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Offline deep

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lightroom export settings
« on: February 07, 2012, 02:17:26 PM »
what should the settings be in lightroom when exporting.
        *i what to get the highest quality for prints.
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 02:20:27 PM »
just make sure the quality is at 100% in the file setting section of the export.
Tiff will be higher quality than jpeg but it depends what you want to do with it next really.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2012, 12:34:57 PM by SkierBoy »
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 02:49:51 PM »
Skier - I'm hoping you meant 100%?  ???

Your export settings will depend entirely on what you want to do with the file... Printing would require a much larger file, with higher resolution, but if you're only posting online you can limit the file size to keep it smaller & easier to post. It just depends.
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 05:10:51 PM »
Do the scaling yourself rather than have the print shop do it. Ask them what dpi they print at (if they don't know then it's 300d.p.i.) and set that in your export settings, plus the actual size you'll be printing.
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2012, 12:35:54 PM »
Quote from: 1074 on February 07, 2012, 02:49:51 PM
Skier - I'm hoping you meant 100%?  ???

Oops! Re-edit  :-[
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2012, 01:28:34 PM »
No worries! It's not like i've never made a mistake around here...  ::)
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Re: lightroom export settings
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2012, 01:31:36 PM »
Quote from: AndyCivil on February 07, 2012, 05:10:51 PM
Do the scaling yourself rather than have the print shop do it. Ask them what dpi they print at (if they don't know then it's 300d.p.i.) and set that in your export settings, plus the actual size you'll be printing.

I agree.
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