One of our memebers needs some advice:

"Hello,

I've been using IrFanView for editing orientation and light levels of pics, and Magix for Red Eye and other Photoshop-like work. I tend to save everything at 100%, but I've noticed some file bloat recently.

My 10 MP camera typically has 4-5 MB files for each pic. When I edit them in IrfanView and Magix, some of the pics grow dramatically, sometimes to sizes of 10+MB or thereabout!

I don't want the opposite to happen; namely, having both programs cut out data during saves, and then discover that details on my pics have been "damaged" due to each program having different ideas about what can be thrown out.

What do you all believe is a reasonable level of compression, if you have more than one program altering a file? I don't want to cut out either program, as they both have their strengths, but the bloat is annoying, especially since they don't actually add any detail to the picture."