hello am trying to upload sketches for a sketchbook on the forum but i keep getting this message: Sorry, the image with filename**.jpg is too large (maximum dimension is 9 megapixels), please resize it and try again. I don’t get it the file is 300 ko. And dimension is A5 i don’t understand.

Is this A5 in 600DPI? Because a 600DPI A5 is 4960 by 3508 pixels or 17,39968 megapixels in size, and that would be too large for the forum. Michelist

In this topic the issue was that the file was a PDF: [image] How can i upload a picture on the forum? General Forums Hi Brand new and just starting out… how do i upload a pic of what ive done so far on the forum for help? Ive tried to upload a screenshot from my mac and i…

It’s a jpeg from krita and made with it

Not yet I will later. But png is bigger than jpeg no? I thought jpeg was compressed so less big. And png is more raw file so bigger

Depends, by how much it can be compressed [EDIT: I mean without loosing too much quality], is better to test it. I have checked “Also save your image as a Krita file” in Export window and it generates also a *.jpg.kra every export, did you unintentionally try to upload the .jpg.kra file? (sorry fo…

I don’t think so but I can’t verify it right now. I’ll see tomorrow . I was thinking is it 9 megapixel available cumulated for one message or per image downloaded into one message?

I think this is a question for @Michelist :slightly_smiling_face:

Is the 9 megapixel forum limit per message or per image?

It is the latter, it is per image. Michelist

[image] TheInkedKnight: I don’t get it the file is 300 ko. And dimension is A5 i don’t understand. I know the topic is solved but the file dimensions are independent from the file size (also sometimes called file weight nowadays, probably because of the confusion) to some extend, depending on…

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Skess01 June 10, 2025, 10:37pm 2

In this topic the issue was that the file was a PDF:

Could it be a wrong error message due to an unrecognized format?
Kind of not a real JPG… IDK