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I am using a HP Chromebook x360 and the Lightroom Google Play app. I uploaded my photos directly from my SD card into the app. I used the "Add Photos" icon and there was not option to change the quality. I have a Canon 5D Mark IV. I shot in jpeg (not raw).
When I zoom in on in-focus pictures on my photo viewer directly from the SD card, they are clear. When I zoom in on the pictures in lightroom, they look pixally. Not the image quality I expected with this camera/lens. I am new to this gear and lightroom, so suggestions would be helpful. Is there something I can do to ensure the quality remains as high as possible? For these pictures and for future pictures?
I don't want to waste time editing pictures when they are low quality in LR.
I have attached screen shots of the same photo zoomed in, viewed off the SD card and viewed in LR app.
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Hey, @Belle31867329tltr. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll help you figure this out.
What version of Lightroom & the ChromeOS are you working on? Does this happen with recently imported images, or do older photos appear as reported?
Lightroom uploads the original images to the cloud & only keeps a working preview of the image for most of its operations to avoid hogging the available storage locally.
You can click on the Cloud icon when viewing an image & select the option to Download Original. You should see the details available again when you zoom in.
You can follow the same steps with a whole Album when needed. Try this:
Let me know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K.