Lightroom 5

I'm new to Lightroom 5, just got it the other day. I have a question when saving or exporting a jpeg. Under the options what do you usually use as resolution. Default is 240 but I've always used 350 with my other editing programs. Haven't used it much yet but have to say its a pretty nice package, should be a great tool when I get it all figured out. Thanks for any help!

It doesn't really matter. An 1800x1200 image is the same 1800x1200 whether your specify 100 ppi or 600 ppi.

Only relevant if you are making prints. Dividing your resolution into dpi gives you the physical dimension of the print. e.g., 2400 x 1920 at 240 dpi prints at 10" x 8". -alex

Some think it is a resolution number, but all it does is set a size for a print, which is usually ignored. It can make a difference if you will later convert the output files to PDF. The PDF converter pays attention to the dpi. Otherwise it is usually of no significance. Set it to 1. Or 1000.

ok, thank you. Also, I edited a shot, adjusted wb, saturation and contrast, then cropped. After I cropped I noticed that the shot was darker than before I cropped it. Exported it and opened the jpeg and it was darker. Is that common or did I screw up somehow?

daverator wrote in post #17432259
ok, thank you. Also, I edited a shot, adjusted wb, saturation and contrast, then cropped. After I cropped I noticed that the shot was darker than before I cropped it. Exported it and opened the jpeg and it was darker. Is that common or did I screw up somehow?

Cropping shouldn't have any secondary effects on the image. Did you have something like a post-crop vignette enabled?

As far as exporting, what color space did you use?

I don't think I had anything enabled post-crop but I'll check, I used sRGB, which is the default setting.

Thanks for all the answers guys, I'll check back tomorrow. Gotta work tomorrow so I better toddle off to bed. Thanks!

daverator wrote in post #17432259
ok, thank you. Also, I edited a shot, adjusted wb, saturation and contrast, then cropped. After I cropped I noticed that the shot was darker than before I cropped it. Exported it and opened the jpeg and it was darker. Is that common or did I screw up somehow?

Are use using the latest version of Lightroom 5? The latest is 5.7.1. When Lr 5 first came out, I recall there were issues exporting anything other than full size, where Lr would revert to the original unprocessed image. It took Adobe a couple update cycles to resolve the issue. If you're not up-to-date, get the update and try it again.

If you're up-to-date, then Google the situation and see what you can find. Vary search terms as needed to match your issue.

Let us know how it goes. Good luck!

I have seen that happen, a tonal shift after a crop. All the Basic panel tonal settings are "auto-adaptive" to some degree - that is, they change according to image content - but Exposure and Blacks are the most. And apparently the calculation they make is made after a crop (if any) has been done, so their base values will change if a crop is introduced later in the workflow. Usually it is not very noticeable unless the area cropped away is very light or very dark while the area within the crop is the opposite, thus significantly changing the overall tonal balance of the image.

Thanks everybody, I did have an older version of lightroom 5, updated after I posted, and I didnt realize changes were adaptive, guess I'll crop first from now on. I've always cropped last. Thanks for all the help, lots to learn! I can see this is going to be a lot faster than what I've been using when I know what I'm doing!

tzalman wrote in post #17432397
I have seen that happen, a tonal shift after a crop. All the Basic panel tonal settings are "auto-adaptive" to some degree - that is, they change according to image content - but Exposure and Blacks are the most. And apparently the calculation they make is made after a crop (if any) has been done, so their base values will change if a crop is introduced later in the workflow. Usually it is not very noticeable unless the area cropped away is very light or very dark while the area within the crop is the opposite, thus significantly changing the overall tonal balance of the image.

Please tell me you are joking about this behavior in Lightroom. Your crop affects your tonal edits?

That is seriously messed up.

kirk

I downloaded update for Lightroom 5 so its up to date now, see if that fixes it. I'm at work right now. Just got light room so might have been operator error too!