{"id":4624,"date":"2021-10-10T18:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/2021\/10\/10\/how-to-save-photos-in-lightroom-after-editing\/"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:32:05","slug":"how-to-save-photos-in-lightroom-after-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/lightroom\/how-to-save-photos-in-lightroom-after-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: How to save photos in lightroom after editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZiJQCN6T1jA\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, how do I <strong>save<\/strong> a photo in Lightroom CC after <strong>editing<\/strong>? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select photos from the Grid view to export.  <\/li>\n<li>Choose File > Export, or click the Export button in the Library module.  <\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Choose an export preset.  <\/li>\n<li>Specify a destination folder, naming conventions, and other options in the various Export dialog box panels.  <\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Save your export settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Moreover, where does <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> save edited <strong>photos<\/strong>? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>After<\/strong> editing a photo in Lightroom, the changes are saved to your Lightroom catalog.  <\/li>\n<li>Lightroom saves your edits automatically to the <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> Catalog as changes are made.  <\/li>\n<li>By default, <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> edits are stored within your <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> Catalog.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Likewise, does Lightroom <strong>save<\/strong> edits automatically? You can set Adobe Photoshop Lightroom so that all of your work is automatically, and continuously, saved for you into your image files and also stored within your Lightroom Catalog (. lrcat) file by turning on the Automatically Write Changes Into XMP Catalog Settings preference switch.<\/p>\n<p>As many you asked, how do I save an edit in Lightroom as a JPEG? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SYApzsW-1GU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the first photo in a row of consecutive photos you want to select.  <\/li>\n<li>Hold the SHIFT key while you click the last photo in the group you want to select.  <\/li>\n<li>Right Click on any of the images and select Export and then on the submenu that pops up click Export\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why won&#8217;t Lightroom export my photos?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Try resetting your preferences Resetting the lightroom preferences file &#8211; updated and see if that will let you open the Export dialog. I have reset everything to default.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I export high quality photos from Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The following are the key Lightroom export settings for high-resolution images that will make beautiful prints: Under File Settings, set the Image Format to JPEG and put the Quality Slider at 100 to maintain the highest quality.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I save an edited RAW file in Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First up, choose the images that you want to export from the Catalog Library in Lightroom.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to File in the menu bar, and choose Export.  <\/li>\n<li>A new dialog box will open with all the options for your export.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I save an image in Lightroom without losing quality?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose the location of where you want to export the photos.  <\/li>\n<li>Choose the file type.  <\/li>\n<li>Make sure &#8216;Resize to fit&#8217; is selected.  <\/li>\n<li>Change the resolution to 72 pixels per inch (ppi).<\/li>\n<li>Choose sharpen for &#8216;screen&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>If you want to watermark your image in Lightroom you would do so here.  <\/li>\n<li>Click Export.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where did my Lightroom edits go?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you change a photo in Lightroom and then go find where the original photo is stored on your computer you&#8217;ll see that photo does not reflect the changes you made in Lightroom. &#8230; I mentioned that Lightroom saves your edits in the Lightroom database. This is a file stored on your computer with the file extension . lrcat.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I recover my Lightroom edits?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>You need to find and open the Catalog relating to your edited pictures. Try File\/Open Recent inside Lr. If that has somehow disappeared from your disk, you hopefully have one or more of Lightroom&#8217;s backups in your &#8220;Backups&#8221; folder or your own backup on a separate drive, but we can look at that later if need be.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Lightroom not letting me edit?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The reason why it will not let you edit it in Photoshop from Lightroom is because you most likely are working with the preview and not the original photo, &#8230; Point to the proper location of the photo, and it will load the original location in Lightroom. Then you should be able to edit it in Photoshop&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What size should I save my photos in Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>For a personal blog, try to keep it around 2000 pixels or smaller on the long edge \u2013 whatever you are comfortable with for image quality. We do 2048 pixels for Photography Life. Smaller sizes load faster and don&#8217;t take up as much storage on your website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I export photos from Lightroom 2020?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ouAoD-ZGbyI\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why do my pictures look different in Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lightroom uses the ProPhoto RGB color space in the Develop module that you are in. It is likely that you are exporting the image using a different color profile like sRGB. It is also possible that your Color Profile setting for windows is set to sRGB and that is what Windows Photo Viewer is using.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subsequently, how do I save a photo in Lightroom CC after editing? Select photos from the Grid view to export. Choose File > Export, or click the Export button in the Library module. (Optional) Choose an export preset. Specify a destination folder, naming conventions, and other options in the various Export dialog box panels. 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