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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 286630" data-attributes="member: 8705">Jake,Try this. Launch a raw from lightroom as a smart object. Now close and save it which will make a Tif. The original raw when I just tried it was 38MB and the Tif is now 172MB. Now do the same again but go to image size and reduce it to 1600 pixels on the long edge. Save the file and I now have a 65MB Tif. Reload that 65MB Tif, go to image size and put back the original dimensions. Save the image back to LR. When I do this I can't tell the difference between the original raw and the file I've been re-sizing when I use the compare view. I'm going to use this workflow moving forward to save space as well as speed things up. I think this use of smart objects is normally discussed for transforming objects in layers that would normally discard pixels but I thought it was worth a shot. I would be interested to see if it works the same for you, or if I've missed a trick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 286630, member: 8705"] Jake, Try this. Launch a raw from lightroom as a smart object. Now close and save it which will make a Tif. The original raw when I just tried it was 38MB and the Tif is now 172MB. Now do the same again but go to image size and reduce it to 1600 pixels on the long edge. Save the file and I now have a 65MB Tif. Reload that 65MB Tif, go to image size and put back the original dimensions. Save the image back to LR. When I do this I can't tell the difference between the original raw and the file I've been re-sizing when I use the compare view. I'm going to use this workflow moving forward to save space as well as speed things up. I think this use of smart objects is normally discussed for transforming objects in layers that would normally discard pixels but I thought it was worth a shot. I would be interested to see if it works the same for you, or if I've missed a trick. [/QUOTE]

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