file size

[soniac27872012]

Can someone please help me. I imported a picture to light room and the file size was 5.19 MB once I was done editing and went to export the picture the file size is now 81.8 KB. what do I need to do to get my edited picture to go back to back to the original file size?

[JP Hess]

What were your export settings?

[Per Berntsen · Accepted solution]

Presumably, you exported as jpg, which uses lossy compression to reduce file size.

Besides, the file size of a jpg depends mainly on two things - the quality setting and image content.

Please post a screenshot of your export settings, showing File settings and Image sizing.

You can also post the exported image, if you like.

[soniac27872012]

Thank you for trying to help, my husband actually figured it out for me. He said my settings were wrong. Thank you