HELP! with Photoshop

[dougsturgess]

I'm getting ready to take photos in for developing when I notice the final file size of most of the pics is under 1 megabite. I took all the photos at 2272x1604, most in RAW, some in Jpeg.

I'm shocked to see the final size so small. I converted the RAW's to TIFF, sent into Photoshop 7.0 and changed to PSD files, made my enhancements, cropped some to 4x6, 5x7, 8x10.

The 4x6's final size ranges from 389-4700 KB, the final file size of the 5x7's range from 690-1200 KB and the final 8x10 range from 1.5-2.8 MB.

Did I do something wrong? Does cropping the originals to fit 4x6 really end up in a file so much smaller? Will the small files produce poor photos??

Thanks!

[Alexandre]

It's possible that when you set the size to 4x6, you resized your pictures, therefore reducing the amount of pixels. There is a box that should not have been selected at the bottom of the image size screen.

[bigdave]

Alexandre is right, you should uncheck the box marked "resample image". When you resize your 2272x1604 photo, you'll only change the print size, not the resolution. This procedure doesn't alter the file size, so you retain all image detail.