Noob question on LR5

[Chr1stof]

Just started using LR5 last couple of weeks, edited a few shots and have only just noticed that the exported images were only a few hundred KB.
Bit of investigation and I realised the output was set at "DNG" (had never heard of it until just now)
Now changed to JPEG with quality at 100, the only other option I can see is colourspace.
In simpleton terms, should I leave it on default sRGB?
Is there anything else I need to fiddle with?
I just want to save at the highest quality, I can compress a copy for web etc afterwards.

 

[Pookeyhead]

sRGB, Adobe RGB, Pro Photo etc are colourspaces, and have nothing to do with resolution, so no.. you're barking up the wrong tree. If you don't know what you're doing with these, leave it set to sRGB.. it will save you some pain.

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Check the above, circled section. Anything set in there, or is "resize to fit" ticked? If so... kill it, and make sure the image is not being resized.


Also.. if you want highest quality, stop exporting as JPEG and use TIFF instead. You can always convert a TIFF to JPEG for web use and you'll always have a full quality, uncompressed TIFF for your archive.

 

[Chr1stof]

Thanks for the tips, Im pretty new to editing other than crop/exposure/sharpen etc so all handy.

 

[Mintchocs]

Can you clarify why you are exporting just to save a high quality image on your own computer?

 

[Chr1stof]

I think I get what you are saying, are you asking why save a hi-res jpeg if I have the raw?
It's not just to save it on my computer- depending on what it is, usually to upload to flickr or sometimes to email/pass onto others.

Also, I dont convert everything, just a pick from what was taken on the day. I know the software (Canon DPP/LR5) saves the changes I make each time I close, but my understanding is that its not saved to the raw directly, it just remembers what you have done without affecting the actual raw fille? If the software goes screwy then the time spent on the raws is lost (I think?), so once done I save a jpeg to avoid having to start over.
As said, total numpty on this so fully stand to be corrected on that!

 

[Mintchocs]

You are correct in what I am asking. I guess it's not a bad idea to save your final edited RAW as a high res JPEG. Who knows whether Adobe will be around in 30years time, if hardware will change so you can't use your exiting version of LR you did the edits on. It is more likely that there will be some program that can read JPEGs though!.

 

[Pookeyhead]

You are correct in what I am asking. I guess it's not a bad idea to save your final edited RAW as a high res JPEG. Who knows whether Adobe will be around in 30years time, if hardware will change so you can't use your exiting version of LR you did the edits on. It is more likely that there will be some program that can read JPEGs though!.

Then use TIFF.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

I think I get what you are saying, are you asking why save a hi-res jpeg if I have the raw?
It's not just to save it on my computer- depending on what it is, usually to upload to flickr or sometimes to email/pass onto others.

Also, I dont convert everything, just a pick from what was taken on the day. I know the software (Canon DPP/LR5) saves the changes I make each time I close, but my understanding is that its not saved to the raw directly, it just remembers what you have done without affecting the actual raw fille? If the software goes screwy then the time spent on the raws is lost (I think?), so once done I save a jpeg to avoid having to start over.
As said, total numpty on this so fully stand to be corrected on that!

You don't need to export to upload to Flickr - take a look at publish collections.