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July 29, 2026
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Photos exported from Lightroom are limited to 2593x1729. Quality is set to 100, resize is unchecked, and none of the options on the left panel are checked. I have a photoshow coming up very soon and I'm low key panicking!

  • July 29, 2026
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I even went back and looked at a JPG I exported out of Lightroom earlier this year and that image had a hefty resolution of 5000x4000. No problems there! I’m not sure what happened! help!

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2026

    Assuming that your original is a raw file, then there is a better option that you could try first if this happens again. Checking → resize to fit → long edge → 5,400 means that Lightroom will use simple interpolation to increase the size of the cropped output. Lightroom can also increase the size of the original to 10,000x8,000 via AI Super Resolution (if you did not already use Denoise). That is a much more advanced way of interpolation, that would have made your cropped output 5186x3458 pixels.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    darney992Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 29, 2026

    Okay, apparently I can’t delete my own posts. I fully intended to remove this since I seem to have fixed the issue.

    I needed to check → resize to fit → long edge → 5,400.

    The image in question is very cropped in and I didn’t understand why the photolabs website was warning me about low resolution when the image (despite being very cropped) had heaps of detail. Like, you could not tell it was cropped. Anyway, please delete this post.

    Inspiring
    July 30, 2026

    Oops, no. The problem is that your photos are actually 2593 x 1729 after cropping. Nothing is wrong. By checking the “resize to fit” box, you are asking Lightroom to digitally upscale them when you export them, and there is a certain tradeoff with loss of quality. I’m only mentioning this out of an educational concern. Sounds like you are trying to print big for a photo show and the best prints come from big, original files. Upscaling not ideal. To demonstrate the point, take a 5500 pixel sharp photo make a copy an open it in Photoshop. Reduce the image size to 2700 pixels and save it. Import that small photo back into Lightroom. Then export it again and upscale to 5500 pixels. Now you can compare that file to the original and you will see a certain loss of quality.