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Q&A How can a screenshot's file size ≥ original picture's file size?

I take a picture on my phone, view that picture on my computer, then screenshot that picture. Then that screenshot's file size can ≥ original picture's file size! How? Why? This feels illogical! I...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Este‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question image-processing
#2: Post edited by user avatar Este‭ · 2022-02-12T20:38:23Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • If I take a picture on my Android, view that picture on my computer, then screenshot that picture that screenshot's file size can ≥ original picture's file size! How? Why? This feels illogical!
  • I take a picture on my phone, view that picture on my computer, then screenshot that picture. Then that screenshot's file size can ≥ original picture's file size! How? Why? This feels illogical!
  • I tested with this [JPG from Openrice](https://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/p-seventh-son-restaurant-p3339997) that's 127 KB. But my screenshot is 1.79 MB!
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Este‭ · 2022-02-12T20:33:24Z (almost 3 years ago)
How can a screenshot's file size ≥ original picture's file size?
If I take a picture on my Android, view that picture on my computer, then screenshot that picture —  that screenshot's file size can ≥ original picture's file size! How? Why? This feels illogical!