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Large Images Saving as Small JPEGS? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Far_Researcher6885@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am trying to get into printing some of my images from a Sony A7iii. When I make my edits in Lightroom and export a number of things happen: my ARW (raw) file is as big as 49MB, if I save a TIFF it could be as large as 200+MB, but when I export to JPEG it is saving as a 10MB file. Is there a way to increase this to allow for a larger print; say 20 x 35ish inches? TIA!

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[–] rohnoitsrutroh@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

JPEG is a compressed image format that contains less information than the raw files. This is normal.

In Lightroom, click on Export as... then JPEG, size = original (or Largest Available), quality = 100%.

That will be the full resolution image. You can verify the pixel count by right clicking on the image and selecting Properties.

[–] saywhat68@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

So how do you get those size of a file to the client cause GMAIL won't let you email anything over 5MB.

[–] VincibleAndy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Its 25MB for gmail. But if you are sending a lot of images, just link a Google drive, dropbox, or other cloud.

[–] FlightlessFly@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Link to a cloud folder

[–] rohnoitsrutroh@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I zip everything up, and use OneDrive with an expiring link and a password. Typically, the link is good for 90 days.