I want to know how to resize a photo without loosing quality....... in the image resize box the is a check box that says maintain file size ......what does that do .
I have tried to resize using it and the file stays the same as the original.
Thanks for any advice
Mike
JPEG Files can contain EXIF data. This data may affect how the files open.
i.e. if the file EXIF information contained in file then file is opened in its original size/resolution
One way is to open file (with EXIF information, e.g. photo from camera) copy layer into new file and then resample and save (no EXIF information in file) and file will reopen in new size/resolution (tested on XP SP2, CDGS X5 SP2)
Best regards,
Mek
David the source was a canon D5..... .The trouble with saving it to another file is what about if i want to do a batch of them .... i normally copie from CF card to comp then make copies to a new folder then do a batch to a smaller size but still want the quality .
Andrew said:But photo-paint seems to read the exif dpi instead when you re-open it.
That is a very good explanation ... though not one that should be beyond the combined resources of Corel technical.
If Corel is going to allow the exif data to take precedence when opening the file, then it really ought to make certain it updates the exif data when writing the resampled data to the file ! Doing one without the other makes no sense at all.
mike Rawlinson said:David the source was a canon D5.....
Ok not to be critical but to make sure you understand the facts. A first generation JPG file resaved again as a JPG file loses quality. I get them all the time if I want a batch I save them to CPT and resize to JPG keeping all my archived files onthe server as CPT files.
JPG compression is lossy!