Hello,
I am editing wedding photos that I shot in Camera RAW on a Canon 5D Mark 4. My Photoshop CC is running on the latest update. When I open a Camera Raw file to edit it, it has all the data I expect and is the appropriate file size. However, after editing the image and saving it to a 300dpi JPEG format file, the final file size seems far too small. In the past, my JPEG photos have measured 4-7MB post-processing. (These are generally 5x7 or 8x10 inch images, all at 300dpi.) However, the photos that I am working on now are only saving at 700KB, with the PSD files for the un-cropped images being the expected 60-75MB. I have saved the files at the highest Image Options Quality (12) and Format Options as 'Baseline ("Standard")' in the JPEG window. When I print the photos, they are grainy and pixelated, even though they are 300dpi files.
I've processed hundreds of photos with this same workflow over the past several years and have never had this much pixel data lost before. I'm looking for advice on what might have changed in Photoshop or what I might need to change in my editing and saving process?
Thanks for your help!