
Some email/messaging clients shrink images in order to send them.
My phone does that a lot. Even the ones taken with the phone.
It's how the software is written.
Sometimes I get asked if I want to send the original size, sometimes it shrinks without asking.
I really don't pay attention to which client does what.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Because you're using Apple email. That's a 'feature', the resizing downward of your images.

Rather than focusing on the file size, consider the pixel resolution. Is it still 3000px when being received? If the pixel resolution is reduced, but not desired, consider other sharing options.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

When you add a photo to an email in Apple Mail, there is a box that appears on the right hand side of your message header. It has various choices for Image size - small, medium, large, or full size. You can control the size of what you send them this way. If you don't select something, it will select a size for you and it could well be the small one which is truly VERY small. Some email services have different restrictions on image size, too, so that can be a factor.

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

Many thanks CHG_CANON. I sent them at 3000 pixels on the long side and they were received as 640 pixels which gave too small a print for the magazine at 300 dpi.. I ended up handing them over on a thumb drive so that solved that particular problem. But for the future I guess I could use Dropbox or SmugMug but it would also be nice just to be able to send a quick email and have them transfer at the intended resolution. Interesting feature of Apple email - I just tried sending an image on my Apple iPhone and it actually asked me to select one of several image sizes, including full original image size. I’ll check again in the desktop version.

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

minniev wrote:

When you add a photo to an email in Apple Mail, there is a box that appears on the right hand side of your message header. It has various choices for Image size - small, medium, large, or full size. You can control the size of what you send them this way. If you don't select something, it will select a size for you and it could well be the small one which is truly VERY small. Some email services have different restrictions on image size, too, so that can be a factor.

DUH, Thanks Minniev. How on earth could I miss that it was right there in front of me on the right side.

Well I appreciate everyone's input to get me back on the straight and narrow. Great forum. Should have come here in the first place instead of driving myself crazy.

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

Thanks Longshadow, You are right and I should have paid more attention.

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Apple mail has a "toggle" you can set for the size of a photo attachment. Before you hit the "send" button, check over on the right. You'll have a menu that offers small, medium, large, actual size and "original image."

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

Just Fred wrote:

Apple mail has a "toggle" you can set for the size of a photo attachment. Before you hit the "send" button, check over on the right. You'll have a menu that offers small, medium, large, actual size and "original image."

Thanks Just Fred. I finally figured it out.

Canisdirus

Unless you plan on having your friend make a print...nothing to worry about.
Apple and Google both do this...they have done the testing before releasing the products.
160kb will display fine on the internet...twitter...etc.
Not great...but it's for the internet...not printing.

As mentioned previously...all settings like this can be altered.

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

Jagnut07 wrote:

If I export a photo out of Lightroom I end up with a JPG around 6 to 7 Mb in size. Actual dimensions of photo are 300 DPI and is 3000 pixels on the long side. Then using my MacBook Pro I email it to someone via the Apple Mail program it comes out the other end as like around 160Kb.
What setting can I change to keep the file the same size?

TIA,
Mike.

My email carrier has a size limit on images being sent. I guess yours does as well.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Jagnut07 wrote:

If I export a photo out of Lightroom I end up with a JPG around 6 to 7 Mb in size. Actual dimensions of photo are 300 DPI and is 3000 pixels on the long side. Then using my MacBook Pro I email it to someone via the Apple Mail program it comes out the other end as like around 160Kb.
What setting can I change to keep the file the same size?

TIA,
Mike.

Adjust the setting in Apple Mail. You can choose original size, but that’s not the default.

bbradford Loc: Wake Forest NC

Maybe it was cold and they had shrinkage.

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

I think it depends on whether you insert the image into the body of the email or add it as an attachment.

In my experience with Gmail, an attachment is received at it's original size whereas the embedded image
is reduced or "web sized."

Ed

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Jagnut07 wrote:

If I export a photo out of Lightroom I end up with a JPG around 6 to 7 Mb in size. Actual dimensions of photo are 300 DPI and is 3000 pixels on the long side. Then using my MacBook Pro I email it to someone via the Apple Mail program it comes out the other end as like around 160Kb.
What setting can I change to keep the file the same size?

TIA,
Mike.

Use regular email from Outlook.
Works great and NO loss.