Perfect High-Resolution Image Exporting from Lightroom for Fine Art Wedding Photographers
As a fine art wedding photographer, you understand the importance of delivering high-quality images in an efficient manner.
Your expertise in Adobe Lightroom can significantly enhance the quality of your work and streamline your post-production workflow.
Today, we're going deep into the world of Lightroom's export settings - a tool that's powerful, yet often underutilized.
In this blog post, we're going to uncover:
The quickest way to export images from Lightroom
How to master high-res export settings
The best settings for social sharing
How to create a time-saving preset
Moreover, I've shared a detailed tutorial on my YouTube channel to guide you through these methods.
Four Efficient Methods for Exporting Images
Shortcut Method: As a professional photo editor, I always use the shortcut Shift+Command+E for fast exporting. Using shortcuts can help you work faster and significantly improve efficiency, which is crucial in photo editing. I elaborate on this in my course, which you can access here.
Library Panel Method: Navigate to the library panel (avoiding the develop panel) by pressing 'G' or clicking 'Library' in the top right corner. From here, the 'Export' option is readily available.
Classic File-Export Method: This traditional method involves simply going to 'File', then selecting 'Export'.
Context Menu Method: Right-click on an image and choose 'Export' from the context menu.
Exporting Multiple Images
To export multiple images, use Command + click on the images you wish to export. Alternatively, click on the collection you want to export or use the shortcut Command + A to select all images.
How to Export High-Resolution Images for Printing from Lightroom
Choose the location of where you want to export the photos.
Choose the file type under File Settings. I select JPEG & color space sRGB.
Make sure ‘Limit File Size To’ is NOT selected
Make sure ‘Resize to fit’ is NOT selected
Change the resolution to 300 pixels per inch (ppi)
Select a Watermark if you want to add that.
Click Export
How to Export Low-Resolution Images for Social Sharing from Lightroom
Under Image Sizing, make sure to select Resize To Fit
Choose a Short Edge and type in 1080 for pixel size and type in 100 for pixel size
Under Image Sizing, change the resolution to 72ppi
How to Create an Export Preset in Lightroom to Save Your Export Settings
Select Add on the left side
Give your export settings a name
Choose which folder this export setting should go into
Click Create
Dive deeper into these methods by watching the full tutorial on our YouTube channel. It's a comprehensive guide designed to help you master the art of exporting images from Lightroom, so you can focus more on creating beautiful wedding photography. Happy editing!
Need Help?
If you need help, you can find links below to
👩🏻💻 my Free Editing Guide “The Ultimate Guide to Saving Time Editing in Lightroom”
✅ the Notion Template for Photographers
🎧 my Editing Course “The Editor’s Blueprint”
🎞️ the Signature Style Sessions where I create custom presets for you and help you achieve an elevated style.
Also, feel free to check out the videos on my YouTube channel for more help.
Happy editing! 💗
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