JPEG EXPORT - options don't change a thing

cmeed

thank you.....

cmeed

Compression doesen't do a thing?

jeff hammond

@cmeed said:

Compression doesen't do a thing?

i think you're right.

it makes no difference if i have it set to 1 or10.. same file size and the image looks identical.

cmeed

So I'm not going mad.....
what to do though??
Is this a Mac thing? I'm Mac your Mac

thomthom

Works fine here - Windows7 SU8

JPEG compression test.png

cmeed

thom thom that was just compression you where changing?

jeff hammond

i just tried it using sketchup 7 as well.
same thing -- there's no difference at all with different compression settings.

might be worth filing a report to the google team.

thomthom

@cmeed said:

thom thom that was just compression you where changing?

Yup!

RickW

I've reported this to the Google folks. Hopefully, it will be a quick fix.

jeff hammond

@rickw said:

I've reported this to the Google folks. Hopefully, it will be a quick fix.

thanks Rick

chrisjk

On my Mac and surprisingly, the PNG export file is about a third the size of the JPEG - its usually the other way round when I export images from other apps.

cmeed

did anybody get any answers for this?
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Gaieus

PNG can be smaller than JPG. It all depends on the colourfulness of the image. With less, "pure" colours,png's are smaller but with more complex colour scenes/schemes (like photos), jpg's can be smaller.

It all depends on what you export. If you export with image textures, I bet a jpg will be smaller. If you export in some monochrome, hidden line or even shaded (without textures), png might have the chance to be smaller.