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Posted by ariznaf on 2023-06-12.
Adding a compare view while you are trying to export your photo to a given format to see the effects of your selections, would be great.
Right now many export formats have options that affect the file size and the quality of the final exported photo, like quality in jpeg, output color profile and intent, etc.
It would be great to show a before/after view of the result and show the effect of the current options before hitting OK to do the actual export.
It saves you a lot of time and trial and error.
Showing the final space used by the exported file would be of great help too.
Some programs let you fix the final weight of the file instead of the compression factor or quality (when exporting to loosy formats like jpeg).
That is great to upload photos with the best posible quality to online places that impose a file size limit.
Then free online conversor Squoosh is a good example of what I mean.
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