Re: Opening image with big file size

Posted by Benjamin Grant on Aug 20, 2010; 6:27pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Opening-image-with-big-file-size-tp3687203p3687208.html

What image type were you saving as? Is it a compressed format?

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Donny George <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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