Keeping high resolution when developng photos with Lightroom

Question

I take all my photos with a Nikon 850 at Fine resolution. When I use the Develop tools in Lightroom to crop, clarify, etc, etc the photos and then want to export the photos, the jpegs are very low resolution. This is presumably because I am working on the thumbnails.

But how do I get a Lightroom-developed photo at the original Fine level of resolution?

JohanElzenga · Accepted Answer

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your comment. You are referring I presume to the Resolution setting of 300 pixels per square inch. What value would you suggest? Grateful for your advice.

In your original question you said "But how do I get a Lightroom-developed photo at the original Fine level of resolution?". The answer to that question is "Do NOT check the Resize checkbox".

TheDigitalDog · Answer

The issue is your export settings if indeed, you mean 'low resolution' by a lesser number of actual pixels. The PPI (DPI) tag is meaningless. According to Nikon, the max resolution without a crop is 8256 x 5504 (45.4 MP, 3:2). If you were to export without a crop, that's what you'd get. If you crop for less pixels but ask for the max number after the crop, that's what you get.

We really need to see what you've got in your export presets. IF this check box is off, you get all the pixels after the crop:

The number above (72) is again meaningless.

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