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davidb67901785
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January 24, 2017
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Synced Photo Export Size Issues

  • January 24, 2017
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Hey all,

I'm fairly new to Lightroom on creative cloud. For some reason when I export my synced photos from my PC, they come out around 1-2 MB or smaller as full resolution JPEGs. The original files on my laptop come out as 10-15MB with the exact same settings in the exact same image in the "All Synced Photographs" folder. Why can't I export these synced files at full size on my PC? Is there a setting or something i'm missing?

Or, conversely, do I just need to start fresh on my PC with original RAW and only export from there? Just exclusively doing editing and not exporting full size through the synced photos on mobile/laptop?

Thanks!

Correct answer Mohit Goyal

Hi davidb,

Please import the images directly to Lightroom desktop from the source, edit the images and export out.

Regards,

Mohit

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Mohit Goyal
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Mohit GoyalCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 3, 2017

Hi davidb,

Please import the images directly to Lightroom desktop from the source, edit the images and export out.

Regards,

Mohit

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Shui Hoppy
Participant
October 31, 2025

I have the same issue as @davidb67901785 . But if I import the images directly again, I lose my previous edits

 

I migrated from Lightroom CC to Lighroom Classic. All my raws were downloaded to a file that I'm working on in Lightroom Classic. But when I export, my previously 16.5MB image is now 2.5MB. The same raw is linked and my old edits are still there in Lightroom Classic

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Shui Hoppy
Participant
October 31, 2025

My apologies, I managed to sort it out. I'm unfamiliar with LR Classic exporting, and didn't realise there were more export options available. Quality was set to 60 by default, whereas I always had it at 100 in LR CC. Bringing Quality back up to 100 made my export size the same as it had been in CC. 

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