Image Processing by file size

[Ziggy487]

It has been over a year, so I like to re-request this.  It would really help out.

In the FTP As, in the Image Processing, we can scare to a box or percentage or set the Resolution.  How about being able to set a limit to the file size and a choice on how to downsize, either Scaling or resolution.

Since I have 1 company that likes files around 3.3mb, and an other that needs them around 2mb.

FYI, i am using version 4.6.6.

Happy turkey Day

[Luiz Muzzi]

It has been over a year, so I like to re-request this.  It would really help out.

In the FTP As, in the Image Processing, we can scare to a box or percentage or set the Resolution.  How about being able to set a limit to the file size and a choice on how to downsize, either Scaling or resolution.

Since I have 1 company that likes files around 3.3mb, and an other that needs them around 2mb.

FYI, i am using version 4.6.6.

Happy turkey Day

Hi,
I would also like to do that, even when "saving as". It would be a very useful feature.
Regards,

-Luiz Muzzi

[APN]

Yes it will be very good we need our photos between 800kb and 1.2 mb and I am working the most times with 2 Kameras with difference dissolutions and then if i make a ecerpt the photolarge is so difference, the most photos im must open later in photoshop and save they there...

[vAfotoriporter]

This feature has been requested many times and Kirk has the same answer to it every time: PM now checks the size of the first image estimates what compression it would need to produce the desired filesize and uses that compression for all files selected.
If PM would do this estimate for all files one-by-one then it would slow down the whole process of saving files.

I hope it will get implemented one day at least to have it as an option.

Until then all you can do is:
1. Set the desired  filesize by PhotoShop
2. Set up Lightroom export to produce filesizes in the desired range (as I notused it works only on Mac not on Win).
3. Group your fotos by size and resolution and select them in groups with similar sizes so estimates by PM will be almost the same for all files and send the files in more than one round.

For me number 2 worked out quite well on the Mac, but I did not find the limit filesize option on the Windows version of Ligthroom at all....and some of you don't use Mac.

[BlueDevilHH]

This feature has been requested many times and Kirk has the same answer to it every time: PM now checks the size of the first image estimates what compression it would need to produce the desired filesize and uses that compression for all files selected.

That's NOT what the users need. Would be better to analyze EVERY selected picture, reduce the resolution to a choosed size and transfer them one by one.
Today the performance of the computers are high enouth to do this very fast. Should be the shortest time of the hole transfer process. Otherwise you have to get every picture, move the slider to the wished size and start the transfer...this needs much more time than calculating a fixed size for every picture.

Can you give us this feature in PM 5, please? Maybe as an option?

Thanks for supporting us photographers!

Mario

[Kirk Baker]

Mario,

This feature has been requested many times and Kirk has the same answer to it every time: PM now checks the size of the first image estimates what compression it would need to produce the desired filesize and uses that compression for all files selected.

That's NOT what the users need. Would be better to analyze EVERY selected picture, reduce the resolution to a choosed size and transfer them one by one.
Today the performance of the computers are high enouth to do this very fast. Should be the shortest time of the hole transfer process. Otherwise you have to get every picture, move the slider to the wished size and start the transfer...this needs much more time than calculating a fixed size for every picture.

Can you give us this feature in PM 5, please? Maybe as an option?

We expect this feature to be present in PM 5.

-Kirk

[BlueDevilHH]

Great!

Thanks for your support, Kirk!

[Luiz Muzzi]

That`s really great news...
Regards,

-Luiz Muzzi