# Pictures getting bigger

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [April 6, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208 "2016-04-06T12:31:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![FabioBorges](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@FabioBorges](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/FabioBorges)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208/1 "2016-04-06T12:31:08Z")

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When I published a photo gallery, I used pre-sized-down pictures, to 160KB. When I checked the published files, I realized Rapid Weaver made file sizes much larger, to around 900KB ! How come? How to avoid that?

I sized the jpegs down using Lightroom, for a better control of picture quality, I don’t like to use the “Scale Image” option, because it usually make them look very worse. But now, with almost 1 MB per picture, my site is taking too long to load.

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**Author:** ![Turtle](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/turtle/32/1438_2.png) [@Turtle](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Turtle)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208/2 "2016-04-06T12:35:25Z")

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Did you change the resolution to 72 in Lightroom or leave it at 300?

There is a setting (I can’t immediately remember where) that tells RapidWeaver to scale images to X size… might be in site settings. Do you have that checked (enabled)?

Brad

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**Author:** ![FabioBorges](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@FabioBorges](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/FabioBorges)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208/3 "2016-04-06T12:43:53Z")

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Yes, I exported from Lightroom to 1920x1280 jpeg at 72dpi with max size ajusted to 160KB. This way, they look really good, with a fairly small file size. Whenever I let Rapid Weaver re-scale this small pics, it make them look awful, pixelated and with lots of moire. I just don’t get why RW is blowing file size up! Is there an option for RW dont mess at all with pictures, just publishing the files as they are?

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**Author:** ![thang](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thang/32/303_2.png) [@thang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thang)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208/4 "2016-04-06T16:59:29Z")

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Check your settings in the image inspector by double clicking on the image. You probably want them set to “Scale to fit” at 100%, and also can try adjusting the “Constrain Height” and “Constrain Width” settings there. Also check to see that “Automatically Resize Larger Images” is not ticked in RW preferences.

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**Author:** ![FabioBorges](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@FabioBorges](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/FabioBorges)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pictures-getting-bigger/6208/5 "2016-04-06T19:55:51Z")

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Sorry, but it is not working. When I double click the photo, it won’t open any inspector. It tries to open another image, in a Mac finder window, as it would replace that picture. The “media editor” will not show anything neither if the picture is in a “photo album” page, like this I am having trouble with.