Reducing a JPG file

[SeanSog]

I’m new to Affinity?.

I am trying to reduce the size of a 10.2MB ( as shown in Finder) photograph to below 10 MB to sent to a third party. The maximum size they accept is 10MB.

I open the file in Affinity Photo and the size is shown as “5568 x 3712px, 20.67 MB. Mystified as to why a 10.2 file is uploaded as a 20.67MB ?

I then go to Documents;   Resize Documents;  I am advised that if I reduce the size to 1000  x 667 pixels with a dpi of 300 this would bring the file size down to below the 10MB required.

Affinity now shows the file as 1000 x 667 pax, 0.67MB.

When I go to “save as” the file is saved to the correct destination only the file is now 21.5 MB. bigger than I started with?

Can some kind person tell me what I am doing wrong?

thank you.

 

   

 

[R C-R]

You are confusing file size in megabytes (abbreviation: "MB") with image size in megapixels (abbreviation: "MP").

To reduce the file size of a JPEG file, open it in Affinity Photo, & from the File menu choose "Export..." Select JPEG from the row of icons across the top of the export dropdown & lower the Quality slider until the estimated file size shown at the bottom is less than 10 MB.

You can also reduce the image pixel size from the Document menu, but don't use "Save as" with that because it will save the file in the native Affinity file format, which includes a lot of application-specific data (which is why the file size increases).

[SeanSog]

Many thanks R C-R, these things are easy when you know how.

file now reduced and exported

kind regards.

Seansog