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danmackenzie
danmackenzie
Participant
February 22, 2022
Question

Exported JPGS do not reflect added grain

  • February 22, 2022
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When exporting final edited NEF (raw) file from Lightroom to JPG (tried various different settings), the exported JPG doesn't reflect added grain (added full grain to test), or colour profiles. Is there a setting i'm missing? You can see the attached images - extra grainy one from edit in Lightroom and exported image with no grain. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. 

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TheDigitalDog
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
March 2, 2022

You need to be viewing both at 1:1 (100% zoom) and you need to view in LR within Develop module for most accurate previews. Also, export the NEF at full resolution so when you view the exported image at 1:1 and the same in Develop, it is apples to apples visual comparison. Resampling down the NEF to another application will affect this visually and not a fair comparision.

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
February 22, 2022

I am not seeing the issue on Lightroom Desktop 5.2. Exports have full grain.

 

Please go to Help>System Info… and provide us the exact installed version number of your software. 

 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
danmackenzie
danmackenzieAuthor
Participant
March 2, 2022

Hi Rikk, thank you for your reply. 

 

Here's the data from system info...

 

Lightroom Classic version: 11.2 [ 202201281441-a5b5f472 ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en-GB
Operating system: Mac OS 12
Version: 12.3.0 [21E5212f]
Application architecture: arm64
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: NA
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
Built-in memory: 8,192.0 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 8,192.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 332.0 MB (4.0%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 403,351.8 MB
Memory cache size: 42.2MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 14.2 [ 1028 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 86MB / 4095MB (2%)
Camera Raw real memory: 149MB / 8192MB (1%)
Displays: 1) 2880x1800

Graphics Processor Info:
Metal: Apple M1

 

Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: /Users/danielmackenzie/Pictures/Lightroom Catalog/RAW Catalog /Old Archive - (to 2019).lrcat
Settings Folder: /Users/danielmackenzie/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in
3) Facebook
4) Flickr
5) Nikon Tether Plugin
6) Pixieset

Config.lua flags: None

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
March 2, 2022

I've moved this to the Lightroom Classic forum. 

I've tested in LrC 11.2 and Grain appears to be exporting correctly here as well. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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