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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/24 10:45 AM, Remco Viëtor
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">On mardi 24 septembre 2024 16:33:37 CEST Jonathan Kamens wrote:
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">On 9/24/24 10:30 AM, Remco Viëtor wrote:
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">The GIMP JPG export dialog displays in realtime the approximate size of
the exported image as you move the image compression level slider, so it
is apparently possible to at least estimate how big the an image is
going to be when saved at a particular level even before you do the
actual export.
jik
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">But note the "approximate" in there. That means you can end up with a file
that is larger, and some systems reject files that are too large. And there is
a point where lowering the quality settings really degrade the image.
And I've seen files which were up to twice as big as others with the same
quality settings (and for the same image size in pixels)...
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<p>Notwithstanding all of this, it is still a useful feature that
people want.</p>
<p>I doubt you're telling anybody here anything they don't already
know.</p>
<p>Gilles has already replied in this thread and made it clear that
he has no particular objection to the proposed functionality, so
I'm not really sure why you feel compelled to continue to spread
F.U.D. about it.</p>
<p> jik</p>
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