Exporting Issues

[acutshall]

I am having an issue that when I  export from LR I lose quality; details:
I import my photos make all necessary exposure corrections and then apply punch and portrait , everything looks great in LR. I then export to either tiff or jpg full quality and it is as if I never processed at all. Pictures are flat and unsaturated. I have attached my export settings.
Thx

[picnic]

I am having an issue that when I  export from LR I lose quality; details:
I import my photos make all necessary exposure corrections and then apply punch and portrait , everything looks great in LR. I then export to either tiff or jpg full quality and it is as if I never processed at all. Pictures are flat and unsaturated. I have attached my export settings.
Thx
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My question would be with what application are you viewing the images?  I wasn't able to open your attachment/link.

Diane

[acutshall]

My question would be with what application are you viewing the images?  I wasn't able to open your attachment/link.

Diane
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Let me  try again the file should be a tiff;I am on a mac and I have used preview, PS and tried uploading and viewing from firefox.[attachment=4570:attachment]

[acutshall]

In case the tiff did not work out here is a jpg

[John.Murray]

According to your settings you are exporting into a prophoto space - unless you are using a color mgmt aware app, like PS  to view, they are going to look pretty flat.  If you are using PS, is it confgured to respect embedded profile on open?

[acutshall]

According to your settings you are exporting into a prophoto space - unless you are using a color mgmt aware app, like PS  to view, they are going to look pretty flat.  If you are using PS, is it confgured to respect embedded profile on open?
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My color space is the same profoto in LR and PS is that waht you are asking?
Thx

[John.Murray]

When you export, you have the option of 3 color spaces; ProPhoto RGB, AdobeRGB (98), or sRGB.  You want to select the most appropriate space.  If you were sending the file to be printed or published, you would want the embedded space to be what the printer/publisher specifies.  If you are exporting for "general" viewing, then you would want to choose sRGB.



hope this helps . . .-John

[DarkPenguin]

Are you referring to how the prints look in photoshop?  Or is the quality drop when you view them in an application other than LR/PS?

[acutshall]

When you export, you have the option of 3 color spaces; ProPhoto RGB, AdobeRGB (98), or sRGB.  You want to select the most appropriate space.  If you were sending the file to be printed or published, you would want the embedded space to be what the printer/publisher specifies.  If you are exporting for "general" viewing, then you would want to choose sRGB.



hope this helps . . .-John
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my target was the web so I did change my settings to sRGB and my images did improve from being flat however the color shift of the skin tones was horrid, magenta overload!


I also tried exporting to a tiff to batch edit in PS, add some punch and sharpening actions and then save for the web. Had the same problems with color shift.

I think I need some advice on a good workflow plan- I look at everyone else images on the web and they are great my lack clarity and are not vivid. Granted I am not a professional yet but my pictures are not as bad as they look on the web.

Thanks

[acutshall]

Are you referring to how the prints look in photoshop?  Or is the quality drop when you view them in an application other than LR/PS?
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Posted on the web or in preview(mac); I even go to other computers to view from the web, same thing