Hey M_J ~
further to our brief discussion on the "jpeg smudgies" (post 3789) we sometimes get in Lr3 when exporting to jpeg - I identified yesterday that it is not Facebook, or Flickr, or this forum's fault but rather it happens in the export to Jpeg process...
Yesterday I exported a shot of my dog and it looked clean and sharp in the Develop Module display - then I exported to jpeg and when I right-clicked and selected 'Preview' - there it was with his fur-coat (in a certain area) pretty smudgy... and that is how it looked on Flickr, and when uploaded directly to this forum.
I posted the issue on the Adobe Lightroom forum and they are perplexed - so I've been troubleshooting as to what setting is the main culprit for the Smudgies and if I get an answer I'll pass it on.
Cheers ~
What was your jpeg compression/quality setting?











