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Quick question about my file size

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July 2, 2018
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Hi..hope I'm doing this correctly as I've never been in here before. But, I'm going crazy and cannot figure out what is wrong!

I run Photoshop cc2017. I am making web elements (buttons for a client). I've got them done and realized that the files are huge.

I used 10x10 inches at 72 dpi. The files are showing up as 50 to 70 MBs! I've went through everything and cannot find a problem. I make

these all the time and have never had this problem. I even took some old buttons and compared sizes, etc. Everything I do for website and

internet is always 72 dpi unless its to be printed. The other files I compared these to are somewhere around 1 MG each. Can someone please

help me...I need to get these to my clients asap. Thank you in advance!

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gener7

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Usually File > Export > Save for Web will scrub out that metadata if you choose by choosing "Set Metadata" to "None" in the dialog.

For other cases where you can't remove all metadata, see this thread for a script that will remove document ancestors for you.

Inflated JPG File Size - Photoshop Document:Ancestors Metadata

kconklingAuthor

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these are all psd files and they've got layers with smart objects. I need to keep all this info.

kconklingAuthor

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So then the Bridge Script in the last link will specifcally clear out document ancestors in a psd. Try it on a copy of one of your files.

I didn't see this gener7....what do you mean by the bridge script?

Stephen Marsh

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Check for photoshop:DocumentAncestors metadata in your files using the File menu > File Info > Raw tab, if found then:

Prepression: Metadata Bloat – photoshop:DocumentAncestors

Prepression: Downloading and Installing Adobe Scripts

kconklingAuthor

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Thanks so much Stephen. You are obviously sending me in the right direction. I have studied all day about this. The exiftool, etc. I'm and so confused now. I don't know where to go first to see if there is alot of metadata and I also don't know where I type anything to find out about the metadata. Will you please direct me? I'm really dumb about this stuff. Thank you!!

Stephen Marsh

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As mentioned above, one place is to open the suspect file, use File menu > File Info and then look at the Raw Data:

While another method listed in the link to my blog that is good for large quantities of images is to use Adobe Bridge and use the Find or Smart Collection features:

Use photoshop:DocumentAncestors as the search text.

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