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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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.
So how do you get those size of a file to the client cause GMAIL won’t let you email anything over 5MB.
I zip everything up, and use OneDrive with an expiring link and a password. Typically, the link is good for 90 days.
Its 25MB for gmail. But if you are sending a lot of images, just link a Google drive, dropbox, or other cloud.
Link to a cloud folder
In addition to what u/8fqThs4EX2T9 said, id also check the export settings for your jpegs… 10mb seems a bit small for a 25mp image if you’re pringtin, set the jpeg quality to 100. It might not make a missive difference, but these days, 15-20MB isn’t such a big file unless you’re already short on space.
The JPEG format is a lossy compressed file format. It can be saved at different levels of quality / compression.
PSD and TIFF are lossless, uncompressed formats.