Re: Opening image with big file size

Posted by donny008 on Aug 20, 2010; 6:15pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Opening-image-with-big-file-size-tp3687203p3687207.html

Well Ben

that was exactly the problem, the 1 mb file opened as 13 mb in imagej.
though the problem has been solved now. I would be eager to know why this
was happening

don


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Benjamin Grant <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Donny,
> given that you're saving it as a different filename, then the 2nd reason is
> not possible, if you're saving it as a different filename you don't need
> permission to save over the file. Use your preferred program and save the
> file in a totally new location with a different name. Exit the photo
> program
> and don't open ImageJ yet. Right click the file and go to properties.  Tell
> us what the file size is. Is it truly 1 MB. If it is, try opening the file
> in ImageJ.  If the confirmed 1 MB file opens in imageJ as 13 MB let us
> know,
> but I suspect this is not the case. Keep us updated
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Donny George <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Curtis
> >
> > I already had tried renaming the files and also saving it in different
> > locations but it didnt work. Imagej correctly displays the path each of
> the
> > images though.
> >
> > The second reason seems one remote possibility but how could I overcome
> > this
> > problem. Any clues ?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Donny
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Donny,
> > >
> > > Two possible scenarios I can think of are:
> > >
> > > 1) Somehow you are opening the original file. Maybe it has the same
> name
> > as
> > > the downsampled version, but is in a different folder?
> > >
> > > 2) For some reason you didn't have permission to save over the original
> > > file.
> > >
> > > Either way, try saving the downsampled image to a totally new filename
> > and
> > > opening that.
> > >
> > > -Curtis
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Donny George <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > I have rather weird situation. I have certain images which have size
> of
> > > > around 13 MB. Since working on these images is time consuming I
> reduced
> > > the
> > > > file size to around 1 MB. But once I try to open this new image, its
> > open
> > > > the old image and the display information shows 13 MB again. I had
> > > assumed
> > > > that this was probably associated with the method i used to reduce
> the
> > > file
> > > > size (i used photoshop). So now i tried many other softwares to do
> the
> > > same
> > > > task of reducing file size. And tried opening them but it all somehow
> > > > displays the old 13 MB image. I also tried updating the ImageJ
> version.
> > I
> > > > cant really figure out why this is so. someone has any idea why this
> > > > happens
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Donny
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Donny George
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Donny George
> >
>

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Donny George