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Re: Lenses and sharpening

Eric Stevens
SubjectRe: Lenses and sharpening
FromEric Stevens
Date2014-09-21 00:34 (2014-09-21 10:34)
Message-ID<5jvr1a5q4qp3eau7r3qtpu4fn92evdf2e1@4ax.com>
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FollowupsSandman (11h & 47m) > Eric Stevens

On 20 Sep 2014 11:56:46 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
In article <04lq1apqp3ju9qb8s0bged26jvdiuac5jq@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens wrote:

Eric Stevens
That's true, but all the preview images I have looked at are between about 50% and 20% of the size of the original.

Sandman
This is false.

Eric Stevens
It's not false, I can assure you. Have you looked at your own files?

Sandman
Every single file you work with in LR has a 1:1 preview file.

I have catalogued a number of files in LR but have not worked on them. Here is the result of a quick search of a few of them. They have not been selected in any way.

Ref Original LR Cat Ratio

0410.JPG 2.94 MB 521 kB 17.7% 0222.JPG 5.26 MB 342 kB 15.4% 0412.JPG 2.64 MB 484 kB 18.3% 0251.NEF 14.6 MB 256 kB 1.7%

Eric Stevens
They clearly can't contain as much data or be reconstructed to form a final export image.

Sandman
Depends on whether or not you're exporting a full resolution image, Eric. Just as I said.

Eric Stevens
You are suggesting that files exported from LR are based on a degraded (i.e. downsized) version of the original file. I very much doubt that that is the case.

Sandman
I have suggested no such thing, Eric. You would know that if you knew how to read and comprehend English.

Once you look at the actual file sizes I think you will have to conclude that I am correct.

Eric Stevens
In otherwords, what you have in these files is not an edited version of the original image.

Sandman
Incorrect. Otherwise they wouldn't be previews.

Eric Stevens
They are an edited version of a downsized copy of the original files.

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Sandman
Run away, Eric. facts scare you, I know.

How do your image sizes compare? --

Regards,

Eric Stevens

Sandman (11h & 47m) > Eric Stevens