LR Edited Image Export to Desktop: Hello Hogs, Can someone simply the export process of an edited image from LR to the desktop for emailing purposes. I need specifics, as in size...

Darrian629 Loc: Boston

Hello Hogs,

Can someone simply the export process of an edited image from LR to the desktop for emailing purposes. I need specifics, as in size, format and routing.

I'm having isues where the final image, exported to the desktop, which is in RAW is of poor quality.

Thank you as always,

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

When you choose "export", a box opens up allowing you numerous options for the resultant file.... What setting are you using ?

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I don't use the "Desktop". Instead I put them in a temporary folder. I don't resize and I create JPEGs. I limit the files size to make the JPEGs fit my email. 2000K seems to work for me. You may need to increase or decrease that, depending on your needs. Attached is screen shot summary.

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Darrian629 Loc: Boston

What should I be using?

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Darrian629 wrote:

What should I be using?

The ones I showed you in my post!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Darrian629 wrote:

Hello Hogs,

Can someone simply the export process of an edited image from LR to the desktop for emailing purposes. I need specifics, as in size, format and routing.

I'm having isues where the final image, exported to the desktop, which is in RAW is of poor quality.

Thank you as always,

You can save a few steps and just email from Lightroom.

Select an image or images, right click, select EMAIL from the drop down.

Light room will pop up an email dialog where you can address and send, or like I do just leave everything blank and hit enter and it will use my normal mail client, Apple Mail.

If you want to send from Lightroom and you have no local email client, you can enter the appropriate SMTP info in the email management page from the drop down.

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Darrian629 Loc: Boston

Thanks Don, I'll give that a try!
Select an image or images, right click, select EMAIL from the drop down.

Light room will pop up an email dialog where you can address and send, or like I do just leave everything blank and hit enter and it will use my normal mail client, Apple Mail.

If you want to send from Lightroom and you have no local email client, you can enter the appropriate SMTP info in the email management page from the drop down.[/quote]

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

I export mine to a folder on my desktop as it makes it easy to find the image when posting to online forums like this one...I frequently use bugguide.net for insect ID & when sending them there, I have to downsize my images...

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

I'll bet your email client is compressing the image even further...That will affect the IQ... BTW, what camera are you using ?

Darrian629 Loc: Boston

For some reason, the images are very poor when exported, not sure why.

I'm sure I'm missing something.

Thanks

Darrian629 Loc: Boston

Nikon D610

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Can you take a screenshot of your export box ?

georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.

Never heard of SMTP. What is it?

Dngallagher wrote:

You can save a few steps and just email from Lightroom.

Select an image or images, right click, select EMAIL from the drop down.

Light room will pop up an email dialog where you can address and send, or like I do just leave everything blank and hit enter and it will use my normal mail client, Apple Mail.

If you want to send from Lightroom and you have no local email client, you can enter the appropriate SMTP info in the email management page from the drop down.

georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.

If you say you don't resize but then say you make the Jpegs fit your email at 2000k you are in effect resizing. images formatted for the web are always of poor quality as they only look good for the web. If you try to put a high definition hi resolution highly detailed image on the web it will be like many megabytes and is not great for fast transport. I paint pictures from emailed photos and too often the people send them with an automatic software system that "optimizes for the web". When I get them and try to enlarge a face for detail all I get is pixels. It can be very hard to get them to send the original Hi resolution file so I can use it. I remember seeing a photo of Marilyn Monroe on the web, looked great although it was only like a half inch big. I downloaded it and put it in photoshop and blew it up and all it just a few squares of colors, couldn't even make out the eyes at all! I am still amazed that the human eye can take such a little amount of data in a small area and create in our brain what appears to be a perfectly detailed face. When it is not.

bsprague wrote:

I don't use the "Desktop". Instead I put them in a temporary folder. I don't resize and I create JPEGs. I limit the files size to make the JPEGs fit my email. 2000K seems to work for me. You may need to increase or decrease that, depending on your needs. Attached is screen shot summary.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

georgevedwards wrote:

Never heard of SMTP. What is it?

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol... it is how email works....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol