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Alexander32627194wtqw
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September 30, 2023
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Metadata bloating file sizes beyond reasonable

  • September 30, 2023
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Including camera and raw info in the exported file is resulting in over inflated file sizes and the photos app to not only refuse to show them at full resolution but also causes every picture viewing app on iPadOS and iOS to either stall, freeze, or only show pixelated and blurred images. I have 3MP files that display better than their full 45MP resolution exports. I have a 3MP 1760x2170 black and white photo that is 25MB while it’s full size (only 7MP 2478x3097 ) counterpart is less than a 10th the size at 2.4MB This MIGHT be only a MINOR annoyance if I actually had control of EVERY way a photo was exported. As it stands, if I add a boarder to share a photo the (as I do for instagram and to preview what a photo might look like framed with a white matt) I have ZERO control of the included metadata and get the broken files every time. For the love of logic just give us universal control of exported files and fix this metadata issue.

 

i don't know what is being recorded but not having control of it is maddening

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    Alexander32627194wtqwAuthor
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    October 1, 2023

     

    Using M2  iPad pro with 1TB storage and 16gb RAM with the most recent iPadOS Lightroom 8.5.1

     

     Including camera and raw info in the exported file is resulting in over inflated file sizes and the photos app to not only refuse to show them at full resolution but also causes every picture viewing app on iPadOS and iOS to either stall, freeze, or only show pixelated and blurred images. Applying masks seems to be there is no rhyme or reason to which masks or how many will result in this broken metadata. I can provide a preset for those testing this if needed. 

     

     

     

    I have 3MP images that display better than their full 45MP resolution exports. I have a 3MP 1760x2170 black and white photo that is 25MB while it’s full size (only 7MP 2478x3097 ) counterpart is less than a 10th the size at 2.4MB This MIGHT be only a MINOR annoyance if I actually had control of EVERY way a photo was exported. As it stands, if I add a boarder to share a photo the (as I do for instagram and to preview what a photo might look like framed with a white matt) I have ZERO control of the included metadata and get the broken files every time. For the love of logic just give us universal control of exported files and fix this metadata issue.

     

    i don't know what is being recorded but not having control of it is maddening

     

     

     

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      Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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      September 30, 2023

      What settings are you using in the export? The iPad app allows full control over the size, compression settings, output sharpening, watermark, what metadata is included and more. Just tep the little slider icon next to the export choice. My guess is that you're using far too high settings for the jpeg quality. There is almost never a reason to go over 75%. For instagram your image should be exported at 1080 pixels vertical by the way. Anything more and instagram will ruin the image.

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      Alexander32627194wtqwAuthor
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      October 1, 2023

      Most of this is incorrect. Yes, you have control over export settings but nowhere near FULL control. And you have ZERO control when you export with a frame. THIS is where my file SIZES are largest even though my resolution is the LOWEST. If you looked at the actual pictures I uploaded it shows the resolution and corresponding file size. 

      FURTHER, you have no meaningful control of what metadata is included (or excluded). 95% of my LARGEST file (which is the lowest resolution) seems, after some testing, to be history of masking edits. I have no way to SPECIFICLY EXCLUDE this from EVERY POSSIBLE WAY to export an image. 

      and the fact remains that no 4mp image at ANY quality should end up being 25 MB. 

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      Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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      October 2, 2023

      It's just the masks included in the exported file. Just exclude camera and camera raw info (which is useless to anybody anyway) and the problem is solved. I think this might be a bug by the way as it should not export the full maks in any case but I am curious how you are exporting with a border. That might actually be the problem as I can't reproduce this behavior at all so it must be whatever you are doing to add a border that is causing Lightroom to export with all the masks included.

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