# \[X\] Cover Art gets bigger in kb when importing from clipboard

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-art-gets-bigger-in-kb-when-importing-from-clipboard/9422
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 26, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-art-gets-bigger-in-kb-when-importing-from-clipboard/9422 "2009-11-26T13:24:34Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-art-gets-bigger-in-kb-when-importing-from-clipboard/9422/2 "2009-11-26T19:04:16Z")

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If you want to store exactly the same cover, please don't use the clipboard functions. The image in the clipboard is stored as DIB (Device Independent Bitmap) and Mp3tag creates a JPG from this while pasting.

Using JPG at a lower compression rate is not an option, since it implies quality loss (which would then indeed be considered as a bug).

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