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lingualect
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October 19, 2017
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  • October 19, 2017
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I ask because when you export in Lightroom CC, called "save to," the only parameter you can adjust is the pixels. Nothing else that I can see. In other versions of Lightroom you get a whole bunch of parameters to adjust, including DPI. Clients specify sometimes the settings that they want. Or another possibility is that I'm doing it wrong, and if so, could someone let me know how to export and adjust things like DPI.

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    tims14661503
    tims14661503
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    June 7, 2019
    So why does Capture One and other software give you the option? Because it’s just that, and option!
    All people are saying is they want the option.
    Why not just shoot your 40mp camera at 20mp or less to start with? I mean most output you can’t see the difference....
    ja67442011
    ja67442011
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    June 7, 2019
    Zooming in and toggling layers won't show compression artifacts like banding over a large gradient. Better response: then why is this even configurable in Lightroom Classic? Why not remove the quality setting for simplicity?
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    blueveek
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    June 4, 2019
    I can't stress this enough, and other folks have expressed this as well: this isn't just about prints. This is about continuing the editing in other software, which JPEGs at any quality are *not* suitable for.
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    June 4, 2019
    Yep, extra export options got my vote from the outset. But in the meantime, try this test... export a photo from Classic at quality 80 and again at quality 100, put them in layers in Photoshop and zoom right in, even 400%+. Toggle the layer visibility on and off and see if you can spot the difference. Then you won't worry about prints. 
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
    tims14661503
    tims14661503
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    June 3, 2019
    It’s the fact that you only have 2 basic options and no control, that’s bugging people.
    I now work with Classic on the desktop doing the exports, unless it’s to social media or maybe a basic email. But the email export doesn’t look good, so like to do that via classic.

    The only reason I’m sticking, is the option to work on images on the iPad Pro. If Capture One did this, I’d probably be off.
    So they’ve got me for now...
    ja67442011
    ja67442011
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    June 3, 2019
    Its still insane to me that this isn’t a configuration after years of this and other threads still ongoing. This is probably the most basic export setting alongside size that anybody would want. I get the whole aim for simplicity ideals of LR cc, but this neither introduces user complexity (especially in comparison to other program features) nor is it an obscure feature to include in photo editing software.

    “Probably won’t notice” isn’t really what people want when they’re going to print something.
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    June 3, 2019
    LR Cloudy doesn't let you set the compression yet. Last time I checked, it automatically applied about JPEG quality 80, which will create smaller file sizes without visible artifacts. If you compared the two, you're unlikely to spot the difference.
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
    johna76373788
    johna76373788
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    June 3, 2019
    I believe the difference is the dpi setting on the compressed jpeg. One might be set to 72dpi and the other, the native camera dpi, which is probably 240dpi or 300 dpi. If this isn’t the different, it may just be a higher level or different type of compression when rendering.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    June 3, 2019

    Hi photo lovers,

     

    In my adoption of the newest Lightroom (cloud-based) I noticed that the Full size JPEG export file size of Lightroom is much smaller than Lightroom Classic. See screenshot below.

    I use the same RAW picture, exported unedited from both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic as full quality JPEG in sRBG color. In Classic that is with settings "quality 100" and in Lr  that is "full size JPEG".

    However, the exported JPEG from Lightroom Classic is 13MB of size and the JPEG from Lightroom is 9,6MB of size.


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    My question: How can this be, where does the significant difference in file size come from?

    More importantly: Does the newest Lightroom export JPEGs that are of lower quality versus the Lightroom Classic JPEGs?


    I really hope an expert can explain me what is going on, otherwise I'm a bit hesitant on switching over from Classic to cloud-based Lightroom


     BTW, I'm running on Lightroom Classic version 8.3 and Lightroom (cloud) version 2.3



    MikeyZA
    MikeyZA
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    May 26, 2019


    The share option (top right button) has two options on it.  I find this is annoying.  I would rather have a single click operation to launch a dialogue box with a function to do a "share and invite" (who cares about this option anyway?)  The dialogue also needs the ability to change the exported filename.
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