PNG saves and changes the size.

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April 8, 2019
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Hi,

I have a weird issue with png format. I have a file 4956 pixels x 2185 Pixels. resolution 16.667 pixels/inch.

When i save the file and reopen it its 4956 pixels x 2185 Pixels. resolution 17 pixels/inch. visually the file size looks identical to the first file but if i save this file as png again and reopen it the size of the image is shorter on the second png. I work in the forensic industry and this is a major issue for us because of the inaccurate size change. Not sure if this is a bug of something but if anyone can shed some light on this issue it would be great.

Regards,

Abdul

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marliton

Community Expert

Hi. When you use the "Export as" command, you can check the size in pixels. Some apps adjust the size of images when you import it.

Marlon Ceballos

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abdulghanik84827183Author

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Hi Dave,

This is the link to a tif file. https://ufile.io/sk31g . Download that save it as png and open it again and you will see what i am talking about. Although the image visually does not look changed in photoshop but once i save it again as a png and take into autocad the size is different.

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Lumigraphics

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Do you mean FILESIZE or DIMENSIONS?

davescm

Community Expert

PPI metadata in a png file is stored as px/m using a 4 byte integer so conversion will involve some rounding. However ppi is just metadata. As long as your image measures the same number of pixels height x width then you have not lost anything in the image and can assign a new ppi value (just uncheck resample).

Incidentally when I carry out the test here using your dimensions , it re-opens as 16.7 ppi not 17 ppi.

Dave

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Test Screen Name

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You can expect the size to vary a little if resaving a PNG. No software will guarantee not to change it. Reasons include:

* compression methods improve (usually, they get better at finding repeated patterns).

* metadata may change length

What any software should do is keep the image unchanged. I suggest if working with forensics that you work with tools that compare pixel values rather than size.

Resolution is metadata and doesn't affect the image either, and sometimes there are small rounding changes, or it's removed causing it to default. Your report is unexpected, but not worrying.