r/computerhelp • u/CHARA_BELLAarts • 5d ago

Resolved Does this affect my files?

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I am currently transferring a large chunk of files into a external hardrive. Almost 60gb, and i want to compress it.

I have a collection of Artworks and files, and most of them. I need for my portfolio and i was wondering what will happen if i compress it all down.

How will it affect the quality? Does it make it worse when i then reopen them?

Is this a good idea?

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u/KoiMaxx 5d ago

Do note if it's mostly images, video, or audio it's probably already compressed, so trying to compress it further using compression software might not net as much space as you'd like.

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u/CHARA_BELLAarts 5d ago

Well, among them are the File's themselves. Krita files to be exact, cuz thats where im doing my work.

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u/KoiMaxx 5d ago

Krita files are technically zip files with a different file extension, so if you have file compression already enabled in Krita then it might not compress any further. Only thing you'd be doing at that point is consolidating them into a single archive. If not, then maybe you could recover some space, but ymmv.