File size shrinkage when renaming pictures?

I notice that when I use Lightroom 5 to rename the pictures contained in a folder, the folder size is reduced afterward. For example, a folder containing 349 jpg files was 1.52 GB but after renaming them, the folder size was redusce to 1.30 GB. Why is this happening, and, is it a problem? Thanks.

johnsfarm wrote:
It turns out that "automtically write changes into xmp" was not enabled, not by any intention, just was that way...
It's the Lr factory default.
So much for that theory..
johnsfarm wrote:
I am not very experienced with LR so I feel it is likely some basic error on my part but I have no idea what.
I'm running out of ideas too. - did you check the last-modified date? - are the files changed?
(are you sure you didn't delete some files - sorry, but I had to ask)
I suppose another possibility is hidden files, like thumbs.db - could that be it?
Rob

Similar Messages

Is there a Maximum file size limit when combining pdf files

I am trying to combine files 8 PDF files created with i Explore using Acrobat XI Standard, the process is completed but when opening the file not all 8 individual files have been combined only the first two have been combined, the process shows all eight being read and combined.
I can open and view each of the original 8 individual files and read the content without any issue, the largest of the eight files is 15,559kb and the smallest is 9,435kb
if anyone can assist that would be most appreciated

Hi Tayls450,
This should not have happened as there is no maximum file size limit when combining PDFs.
Please let me know if there are some password protected PDFs also?
Also, I would suggest you to choose 'Repair Acrobat Installation' option from the Help menu.
Regards,
Anubha

Report file size limitation when printing?

Does anyone know of a file size limitation when printing a .NET run Crystal report? We run a browser app, which opens a new browser when a report is printed. That works fine. When we PRINT, the ActiveX print dialog box appears. If the report is large (> 40 pages or so) it crashes our entire application. It works ok if we export to PDF then print, but I am trying to get to the bottom of why it is crashing.

Hello,
What version of Cr and .NET?
Does your printer have limited memory?
Is it local printer?
Have you tried installing the latest Drivers for it?
What Browser are you using and have you tried any other?
40 pages not much local memory so it shouldn't be a problem.
Create a new Printer and select File rather than port or LPT as the destination to see if it's a physical printer or network issue.
Try a different printer altogether also.
Also refer to Rule of Engagement posting before submitting your question so you provide as much info first.
Thank you
Don

Why is the file size increasing when cropping in Photoshop CC?

While cropping a picture the file size is increasing dramatically.
An image 7360 X 4912 px (Image size : 103,4M) after cropping to 60 X 40 cm 300 px, goes up to an image of 18000 X 12000 px (Image size : 618,0 M). And the computer is unable to cope with such a file...
It wasn't like that when I first started to use the program.
I crop the same image using CS5 and the result is an image of 7087 X 4724 px (Image size : 95,8 M) which is normal...
Will aprreciate help...

Thanks for replying. First I didn't have this problem in the beginning. I do the same in CS5 and I can do it with no problem.

File size increases when I export from iphoto

I was hoping someone could help me. When I export an event from iphoto it increases in size and is now too big for my dvd. In iphoto, the size is 5.9 GB, but then when I export (settings as follows: JPEG - Max. - Full Size ) the file is too big to burn on my DVD-RDL (8.5GB)
It goes from 5.9 to 10.48 GB.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Most Simple Back Up
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex:
Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically. Examples of such apps: Chronosync or DejaVu . But are many others. Search on MacUpdate
I'm Serious about Back Ups. And you should be too.
My Library lives on my iMac. It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
My Photos are backed up online. There are many options: Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug etc. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you may need to pay.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a trial restore.

File sizes vary when importing from iPhoto to different iPads. Why?

I'm running Mavericks with iphoto 9.5.1 and using iTunes 11.1.3. I have a iphoto library of 6830 pictures. We upload these pictures to mulitiple ipads. This xmas I got a couple new ipads to replace old ones and upon syncing the photos to the new ipads the file size is much larger than on the older ipads.
For instance. My photos that sync'd over to my iPad 2 was around 9 GB. Now on my ipad air it takes up 22.72.
I have a similar experience with my wifes new iPad Mini.
Any ideas or suggestions on what is going on?

Rather supports the guess. The smaller screen means smaller images are synced. When you sync with a device the images are optimised for that device. Those optimised versions are stored in the iPod Photo Cache.

Pdf file size increases when printing resulting in slow print speed.

I have a .pdf that is saved at 27MB. When I send it to an HP Designjet T520 36in printer the file size jumps up to 136MB and the printing is incredibly slow. This does not happen on all files on a few random ones. Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?

It's entirely normal for file size to increase. PDFs are much more compressed than print streams. For some printers the print size is almost constant (a huge bitmap), for others, it's a collection of graphical items and the size varies enormously. Rarely anything you can do.

PDF file size doubles when recording to CD

XP Pro Sp3
I have old PDF files that I am trying to burn to disk for protection. The documents are one size but when I add them to the CD record program they show double the size. Example this document was 323KB in size but when placed in the recorder program it takes up 668 KB's
This is the data from the file 323KB 8/2004 Application: PScriptd5.dll Version 5.2 PDF Version 1.3 PDF Producer: Acrobat Distiller 5.0 (windows) On the properties window under General is says it is blocked to help protect this computer. I don't know what that means I am using Adobe Reader 9.3 to
read it.
I am using Sonic Record Now version 6.5 as my record software. It came with the computer in 2004 I know it is old. Grin.
I did multiple scans on it and it shows up clean. Any ideas?
Thanks
Cel

Hi there: First I apologize I think I gave the wrong answer to the question about the issue being resolved. You were right on the mark. The issue has nothing to do with the PDF file but with the burning software miscalculating.
Thank you for your time in replying to help me.
Cel

How can I keep the file size small when I render a .mov file to video in PS entended CS4?

Hi,
I haven't worked with video in Photoshop before and I am having the following issue:
I imported a .mov file into photoshop. I trimmed the file by moving the start and finish points to the relevant points on the timeline. I then cropped the image to get rid of unwanted footage on the edge of the screen. I then selected export - render video. On the panel I chose to select only "currently selected frames" as the range and I chose "Quick Time Movie" as the file type. When I check the properties of my newly rendered movie the file size has increased by several times. The file sizes are now much too large.
I know that I must need to alter some of the render settings but having tried altering many of the settings the result is always the same - a very large file size that is much bigger than my oringinal file.
If anyone can let me know how I can carry out a simple crop & trim on a .mov file and end up with a smaller more compact file after rendering the video I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Hi Marion,
Thanks very much for your message. I have downloaded that program and it's definitely handy for examining the details of the original file. You mentioned in your message about not having to recode the file - The file I'm editing is originally from a Q3 Zoom video recorder and I can use their in-built software (handyware) to trim the file - this doesn't recode the file and so the file size just reduces by the required amount. Unfortunately there is no facility to crop the file with this software - I've looked for other software that would allow cropping without having to recode the file but I haven't found anything suitable for a simple procudure like this - do you know of any software that allows you to crop a file without recoding? Thanks.

Why is image file size increasing when changed to CMYK?

When converting the colour of a Jpeg to CMYK in Photoshop CS5 the file size is increasing.
The original image is 352KB and after saving as CMYK it is 2.1MB
Why is this happening and how can I stop it?
I'm using a lot of images for a print project so need to keep file sizes small with resolution of 300dpi. The image dimensions are really small, only about 30mm high so they shouldn't be this large a file size
I am using a clipping path but this doesn't seem to be effecting file size (I checked by saving it as RGB with a clipping path which stayed small, and by saving one without a clipping path in CMYK which was huge)
Thanks

Two things may be happening:
1)      you may be making the file pixel dimensions (width and height) larger due to the 300 dpi requirement.
2)      CMYK files, with 4 colors per pixel, are expected to be larger than JPG files, which are 3 colors per pixel and the data is compressed in a way that throws away information.
You will not get CMYK files anywhere near as small as JPG files, as you are finding.   If there are compression options available when you save the file, perhaps those can make the files smaller.
What pixel dimensions is the original JPG and what pixel dimensions are the CYMK files?

Huge file size discrepancies when manipulating images

All,
I had some help from some of you last week with some conversions from Word to FrameMaker that made me realize it would be a good idea to start pasting plain text in from my Word documents, and now I have come up with a real puzzler.
See if this makes any sense.
I created a chapter using the paste plain text from Word method. I don't have the exact size, but the chapter turned out a reasonable size, maybe 100K at most. Then I realized all the graphics were in by reference. Now, I have worked places in the past where we never put our graphics in by reference because of the graphics management issues, so I reimported my graphics (all JPGs, 5 of them, and varying anywhere from about 10K to 150K each) directly into the document. My chapter became a whopping 5000K! This is a five-page chapter folks! With a document of about 70 pages to convert, I will easily and quickly run out of disk space before I can check it in.
So, I reimported all my graphics to "by reference." Was I naive to expect my document to return to the original size? Now my chapter is nearly 2500K, about 10 or more times its original size.
I don't remember ever having any size issues with FrameMaker when I used it before (for about 15 years, from FM2.0 to 6.0). Does anyone have any suggestions of how to return this document to a reasonable size without starting over again, pasting plain text in from Word?
One person at work has suggested that there is still some "gunk" from the Word files in my document and that
Kay Robart

Hi,
I just tested that myself: Created a new document, imported a JPG file by reference (file size almost didn't change, something around 40 kB), then deleted everything, imported a JPG file by copying (file size was now about 1 MB), deleted everything and saved, and the file size was around 40 kB again. Changing the setting "Save FrameImage with Imported Grahics" didn't make a difference.
Therefore FM is able to get rid of the imported graphics file.
Did you really delete the imported graphics file first, before you imported the same graphics file by reference?
You should also delete all graphics (copied and by reference) and then check the file size. If it still has 2.5 MB, convert to MIF and check whether there is anything left. Use the free MIFBrowse utility to search in the MIF file (or any other text editor) and search for "jpg" or the file name.
You can get MIFBrowse here:
http://www.grahamwideman.com/gw/tech/framemaker/mifbrowse.htm
Best regards
Winfried

Huge file size grow when using external editor

Hello,
I want to use an external editor such as Photoshop or Pixelmator. When I set one of the applications to be the external editor everytime I open a file for editing a version is created with a file size of approx. 57 Mb.
Any ideas what is going on here?

Lt, it's also worth seeing if you have the setting for the TIFF so that it best suits you. If you don't require a 16 bit TIFF make sure the it's set to create an 8 bit TIFF instead. The 57 meg size sounds like a 16 bit image. An 8 bit one will be half that
. Before Aperture I used to stay16 bit right up until I passed the image off to whoever it was going to, at which point I'd make them an 8 bit version because that would usually be what they wanted. But now so much of whatever advantage that brought me (exposure and tonal changes, especially in solid areas) is being done in Aperture, even before creating a TIFF, so it can be argued that for many people the advantage of exporting 16 bit to the external editor isn't gaining them that much. If it's going to a consumer printer (that is not 16 bit aware) even more so. 16 bit is better, but if size is an issue and Aperture is doing 90% of the global tweaking, I don't think sending the editor an 8 bit TIFF is a crime : )

Errors when using "Limit file size to" when exporting images

When I try to use the "limit file size to" option in Export, I often get at least one image that doesn't export, and I get a dialogie box like the image attached here:
As I am exporting in batches, it geats really messy and risky too!I have tried various file size options but that doesn't seem to be a factor.
Any ideas on solving this, or is it an unfixed Lr bug?!
thanks in advance

I can't reproduce it here, so you could try trashing the preferences file http://members.lightroomqueen.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/1148/198/how-do-i- delete-the-lightroom-preferences-file
If that doesn't do the trick, post it on the Official Feature Request/Bug Report Forum

File size changing when pass through after effects (180Mb file goes in and comes out 33GB on export)

im processing a video recorded of an interview where the lighting was not very good on the interviewee
im brightening up the light on the interviewees face
the file was a 180Mb H.264 file on import
when i export the file its coming out at 33GB in size.... im not sure why this is
i have chosen the default setting "lossless" as the format for export
i just want the file to export the same size and quality as it was when i imported it
what options should i choose for this? AE does not seem to tell me how big the end file will be and it takes 1 hour and half to process this 2 minute interview so it will take me an awfull long time to get to the bottom of this if i try by myself
thanks

It doesn't "increase" the file size. You're making a brand new file.
What you put into After Effects has nothing to do with the resulting file. You can have an AE composition with no footage whatsoever and the resulting file will be much larger than 0!
After Effects works internally with completely uncompressed pixel data, so no matter what you toss into it, it produces whatever you tell it to produce. As Mylenium points out, you made an uncompressed final file.
Your original video file is VERY compressed. So, of COURSE uncompressed video is going to look massive by comparison.
Read Mylenium's link to understand a bit more and go here to learn AE: Getting started with After Effects There are lots of "gotchas" like this that'll bit your butt if you skip this basic training stuff.

No file size appears when I save a .pages file

When I save a .pages file there is no file size listed in the directory. In the file directory it says only -- where all the other files have a size in KB or MB listed in that column.
What's going on here?
The file can be opened without a problem. And when I right click on the listing and choose Get Info, the file size is there in that pop up window -but not in the listing.
I cannot email this file either -because, I guess, it reads the listing as an empty file.
I can convert it to a .doc file and email that, but as a .pages file I get nothing.
What's going on here?
GG

Guy,
Walt

File size shrinkage when renaming pictures?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for