Yves POUJOL Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 OS : Windows 10 Affinity photo version : 2 Source : Nikon Z9 NEF Raw uncompressed File size : 55 Mbytes Retouches : Filters Masque Flou, Clarté, Passe haut Calques : TSI Size of the Affinity file 500 MegaBytes ! Document applati : 250 Megabytes ! Export JPG : 11 Megabytes. How to obtain a file size acceptable ? Thank you. Quote
walt.farrell Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, Yves POUJOL said: Document applati Sorry, but I don't know what that means. Affinity Photo files (.afphoto) will be much larger than RAW files in general, because the RAW file will use 10-14 bits per pixel but the Developed file will use 24 bits per pixel (RGB/8) or 48 bits per pixel (RGB/16) or 96 bits per pixel (RGB/32). Plus an additional 8 or 16 or 32 bits per pixel if you have document transparency enabled. So the first question would be what format you're developing to. You can control a lot of the size by using RGB/8 instead of RGB/16 or RGB/32. Next, the .afphoto file will have an initial Snapshot, unless you delete it using the Snapshot panel. And each layer will require more data. Merging the Layers will save space, but it's destructive, of course. Also, History will add much more data if you save it with the document. However, in Photo 2 you can Develop to a Linked RAW layer, which will cut down significantly on the size of the .afphoto file, but you will need to retain the original RAW file, too, as separate document. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Michail Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 20 hours ago, Yves POUJOL said: How to obtain a file size acceptable ? Most people think an Affinity Photo file is a normal image file. But an afphoto file is a project file that contains a lot of information - including non-image information. The actual image file is only obtained through the export process. Quote
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