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I should not have to re size the files as they are "large enough" in RAW format to export in correct size as a JPEG. I shoot for stock photos and with the current exporting issue, cannot even upload photos as they are rejected "due to size". JPEG, 100 quality, non sharpened, no resizing, so this should not happen in my estimation. Note that the numbering of the pixels starts at zero, so the position of the top left pixel is 0,0. If I have changed nothing, then the files should export at the same size and with the new update, they do not!! I have selected the proper settings in teh dialog box, ie. Thee first pair is the horizontal and vertical position of your cursor in pixels while it is in the picture area, the second is the size in pixels of the area selected, and the third is the size of the original image. I have done nothing more to the photos, exported with the exact same settings and the "newly exported" files are half the size they were previously. As I said, I re exported some files that I had exported before which came out to 7 ish MB and upon exporting now, they came out under 3MB. I understand I cannot judge the size a photo should be as such but I think I do have a fairly good understanding of where file size usually ended up. The proper way to judge the quality of your images is to see if they have enough pixels for the intended purpose, and did you select the proper options in the Export dialog box (quality, resizing or not, sharpening, etc.) If you go down this path, it will only mislead you. Lastly, I don't think you can judge quality by the size of the exported JPG file.
REDUCE PICTURE FILE SIZE LIGHTROOM 6 HOW TO
Learn how to make a preset that will change a file from TIFF to JPG automatically, adjust quality or limit file size, and add a watermark. Use Export presets to save your settings. Lightroom applies the JPG algorithm to your photos, and I have never yet seen a case where LR (or any other software) improperly sizes your JPGs given the settings in the Export dialog box. Learn how to optimize your own images and export to JPG to limit file degradation by websites you want to share your work on. The idea that you, a human users of the software, can pre-determine a "correct size" for a JPG export is, in my opinion, wrong. So I see nothing wrong with a 3MB JPG in your case. I never heard that before, and as I said, the size of the JPG depends on things you can control and things you can't control. I understand that the JPEG are smaller, but that should be by 40% or so. My files shot in RAW are huge but upon exporting are downsizing to under 3 MB. I too am having this issue with Lightroom 5.