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Marcus-J-T
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October 5, 2011
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P: Export images at multiple resolutions in one go

  • October 5, 2011
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I have discovered through experimentation that photos published to Facebook look best at 2048 pixels on the longest side (the maximum it supports) but images measuring 960 pixels on the longest side come a very close second so that's what I export at when Facebook.

I also publish the images on my own website, which uses SmugMug as a backend and is capable of automatically displaying delivering higher resolution photos (than Facebook) to the browser depending on the viewport size, so I export at 1400px resolution to strike a balance between filesize and image quality.

My problem is that it's not currently possible to export these two sets of images at the same time, I have to do them one after each other (because doing them in parallel is MORE than twice as slow due to LR's poor parallelisation of task execution), manually switching between different export resolutions and folders.

Instead, I would like to be able to pick two (or more) resolutions to export at, set (sticky) subfolder names for them (so that they end up in separate folders within the base export folder), and set LR to export all the images in one go. This would save me a huge amount of manual faffing around every time I export, and because LR would only have to fully render each image once (instead of twice as at present) it would dramatically reduce the total time taken to export both sets of images.

I realise that it should be possible to write a plugin to achieve this (and I'm looking into it) but surely exporting a set of images multiple times at varying resolutions is a fairly common use case (e.g. web/client DVD res and print ordering res for wedding photos) and it would therefore be of benefit to a significant proportion of the LR user base to make it worthwhile Adobe implementing it as a native feature?

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    Moose408
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    November 9, 2017
    I've been wanting this functionality for years. So here is another vote.
    FrostyOfTheNorth
    FrostyOfTheNorth
    Known Participant
    October 31, 2017
    We've been waiting for six years for this request.  C'mon Adobe.  Please listen.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2017
    I would also very much like a multi-export option.  I save many files in a handful of sizes, and both with/without watermark for use in various places.  Would be incredible to be able to create all of these in one go.
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    rmoorlag
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    April 8, 2017
    2) integrate Cloud Storages to Multiexport such as zenfolio, Flickr, Insta, FB so you can Directory Upload and Save with 1 Export to Save plenty of Time

    I think this can be acomplished with publishing services
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    rmoorlag
    Participating Frequently
    April 8, 2017
    1)Add a multi-export on different folders with different sizes for example 1 original jpg in folder 1, another jpg for Facebook or Social Media, another Folder with Tiff for example 

    This option is available already. Execute export 1 with the location and settings for that batch. You don't have to wait unitl this is executed to activate another export with differtent settings and location.
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    wolfganggrilz
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    April 8, 2017


    Multiexport Files with Lightroom in separate Folders

    1)Add a multi-export on different folders with different sizes for example 1 original jpg in folder 1, another jpg for Facebook or Social Media, another Folder with Tiff for example

    2) integrate Cloud Storages to Multiexport such as zenfolio, Flickr, Insta, FB so you can Directory Upload and Save with 1 Export to Save plenty of Time
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    3badDogs
    Participating Frequently
    April 2, 2017
    C'mon Adobe, please begin addressing these long standing critical workflow issues for us pros instead of creating "new" things to justify your CC subscription. Please satisfy these basic wants.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    April 2, 2017
    To me the ability to batch export a group of images using different settings would be extremely useful.  I can't think of any other functionality I would rather have more than this,  These days, as noted in many of the above posts, photographers really need to be able to export multiple formats easily and Lightroom does not do that at the moment.

    I am a Software Engineer by day and I it is a fact that developing this functionality would be "low hanging fruit" for Adobe compared to other functionality requests I have seen.

    Ideally the functionality would be as flexible as possible so different needs could be addressed.  Output locations also needs to be very flexible.  I am currently trying to export a bunch of images in various folders in Lightroom and have Lightroom keep the same folder structure but in a new parent folder on my hard drive,  That is how I ended up on this thread today as I could find no way to do that.
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    Scott_Martin_
    Known Participant
    August 31, 2016
    It would be even better to not have to use Automater or a 3rd party plug-in.... Looking forward to this native functionality!
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    knipsefritze
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    August 30, 2016
    It would be better to use a TIFF file, when working with an Automator action to resize, since JPG is already degraded in quality and creating another JPG from that is not the way to go, at least for a pro.

    I use the rc Export Manager Plugin. It lets you select any number of predefined export settings to execute as a batch process. Works fine for me for many years now.
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