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Question

when you need to enlarge a file

Jan 27, 2015 10:47PM PST

Have you ever put an image through a software and then it just got smaller?

How would u resolve this thanks!

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What software?
Jan 27, 2015 10:59PM PST

Most photo software has a tool to increase/decrease the size of an image.
Dafydd.

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uh
Jan 28, 2015 3:03AM PST

I'm just using various different online editors(ex:pixlr)

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Image
Jan 27, 2015 11:32PM PST

What are you using for software?

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Not really
Jan 28, 2015 12:21AM PST

Only when I want it to.

But I always work on a copy of an image file and not the original. That way, if I do make a mistake, or if the software fails in any way, I still have the original to use.

Mark

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Let me share where I find file size will drop.
Jan 28, 2015 3:09AM PST

My old digital camera didn't compress that well. To fix that I would load the pic into my then fav photoeditor and save it. Bingo, the file size would fall and I had to zoom down to the pixel level to spot changes.

Nothing going on here at all.
Bob

PS. There is some magic with JPEG image quality set to 51. It's on the web.