File size has gone weird

[geogphotos]

Not ever seen this before and no idea what I have done to make the files twice normal size.

 

HELP !!!

 

Please.....

 

 

[wiskerke]

16bit?

 

wim

[geogphotos]

Maybe - could be because I am using Photoshop 2023 and its set to 16bit? 

 

Yes that's it. Thanks Wim. 

 

Must admit have previously worked in 8 bit.

Edited February 2, 2023 by geogphotos

[wiskerke]

2 minutes ago, geogphotos said:

Maybe - could be because I am using Photoshop 2023 and I need to reset 8/16bit? 

If you start in RAW, it's in your defaults.

And Photoshop often has the habit of remembering it's last settings.

 

wim

[geogphotos]

3 minutes ago, wiskerke said:

If you start in RAW, it's in your defaults.

And Photoshop often has the habit of remembering it's last settings.

 

wim

 

 

Thanks. Found it. 

[M.Chapman]

If you're starting from RAW, it's worth keeping in 16 bit in PS if you intend to make further adjustments to exposure, shadows, highlights, contrast, colour or saturation. Keeping in 16 bit will reduce chance of banding and maintain smoother graduations in tone and colour. PS will automatically convert the data it puts into the jpg into 8 bit as a final step. NB. If working in 16 bit in PS and checking image size when resizing/cropping check the size reported by PS stays above 34MB.

 

Mark

Edited February 2, 2023 by M.Chapman

[wiskerke]

4 minutes ago, M.Chapman said:

If you're starting from RAW, it's worth keeping in 16 bit in PS if you intend to make further adjustments to exposure, shadows, highlights, contrast, colour or saturation. Keeping in 16 bit will reduce chance of banding and maintain smoother graduations in tone and colour. PS will automatically convert the data it puts into the jpg into 8 bit as a final step. NB. If working in 16 bit in PS and checking image size when resizing/cropping check the size reported by PS stays above 34MB.

 

Mark

Everything Mark said. 😁

 

wim

[geogphotos]

1 hour ago, M.Chapman said:

If you're starting from RAW, it's worth keeping in 16 bit in PS if you intend to make further adjustments to exposure, shadows, highlights, contrast, colour or saturation. Keeping in 16 bit will reduce chance of banding and maintain smoother graduations in tone and colour. PS will automatically convert the data it puts into the jpg into 8 bit as a final step. NB. If working in 16 bit in PS and checking image size when resizing/cropping check the size reported by PS stays above 34MB.

 

Mark

 

 

Thanks Mark, 

 

I have always been aware of this but must admit to not having been putting it into practice. 

 

Oh well, after 80,000 images I better start doing things properly 😄