Skip to main content
February 7, 2017
Question

Exporting Photos as a Catalogue

  • February 7, 2017
  • 2 replies
  • 1199 views

I have imported my photos into lightroom 4.4, edited and saved the metadata but when I export the photos as a catalogue the changes that I have made have not been saved and I only have the original photos. Can someone help me sort this problem out.  Why are the changes not showing on the exported files when in lightroom they appear to be done.

This topic has been closed for replies.

2 replies

dj_paige
Legend
February 7, 2017

If you mean that the original photos have not been changed to show the changes, that's how Lightroom works. The changes are in the catalog file, not in the photos.

If you mean something else, please explain further.

February 7, 2017

I have made the changes and saved as a catalogue file and then exported the catalogue to my desktop in turn to save to a USB.

dj_paige
Legend
February 7, 2017

eleanorb57964564 wrote:

I have made the changes and saved as a catalogue file and then exported the catalogue to my desktop in turn to save to a USB.

I don't think you have answered my question: "Do you mean that the original photos have not been changed to show the changes?"

99jon
Legend
February 7, 2017

Are you exporting a catlog e.g. to combine with another catalog or exporting jpeg files etc.?

If using a standard export ensure you don’t select original.

February 7, 2017

I am exporting the photos as a catalogue (jpeg files) to my desktop and then transferring them to a USB.