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March 8, 2025
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Hello all,

Not sure where to post other than here so hopefully this is the right spot...

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I asked many months ago how to save a jpeg to make it load but but be an average file size and look sharp, the suggestion I got here was not to use, File...Save As... but to use, File...Export...Export As...I would pick 7 for Quality and save...I am making the pictures I post, 1500 x 750 pixels which has usally made a 1-2 meg file...Now when I do that same process my jpeg pictures are coming out about 500 KB and I don't know why. My pictures are being put on a Microsoft Word Web Page and haven't had any issues till now.

Anybody know why or have any ideas ?

Thanks-

-Bill Gass -

Windows

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lap_5276

Participant

It sounds like your export settings might have changed without you realizing it. The "Export As" method with Quality set to 7 usually balances file size and sharpness well, but if your JPEGs are now much smaller (500 KB instead of 1-2 MB), check if the resolution or quality slider was adjusted. Also, confirm that the dimensions (1500x750) are still correct before exporting. Since you're using these for a Microsoft Word web page, the smaller size might not necessarily hurt quality—test how they look after uploading. If they appear pixelated, try increasing the quality slightly. As for unrelated suggestions like yacine TV apk sticking to trusted tools like Photoshop’s export options will give you more reliable results for web images.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Better compression methods. On the web, less bandwidth is a good thing. It helps keep the Internet a faster place for everyone. When pages don't take forever to load, users have a better experience, particularly on mobile devices.

Many factors can effect filesize including the number of colors, metadata, height x width, and quality settings.

Click on the 2-UP tab to compare your optimized image with the original. Apart from filesize, they should look almost the same. If it's under 1 MB, that's a win/win.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Bill GassAuthor

Inspiring

""" Most likely it's assuming 96 ppi and an A4 document page, and sizing/scaling the image according to that. Which has nothing to do with a 1:1 reproduction of the image.""" I thought that as well but need to look into that.

Conrad_C

Community Expert

Can you clarify where the unexpectedly small JPEG files are happening?

Is it:

A. After using Save for Web in Photoshop.

B. After adding the Photoshop exported JPEG image to a Microsoft Word document and saving as docx.

C. After adding the Photoshop exported JPEG image to a Microsoft Word document and saving with the option Web Page (.htm), and looking in the folder of images that Word created for the web page.

If it’s A, not sure what is happening unless one of the other Save for Web options is now set differently; for example, if metadata was being included earlier but not now.

If it’s C, then it might be explained by what the HTML conversion settings are in Word. Those are discussed in this thread I found through a web search:

Word to HTML Conversion- Loss of image quality (StackExchange)

Bill GassAuthor

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Conrad,

After I save the pix in PS with the File, Export As...is when it happens, I preview the picture and it's like 500kb...I figured someone would say, oh PS update some stuff or somehting else but all looks the same.

Per Berntsen

Community Expert

I am making the pictures I post, 1500 x 750 pixels which has usally made a 1-2 meg file...Now when I do that same process my jpeg pictures are coming out about 500 KB and I don't know why.

By @Bill Gass

The file size of a jpg is determined by three factors.

Pixel dimensions
Quality setting
Image content

Because of the way jpg compression works, image content can have a huge influence on file size.

Images with predominantly flat, smooth, or out of focus areas are easy to compress, and will have a relatively small file size.

Images with lots of sharp, busy detail (or noise) are harder to compress, and will have a relatively large file size.

450 x 299, Quality 85, 40 kb

450 x 299, Quality 85, 145 kb

Bill GassAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for all the replies...Most of my pictures have lots of details.

Ever since I asked last year how to make pictures look better and load faster and not be too large or change details much, someone here suggested I used what was suggested here. Since then I have always used, Export, Export As, Quality 7, File Size is, 1500 X 756 px and file size is 476.2 KB.

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I've done hundreds if not thousands of pictures this way since this post, ( https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/saving-images-so-they-are-clear-and-sharp/m-p/14366695#M776063 ) and all pictures that are 1500 x 750 are anywhere between 1-3 megs, something has changed in the last month or so to do that and i don't know what. Maybe the dng file is doing something to it ???

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I would insert my 1500 x 750 size jpeg file into my word web page and it would be maybe 12" x 20" on a 32" monitor.

Now when I do that the pictures on word are like 1/3 that size 7" x 5"

D Fosse

Community Expert

@Bill Gass

Like jpeg file size, physical measurements are relative.

An image actually doesn't have a size. It's just pixels, in your case 1500 x 750 pixels. That's it. That's the size of the image.

Physical measurements are a function of the pixels per inch (ppi) number assigned to the file. Ppi is a way to translate from pixels to physical size, whenever that is needed, and it means exactly what it says. It's needed for print, and calculating font sizes, and a few other things. It is not needed for screen viewing, where the screen pixel density overrides it.

So Export strips the ppi number from the file. It's not needed. The exported file doesn't have a ppi number, and no size. The screen size is determined by whatever screen you're viewing on.

Most applications will assign a default ppi number if there isn't one in the file metadata. Photoshop assigns 72, Microsoft applications will assign 96. So any output size varies with that. And if the file was originally, say, 300, then you get a huge difference in size.

Now, about the jpeg quality level in Export. The highest is 7, but it's important to know that this is still destructive compression that will degrade the file. There is no such thing as "maximum" quality with jpeg. So with that in mind, it makes much more sense to go down to 5 or 6, which will vastly reduce file size with very little direct visual impact. It will be there, but chances are you can't see any difference between 5 and 7. But the file size will be, say, half or less, so they load that much faster.

The whole justification for using jpeg in the first place, is to reduce file size and load times. So you may as well maximize the payoff. Export gives you live preview so you can find the optimal breakpoint.

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Sorry, I do not understand what your problem is. What do you want to ask in particular? Is it acceptable to export a 500k file, or is it fine to place that file in MS Word? It depends on what the MS Word file is used for; if you are going to print, then a better quality is preferable. If that file needs to be sent over the internet, it may be a good idea to use a lower quality file. How important is it to have the best quality images/graphics in your MS Word files?

Bill GassAuthor

Inspiring

Quality is very important.

I am asking how to take a 1500 x 750 px picture and use file, export, to a jpeg that is 1-2 meg in file size, not a 500 px file.

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Use the highest quality settings for JPEG files. The weight in kilobytes depends on various factors, such as the number of colors and the original file's quality. While increasing file size may lead to better quality, the primary focus should be on the JPEG quality setting, not the file size in bytes.

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