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5. Working with PhotoLine / 5.5 Working With JPEG-Files

### 5.5.3 JPEG-Images In The PLD-Format

If a JPEG-image is inserted in an existing document and saved in PLD-format, only the JPEG-data will be saved, because they are usually smaller than the data created by the lossless compression used by PhotoLine. Therefore PLD-files containing JPEG-images are usually much smaller than in previous versions of PhotoLine.

After loading the PLD-file the Attributes-dialog will show, that the JPEG-data are still there. Hence the image layer can still be saved lossless in the JPEG-format.

By using Layout/Image/JPEG ĀCompression (see chapter 7.4.43) you can assign JPEG data to a 8 bit image later. This way the size of a PLD file can be controlled very precisely. But note, that this operation is not lossless, so you should only apply it, if you don't have to edit the image any more.

Embedding of JPEG-data in a PLD-file is only possible since version 11 of PhotoLine. Therefore previous versions are not able to read these documents correctly.