[Digikam-users] Different size of PNG files

[Francisco Lorés Ara]

On Sunday 12 October 2008 08:26:04 Gilles Caulier wrote:
> 2008/10/11 Francisco Lorés Ara <plores at telefonica.net>
>
> >  I found that the size of a PNG file generated from the same RAW file is
> > *very* different when
> >
> > a) the image editor is used -> 50+ MB
> >
> > b) Tools -> RAW Image Converter is used -> about 12 MB
> >
> > although compression rate is 9 in Setup -> Saving Images as well as in
> > the Save As... dialog of the image editor.
>
> If you use digiKam and kipi-plugins for KDE3, Raw converter plugin support
> only 8 bits color depth, else digiKam image editor 16 bits color depth
>

O.K., you are right, I forgot this...

> but 50 Mb is very large. which RAW camera formt you convert ? Can you send
> me a raw file sample to test here (by private mail)
>
> Gilles Caulier

Maybe too big to send it by mail (Canon CR2 raw file, 12.2 megapixels, about 
14 MB), but you can download it from

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/mankind/_mg_0759.cr2

Thank you very much

Francisco


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