[Digikam-users] How to stop "watermark" reducing the size of the pictures?

[Jan Wolter]

What size in terms of pixels in x and y dimension has the picture before 
and after editing?

On 08/28/2014 03:17 PM, cerp wrote:
>
> There seems to be a reduction of quality.
>
> Why, what are you thinking of?
>
> Best
>
>
> Quoting HaJo Schatz <hajo at hajo.net>:
>
>> Is there really a loss of quality or only a reduction of size?
>>
>> On Thursday, August 28, 2014, cerp <cerp at eeos.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> No, digikam still reduces the pictures from 4.8Mb to 1.8 Mb, with the
>>> consequent loss of quality / details. It happens not only when I apply
>>> watermark but any other batch tool.
>>>
>>> Quoting Jan Wolter <jan.wolter at uni-paderborn.de>:
>>>
>>> Yes, thats true. Does this settings have a positive impact to the 
>>> quality
>>>> of your edited pictures?
>>>>
>>>> On 08/28/2014 12:11 PM, cerp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Jan,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have set JPEG quality = 100 and chroma sub sampling = none, that
>>>>> should be maximum quality correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Jan Wolter <jan.wolter at uni-paderborn.de>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess that your images are generally (independent from the added
>>>>>> watermark) not saved with maximal quality. Check your settings 
>>>>>> under menu
>>>>>> Settings -> Configure digiKam -> Saving Images.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/28/2014 09:43 AM, cerp wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We use the watermark function to add the copyright in the bottom 
>>>>>>> right
>>>>>>> corner of the pictures.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The pictures are taken using in camera jpeg generation, which 
>>>>>>> normally
>>>>>>> has very high quality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When we watermark in digikam, it reduces the size of the jpeg file
>>>>>>> from approximately 4Mb to 1.8Mb with a considerable loss of 
>>>>>>> quality. We
>>>>>>> have tried setting all the parameters we could think, but 
>>>>>>> without being
>>>>>>> able to stop this behavior. What I would like is the original 
>>>>>>> picture with
>>>>>>> the watermark saved at the same resolution without additional 
>>>>>>> compression
>>>>>>> .... how do I achieve it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Corrado & Rina
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> r
>>>>>>>
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