After a few questions from readers, I thought it might be helpful for you all to see the difference in file size before and after conversion.  I chose two kits I recently downloaded to compare.

The first is Hello by Anita and Ange Designs:

Quite honestly the size difference in this kit was a pleasant surprise – Before conversion it was 135.4 MB and after 176.9 – an increase in file size of around 31%.

 Next up is Time Capsule by One Little Bird Designs:

It is interesting to note that this kit ballooned fro 127.6 MB to 211.4 MB – a difference of almost 66%!  I am sure there are technical reasons – different items – larger elements, etc. but this just goes to show you never know what the difference in size will really be!

For inquiring minds that have emailed me and wanted to know – there you have it!  For those of you converting, are you keeping track of your file size of your catalog before and after?  If so, we'd love to know 1) the size of your files before and after and 2) what software program you used to convert the files.

Thanks for sharing!