lightroom export settings

[graciea23438181]

hi, i have my raw file straight from my memory card and have airdropped it to my iphone - it is clear, sends great through social media apps (messenger, instagram DM etc) and its clear on the other end when its sent.

i also have a version thats the exact same raw file type but its now being exported from lightroom. i have youtubed, read forums on all the types of export settings (whats best for social media, and then what settings to use for prints etc). I have exported at almost every possible way from lightroom to get it to be clear on devices and when its being sent to people but as soon as i export it seems to drop the brightness a tiny bit and it comes out really grainy. the image will not look grainy when i send it but it comes out so different to the plain raw file when they receive the image. not sure if that made sense but can someone please explain to me the export settings and what settings i should always be on for social media side of it because i cant work it out!!!

[graciea23438181]

i have exported as jpeg (everytime), ive tried changing the "quality", ive ticked and unticked "resize to fit", ive tried changing the "pixels", changing to "long edge", tried changing the "resolution", tried using the "sharpen for" and ticking the "screen" option and im always using "sRGB"

HELP!!

[Tony_See]

It could really help here if you could post a couple of zoomed screen shots (for grain comparison and brightness comparison.

Are you using a custom user preset for this?

Are you going through a third party plugin to the social media directly from Lightroom?

[dj_paige]

Can you show us a screen capture of the original unedited RAW photo; and also a screen capture of the exported edited photo? Both photos need to be at the same magnification.

Better yet, can you provide us the original RAW file and exported file via uploading them to DropBox or similar service and then providing links for us?

[graciea23438181]

I am importing into lightroom then exporting as an ordinary file. i then airdrop to my phone and upload straight from my photos. It seems to be fine if i am posting to facebook or instagram its more if im directly messaging it to someone. See how pixelated this is? What should my export settings be for lightroom to get the most crisp clear photos.

[graciea23438181]

The images look clear in lightroom, its once ive exported they go bad. so its something im doing wrong in my export settings which makes sense because i dont know what settings to use to get the best out of my photos

[Just Shoot Me · Accepted solution]

Something in the Chain is lowering the quality of the images. I suspect it is the email or messaging program you are using.

With Text you don't have much control. With Email you may. you need to check the settings in each program so they don't reduce the quality.

[graciea23438181]

yes i did wonder that. do you know what export settings i should be using for best quality regardless?

[Just Shoot Me]

It not really about export setting in LR that is causing this to happen in your text or email programs. Those programs are reducing the quality so the image attachments don't use much bandwidth.

In text messages I'm not sure what can be done but most email programs allow you to send the original image. you have to look at the program options/settings and try to stop them from limiting file size of attached, included, images.

[graciea23438181]

no sorry i mean in general. so when im giving my clients images through google drive or dropbox what is the best export settings to export too?

[Todd Shaner]

What I'm seeing in the posted flower image file is noise. Please post a screen shot of the LR Detail panel  and Export module for the raw file as shown below. Also tell us the camera ISO setting for this file. View the raw file at 1:1 Zoom view and adjust the Noise reduction Luminace and Color settings to remove visible noise. Lower the Sharpening setting if necessary. Try the Export again.

[Just Shoot Me]

graciea23438181  wrote

no sorry i mean in general. so when im giving my clients images through google drive or dropbox what is the best export settings to export too?

There is NO BEST settings. Although some might say Full Res @ 100% quality is best.

I normally export for emailing, posting and the like at 70% quality and don't limit file size or pixel dimensions. Converting a RAW file of 20/30/40+ MBs in size to a JPG is limiting enough.

[andrewa61805620]

This looks more like very high levels of noise in the original image rather than a resolution issue. What ISO setting is reported in the metadata for the image? I suspect it is going to be high. I recommend runing the image through the Lightroom de-noise tool