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September 25, 2017
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Hi, i am not sure if this is the right place to ask, sorry if its not. i am new to lightroom and my question relates to when i have made changes to a raw file and have the "new version" of my photo just how i want it and i want to save it, by choosin

  • September 25, 2017
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Hi first time on here guys any help is welcome, i have a question

Hi, i am not sure if this is the right place to ask, sorry if its not. i am new to lightroom and my question relates to when i have made changes to a raw file and have the "new version" of my photo just how i want it and i want to save it, by choosing the option to save it as a JPG the file/photo is further "enhanced/changed" by the wizardry in adobe so it becomes a different file than what i changed within lightroom. is that true? assuming it is and i do not want a JPG manipulated version, should i be saving it purely as a DNG file? 2nd question same theme, could the nikon JPG version be different than the lightroom version, i ask becuase the file sizes are different when i compare them for an identical photo, i can not see the difference in the photos. and help welcome. kind regards Valdemar Papiernik

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Correct answer dj_paige

Ok, if I am understanding you properly, the newly exported JPG (is that what you did, export the photo? you didn't say "export") will have small differences from the file you see in Lightroom — because every JPG is compressed somehow, you can't turn this off. Normally, the effects of compression are hard to see.

Also, when you export a photo, a brand new file is created. Your original photo hasn't changed, it's still there, and Lightroom creates a new file which in your case is a JPG.

assuming it is and i do not want a JPG manipulated version, should i be saving it purely as a DNG file?

It's not clear what your goals are, so this is a difficult question to answer. What do you intend to do with this file?? Normally, I would not advise exporting a RAW as a DNG, although in some cases it might make sense. So please explain ... what do you intend to do with this file???

could the nikon JPG version be different than the lightroom version,

No two image editors will produce identical results. So yes, the Nikon camera will produce different JPGs than Lightroom. That's really the whole point of an image editing program, you get to make the photo look pleasing to you; you don't have to accept the JPG produced by the camera.

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September 25, 2017

Ok, if I am understanding you properly, the newly exported JPG (is that what you did, export the photo? you didn't say "export") will have small differences from the file you see in Lightroom — because every JPG is compressed somehow, you can't turn this off. Normally, the effects of compression are hard to see.

Also, when you export a photo, a brand new file is created. Your original photo hasn't changed, it's still there, and Lightroom creates a new file which in your case is a JPG.

assuming it is and i do not want a JPG manipulated version, should i be saving it purely as a DNG file?

It's not clear what your goals are, so this is a difficult question to answer. What do you intend to do with this file?? Normally, I would not advise exporting a RAW as a DNG, although in some cases it might make sense. So please explain ... what do you intend to do with this file???

could the nikon JPG version be different than the lightroom version,

No two image editors will produce identical results. So yes, the Nikon camera will produce different JPGs than Lightroom. That's really the whole point of an image editing program, you get to make the photo look pleasing to you; you don't have to accept the JPG produced by the camera.

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