Festina, no I haven't calibrated my monitor, but my photos look the same on my electronic picture frame. I'll check that when I get home and I plan on purchasing that book.

Thanks

Can you imagine where this will be utilized? The number.of industries this could be used in! Auto and medical as well as for the handicap to name a few. Get ready to buy some stock if you can!

http://medgadget.com/2012/05/disneys-research-arm-develops-technology-to-turn-any-surface-into-a-touch-sensor-video.html

Thanks Larry, I've been using the following link for my guidance but missed the part on crop overlay.

http://www.photokaboom.com/_htm_menus/Lightroom_menu.htm

Ok thanks, I have many photos from a horse show and I wanted to give put them on dvd and give them the best option available.

So does output sharpening matter? If I don't know how my friends will print then should I use glossy, matte, display or just leave it blank?

Thanks for your help on this. I do appreciate it.

Ok folks.. I think I found what I needed at this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yf9-T0BSvs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I should have cropped to print size inside of lightroom as per the tutorial, but I'm still not sure what parameters to use on export. Guess I'm going to have to re-crop my originals. I didn't realize there is so much work in PP.

Still hoping for more response on this.

My thoughts on cropping (remember I'm an amateur at this) are you crop for composition, leave enough border space to adjust for printing size. Is this correct thinking?

I appreciate the responses. You would think Adobe would make this more intuitive and give more info on this. I hope to see more responses on this subject based on experiences with export. I hate to to waste time and money with trial and error.

I'm new to LR4 and have searched for recommendations on exporting with regard to file settings, image sizing and image sharpening as well as using google. Most tutorials leave out the specifics of exporting parameters.

I want to give photos I took last weekend to some friends which I've completed PP on and want to make sure they can print the ones they like.

I'm exporting the photos to my hard drive and will burn DVDs when I'm finished.

So far I've come up with the following I think:
file type = JPEG (for ease of printing)
image sizing - "resize to fit", "width and height", w=6 h=4 inches "resolution = 240"
output sharpening "sharpen for glossy paper"

My goal is to allow my friends to get the best image quality for most standard prints in a 4x6 or 8x12 size without having to worry about cropping whether using matte or glossy finish. I initially exported using the default values for "image sizing" which only has resolution=240 pixels per inch, but I don't understand what affects this has to different size prints or enlargements.

While comparing the two different exports with the default values compared to the values I "think" I should use then I can only tell a difference when zooming in on the image but I don't know what the printed picture will look like.

I'm interested in what values experienced users are using for standard size printing in order to save time.

Thanks In Advance,

DavidM

Jim,

I can't say I've experienced this as this weekend I filled a 16GB card up while shooting with mY 60D. I also filled up half a 32MB card without issues. All while rapid shooting at a horse show.

Your welcome.. if shooting video's then don't go any lower than a 6. 10 is better and not much more in price on any size card.

Jack, the class of card refers to speed that the buffer runs at while writing to the card. Notice if you rapid fire taking many shots at once the camera will stop and give a notices of some sort until the buffer is empty. Look for a.number inside a circle such.as.a 4 or 6 or 8.

Good luck with it. I'm still learning and would like to better understand the workflow process. I use autotone a lot then sync similar photos, then adjust each one if I feel it needs it, but I feel they may be a better way. I feel I spend too much time in LR, but I'm working with over several hundred photos.

That camera should take any size. If you are going to take videos along with photos then go with the 16MB cards class 10. You will be glad you did. I'm using 16 & 32MB cards. They are more durable than you think and you won't be having to keep track of all those cards.

DavidM