What's jpg compression 8 and hi-quality?

[raphaels28255986]

Hi guys,

A photo site's call for work requested the work to be submitted as  jpg compression 8 and hi-quality. I couldn't find a compression adjustment, nor could I move the quality slider because it was greyed out. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot,

Raphael

[Michael J. Hoffman · Accepted solution]

Hi Raphael,

If you check the box for "Limit File Size To:___" it will cause the compression (Quality) slider to be greyed out. Remove the checkbox from the Limit option, and the Quality settings should become available.

JPG compression of 8 in Photoshop is on a scale of 1-12 (where 12 is maximum quality with no compression), so would equate to about 67% (Lightroom's scale is 1-100).

I hope that helps!

Mike

[dj_paige]

JPG Compression 8 doesn't really go with High Quality. I would call JPG 8 to be medium quality. So it's not really clear what the requirements are. This is not unusual, we often see submission requirements that don't make sense, it's almost as if the person who created the requirements doesn't understand digital photography, or isn't able to communicate the requirements clearly.

I do agree with Mike that JPG 8 on the Lightroom scale is approximately 67.

[raphaels28255986]

Thank you dj.

[raphaels28255986]

Thank you Mike.