>>For example, in an experiment I did, a JPG file cost about 50 KB; importing the same JPG file into a general made the filesize increase by more than 1 MB. That is a 1:20 ratio.
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>Do you know why such an increase?
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>Thanks.
I understand that the General field, by its very nature, saves not only the original file, but a separate version for display. The JPG file uses a high compression ratio; I assume the version for display is uncompressed.
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