Re: jpeg resize - file size increases

From: Lloyd (lloydkl.tech_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-07-23 11:42:58

Thanks a lot for your help.

> Probably the important part is what your T() is.
>
> T is the format of the source file. In the case of jpeg, it is
gil::jpeg_tag

> When calling write_view, you can specify a JPEG quality explicitly via
> something like image_write_info<jpeg_tag>(95) -- use a lower number for
> a smaller file size but more artifacting.
>
> If you don't specify it, GIL uses 100 by default (which might be
> excessive).  Other editors probably use different values by default,
> which might be causing the file size increase you're seeing.
>

May i know what do you mean by "Other editors" ?