[Digikam-users] File sizes after conversion

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

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Hi,

Am 22.01.2012 21:50, schrieb Conway Upshur:
> Hello, I'm new to digikam and RAW processing. I converted a RAW
> (CR2) file to DNG and it went from about 8MB to 17MB. I edited and
> then saved it as PNG.  The PNG size is 40MB. What am I doing wrong?
> Thanks, Conway

we just had this discussion (for me the second time, and I still don't
understand it fully, yet I try): it has to do with colour depth and
other things, which are added to the files to make sure all data is
kept intact. Basically, there is more info about the image or rather
about each pixel stored in the files.

I'm sure someone else can explain it more detailed.

Cheers
Martin

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