How do you limit the file size on export? Less than 3MB
How do you export images and keep all dimensions, aspect ratio and dpi but constrain the file size so that it does not exceed a specific amount needed?
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Hi,
I guess you mean a JPEG export, right ?
In that case, you have to increase the compression rate (decrease the JPEG "quality" in the basic tab of the "process recipe") until the (badly) estimated size in the "process summary" reaches the requested size. But actually, the size estimation is very poor, and you will have to check it and go back to the export tool once more, through a trial and error process.0 -
You might want to put in a feature request for this. I did so two years ago. I often need to provide images that do not exceed a certain file size. Other programs allow me to export with a maximum file size and vary the amount of compression on a per file basis. It would be great for the event crowd if C1 could do the same. 0 -
[quote="Emile1" wrote:
You might want to put in a feature request for this. I did so two years ago. I often need to provide images that do not exceed a certain file size. Other programs allow me to export with a maximum file size and vary the amount of compression on a per file basis. It would be great for the event crowd if C1 could do the same.
I'm assuming by your response you know exactly what I need and Capture One Pro does not have that feature.
Im fed up with LR and its 1980's clunkiness but at least I can limit my file size for jpeg export to not exceed a certain MB limit with it. When shooting on a deadline, I can't waste time with extra steps. Although Photomechanic seems to have the ability to limit jpeg file uploads to a certain size and does the variable compression as it uploads...haven't tried it though.
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄0 -
[quote="tenmangu81" wrote:
Hi,
I guess you mean a JPEG export, right ?
In that case, you have to increase the compression rate (decrease the JPEG "quality" in the basic tab of the "process recipe") until the (badly) estimated size in the "process summary" reaches the requested size. But actually, the size estimation is very poor, and you will have to check it and go back to the export tool once more, through a trial and error process.
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I work on a deadline with literally a matter of minutes or seconds to get files edited and sent to the wire. It would just be too time consuming to do this on an individual file basis.0 -
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
[quote="Emile1" wrote:
You might want to put in a feature request for this. I did so two years ago. I often need to provide images that do not exceed a certain file size. Other programs allow me to export with a maximum file size and vary the amount of compression on a per file basis. It would be great for the event crowd if C1 could do the same.
I'm assuming by your response you know exactly what I need and Capture One Pro does not have that feature.
Im fed up with LR and its 1980's clunkiness but at least I can limit my file size for jpeg export to not exceed a certain MB limit with it. When shooting on a deadline, I can't waste time with extra steps. Although Photomechanic seems to have the ability to limit jpeg file uploads to a certain size and does the variable compression as it uploads...haven't tried it though.
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄
Photomechanic indeed does. I do basic touch-ups in C1, export @ full size and let PM do the downsizing with the size limits. I find I need less time in post with C1 compared to LR due to better out-of-the-box colors and C1 imports and exports faster than LR so I actually gain time even though I need an extra step. Having it all in C1 would be a huge boon.0 -
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄
You have the option to create a Support Case for an Enhancement Request rather than just pushing a message out into a User to User forum.
It would make great sense to use it in this case.
Meanwhile .....
You could set up multiple recipes with different levels of compression and just export to all of them and choose which ever resulting output most closely fits the size limitation.0 -
[quote="SFA" wrote:
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄
You have the option to create a Support Case for an Enhancement Request rather than just pushing a message out into a User to User forum.
It would make great sense to use it in this case.
Yeah, I'm sorry, I should have been clearer but that is exactly what I meant too. Open a support case on phaseone.com (you'll find it under 'My Pages') and enter this as a feature request (enhancement request). That's what I did and what I'd suggest you do too.0 -
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄
Well, I guess that most of the photojournalists shoot directly in jpeg (not in RAW) and send their images through WiFi to their editor within seconds. They don't have time to process their pictures using Lightroom, or Photoshop, or Capture One.
But I agree that I have been a little bit disappointed myself not to have this limitation in size of jpeg files, as it is in Lightroom, or an accurate and reliable estimation of the size. Even Apple's "Preview" do that !!
So I would support your request !!0 -
[quote="SFA" wrote:
You have the option to create a Support Case for an Enhancement Request rather than just pushing a message out into a User to User forum.
It would make great sense to use it in this case.
Meanwhile .....
You could set up multiple recipes with different levels of compression and just export to all of them and choose which ever resulting output most closely fits the size limitation.
I never intended a random message to be seen by the developers, it was really just a joke.
Since it is a quality slider I think I probably wont mess with it. I cant go below an 80 on quality no matter the program so I will probably just stick to exporting in full and have Photomechanic do the dynamic conversion on upload. Thanks for the suggestion for the work around. 😄0 -
[quote="Emile1" wrote:
Yeah, I'm sorry, I should have been clearer but that is exactly what I meant too. Open a support case on phaseone.com (you'll find it under 'My Pages') and enter this as a feature request (enhancement request). That's what I did and what I'd suggest you do too.
Great advice, I will do so. Much appreciated. 😄0 -
[quote="tenmangu81" wrote:
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
Capture One...if your listening...photojournalists are looking for alternatives to LR and it would be really cool if you could add a jpeg file size limit to the export function. 😄
Well, I guess that most of the photojournalists shoot directly in jpeg (not in RAW) and send their images through WiFi to their editor within seconds. They don't have time to process their pictures using Lightroom, or Photoshop, or Capture One.
But I agree that I have been a little bit disappointed myself not to have this limitation in size of jpeg files, as it is in Lightroom, or an accurate and reliable estimation of the size. Even Apple's "Preview" do that !!
So I would support your request !!
Most photojournalists that I work with, literally hundreds, shoot in Raw. I am a sports photographer and the majority of us do not have the luxury of an editor to do any image corrections. Exposure, color, sharpness and composition need to be spot on before images are sent. Some occasions call for Raw+Jpeg but I would never ever think of shooting straight jpeg. Typically only AP, Getty, house photog and sometimes large newspapers shoot tethered to Ethernet or send WiFi, usually tethered.
Your right though, seems like a simple feature to include considering the complexity of everything else the program kicks butt on.0 -
[quote="NNN636462183595917420" wrote:
I am a sports photographer and the majority of us do not have the luxury of an editor to do any image corrections. Exposure, color, sharpness and composition need to be spot on before images are sent. Some occasions call for Raw+Jpeg but I would never ever think of shooting straight jpeg. Typically only AP, Getty, house photog and sometimes large newspapers shoot tethered to Ethernet or send WiFi, usually tethered.
Sorry, I used the wrong term. "Editor" meant in my mind "newspaper publishing office" and not RAW processor.....0
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