jpegs are too large to email

[caligula]

I am wondering how to send jpegs to a client. They want the actual size image, but it is too large to attach to an email. The maximum I am allowed is 14MB. My image is 17 MB or at least that is what it says when I attached it to an email. When I saved the image as a jpeg in photoshop, it said in the dialogue box that the image was only 12.7 MB. Why the discrepancy? Thanks.

[66stang66]

What is the size (in pixels) of the image and the resolution? To be that large of a filesize, it would have to be huge! I have images on my PC that are 2000w by 3000h at a resolution of 300ppi that are in the 2.5mb range. Some a bit higher. Some a bit lower.

Where are you getting your filesize info from? Near the bottom of the image screen in Photoshop? Or viewing the properties in Windows? Not sure how Macs work in that regard. It's been 20+ years since I used a Mac. :D

Regards,
Dave

[mitzs]

Not sure how Macs work in that regard. It's been 20+ years since I used a Mac. :D

Regards,
Dave

Oh ho! Another window person. Yeahhhh PC. :eek:Umm, sorry, I'll be moving along now.

[mitzs]

I am wondering how to send jpegs to a client. They want the actual size image, but it is too large to attach to an email. The maximum I am allowed is 14MB. My image is 17 MB or at least that is what it says when I attached it to an email. When I saved the image as a jpeg in photoshop, it said in the dialogue box that the image was only 12.7 MB. Why the discrepancy? Thanks.

Hi Cal, Where a friend of mine is helping me learn restoration my files tend to get big with all the layers I do repairs in. I used this site the other day.

http://www.mailbigfile.com/

I used the free service one, took 29 mins for what I think was a 25mb image. But it worked fine for free. I'll be forking out the 15 bucks for the yearly subscriptions for the faster speeds. I just hope they really are faster. Hmm, maybe I should Google a review on them!

[caligula]

Thanks, Mitz. That's a great link.

Dave, The image size in pixels is 4,992 pixels by 6666 pixels or 95.2M pixel dimensions. The res is 300. I am on a mac.

In the dialogue box for choosing a file to open in photoshop it lists the size of the image. The file size in that boxes says it is 12.9 M. When I attach the same file to an email, there is a warning at the bottom of mail that says the file size is 17.1 MB and over the maximum of 14 MB.

[66stang66]

Not sure why the descrepency. You may very well have to go the route Mitz talks about. Then there is using a zip/rar program and splitting the file into two parts. Kinda of a pain for both you and the client though. Or, maybe tweak your settings in PS just a bit to get it to drop down in size. Only things I know to do. Maybe someone who's experienced this issue will answer.

[caligula]

Thanks, Rob.

[mitzs]

Not sure why the descrepency. You may very well have to go the route Mitz talks about. Then there is using a zip/rar program and splitting the file into two parts. Kinda of a pain for both you and the client though. Or, maybe tweak your settings in PS just a bit to get it to drop down in size. Only things I know to do. Maybe someone who's experienced this issue will answer.

Will zipping a file not hurt the psd? I've been wondering about this. Am thinking I might get the zip program next month.

[66stang66]

It shouldn't hurt your PSD at all mitzs. One can save a great deal of space on a hard drive by adding the file to an archive. I used WinRar (set on best compression) to archive a 24.1mb PSD. When finished, the archive was 14.8mb. A 39% savings in space. However, the amount of compression gained when zipping a JPEG is hardly noticeable due to how well JPEGs are already compressed.

If you decide to use a zip utility for your PSD files, be sure to test the archive before you delete your PSDs!!! Most programs have the bugs worked out of them. However, every once in a great while, these programs will throw a wrench in the works and create a corrupt archive. As rare as it might be, always check your archive before deleting valuable work.

[lizzie01]

Hi, I also send my pictures via e-mail as attachment, and I know the feeling when you can't send it because the file is too big. I have used .zip files for that and it really saved some space. But if that doesn't work out, you can try yousendit.com. Hope this helps!

[caligula]

Are zip files compressed resulting in a loss to the image?

[66stang66]

No. Zipping a jpeg wont hurt it one bit.

Regards,
Dave

[SusanInSFL]

Thanks, Mitz. That's a great link.

Dave, The image size in pixels is 4,992 pixels by 6666 pixels or 95.2M pixel dimensions. The res is 300. I am on a mac.

In the dialogue box for choosing a file to open in photoshop it lists the size of the image. The file size in that boxes says it is 12.9 M. When I attach the same file to an email, there is a warning at the bottom of mail that says the file size is 17.1 MB and over the maximum of 14 MB.

Caligula, I too have this problem. Generally, I use www.YouSendIt.com to send files that may be too big. But I still do not understand why this happens. Photoshop tells me the file size, yet when I check the stats in Windows it says it's far bigger. Why is this? When I have a targeted need for a specific size file (as in uploading to someone else's program - I'm doing this for a trade show site now) what I upload is too big, they say. It's a HUGE time waster, and I feel I'm just shooting in the dark, fishing around for the right size file.

Does anyone have any answers as to why this happens and where in Photoshop to get the file size that windows (and other programs) see? Are there any workarounds? Is there a Photoshop tool I'm missing that will resize for me according to resolution and max file size requirements?

Before anyone starts whining about Windows users, this is not as much a problem for me but when I upload to another application, such as this trade show management system. I also find it as well, when uploading via an email attachment.

[Otherecheexia]

I have a site I built and Ive been getting feedback that there are some issues regarding slow loading. Im relatively new to this. Here is the issue
this site has a couple of things that I think are causing the problems:

a. the page background is an image 380K there are 3 of these images in the build folders

Is there any way to reduce the file size of the background image with a negligible effect on quality?

b. the video file is a 37M flash file

Is that large as flash files go?