abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

You can do the same thing in PS. The very first thing I ever do is hit CTRL-J to duplicate the bottom layer and then edit every layer above that. Or just erase the history all the way back to opening the file.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

And, if you want to switch from landscape to portrait orientation, tap the "X" key.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

Evem better, you can order your photos at Walgreens online. use LR to resize the photo to 5x7 as suggested. export and put in a folder or on desktop. then upload the jpg to Walgreens photo order. You get to preview the photo in size requested and can review if your crop fits properly. After assured that all is what you want, order the photos, then pick up at your leisure at which ever local Walgreens you designate. If the photos don't come out right, you do not have to accept them or pay for them. CVS also has this service.
https://photo.walgreens.com/store/welcome

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

Yes, Don, I'm very familiar with that process. The piece that has eluded me are the dimension adjustments in the Export dialog. They have never worked fluidly for me, so I ignore them and do my cropping, then export for whatever the purpose. And, honestly, I've never pursued figuring them out. However, I probably should.

Thanks.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

JPG and JPEG are one and the same, regardless of the platform. I've always thought this originated from the days of "8.3" filename constraints. While it is a JPEG, the 4 characters weren't allowed in the early days, so it was shortened to JPG.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

JPG and JEPG are the same, just different nomenclature on the two systems.

As to your second question; since we do not know what the largest size their equipment is capable of using, providing them with the largest size to start with insures that you will have the maximum quality that their system is capable of. Logically, their equipment might compress your file, but it could not expand it without loss of quality.
If Walgreens could handle a TIFF file, I would use that instead of JPT because it is uncompressed.

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

I agree it is better to upload images onto the printer's website. There you will find information on whatever restrictions they have for file type, size, etc.

You will want to crop the image in LR. There will be some that just won't fit into 5x7 without making the subject smaller. By doing the cropping yourself, you can decide where to put the edges of a 5x7 ratio.

Once your edits and cropping are done, then you can export the photo to your LR folder on your hard drive. When uploading to the website, this is where they will come from. Go through the different modules within the Export menu. Most relevant ones are: Export Location [choose a folder/destination], File Settings [Image Format {.jpg, .tiff, etc.}, Color Space {usually sRGB}, Quality {100% for printing, less for social media}, Limit File Size {leave this unchecked for printing, check it for social media and choose a size}].

Don't worry about the rest of the modules unless you are sharing in social media. Then you may want to limit what shows up in the Metadata, and you may want a watermark. Sometimes for printing people will use a watermark as a way to put their name on the image, usually along the bottom edge somewhere.

Hope this helps.
Susan

sloscheider Loc: Minnesota

The Image Sizing options in the Export dialogue aren’t for cropping to fit a given print size. Use them for creating a smaller image for email or uploading to Facebook or giving a low res sample to a client that won’t yield a good quality print. I don’t think anyone ever intended it to be used as a cropping tool.

woodfrog Loc: Tennessee

Crop in Lightroom to 5x7 , export as JPEG, 100% quality, and 300 ppi. Good to go at Walgreens.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

I've simply never found a need to pursue the purpose for them. As with most things in LR, I'm sure they serve their purpose well, however.

Thanks!!

andypop Loc: Carmel CA

Crop the images to the 5x7 aspect ratio before exporting. Set the size to 7" x 7" during export and the the images will be 5" x 7" regardless of orientation. Export will not distort the images.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

I guess my question would be, if I have cropped my images already, why make any dimension entries in the export dialog? As I stated, I’ve never tried to figure out that section of the export, and have never felt I’ve missed anything, but there may well be a good reason for me to become acclimated to that part. I simply don’t know.

Thanks!

andypop Loc: Carmel CA

Crop to 5x7 aspect ratio before exporting. Set the dimensions to 7" x 7" during export and the images will be 5x7 regardless of orientation. Export will not distort the images.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Calculate the size based on 300 pixels per inch for prints *smaller than* 8x10... or as low as 240 for 8x10 and 180 for 16x20 if you aren't nit-picky.

For example, a 5x7 at 300 PPI is 1500x2100 pixels. An 8x10 at 250PPI (common lab standard) is 2000x2500 pixels.

Use the PRINT module to save images to specific dimensions such as these. The EXPORT feature saves copies of original pixels as cropped.

By the way, Lightroom does not SAVE. It automatically records all your changes to an image in a database or a .xml sidecar file. The original image is never changed. When you EXPORT, or PRINT, or UPLOAD, or CREATE A BOOK, it applies your desired changes to create a new image for that chosen purpose.

What most folks think of as "saving" an image from Lightroom is accomplished with the Export routines.

BigGWells Loc: Olympia, WA

The only thing that is every saved are the .dng files. At anytime I can go back in and mess with the photo. I save my output files, but that is a different.