Comments on: How to Resize Images in Lightroom 2 http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2 Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:05:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Julea http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-70408 Julea Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:32:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-70408 Thanks a million! That helped me tons! Thanks a million! That helped me tons!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-65126 Elizabeth Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:45:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-65126 I have a question. Is there a good rule of thumb or formula to put into the Image sizing box in Lightroom. Is there one size (height and width for pixels) that would work in general for most sizes? By accident I deleted the sizes I had in there before and don't know what to put in. Secondly, if I give a file to someone to print 4x6's and 5x7's but nothing larger what would I make for the sizing and would I reset the resolution so that the it would make a clear smaller print but not an acceptable large print? Thanks! I have a question. Is there a good rule of thumb or formula to put into the Image sizing box in Lightroom. Is there one size (height and width for pixels) that would work in general for most sizes? By accident I deleted the sizes I had in there before and don’t know what to put in.

Secondly, if I give a file to someone to print 4×6’s and 5×7’s but nothing larger what would I make for the sizing and would I reset the resolution so that the it would make a clear smaller print but not an acceptable large print?
Thanks!

]]> By: Daemonius http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-56344 Daemonius Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:08:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-56344 Lightroom has worse resizing than Photoshop.. Images kinda lack sharpness after reducing them with LR. Not sure about increasing size. Lightroom has worse resizing than Photoshop.. Images kinda lack sharpness after reducing them with LR. Not sure about increasing size.

]]> By: Allan Harris http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55626 Allan Harris Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:16:12 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55626 I use the J Friedl plugin with Lightroom for uploading to Flickr. Having read this article I might reduce the size of the images I download as the masters on the Flickr site are pretty big, (Canon 5D mark II) and Flickr reduces the size of the shot for general browsing but maintains the size of the original for downloading. The largest image I downloaded was a JPEG of a panorama I took in Switzwerland. (21879 x 3637 pixels) http://www.flickr.com/photos/50638285@N00/3488385093/sizes/l/in/set-72157615370447380/ As you can see you could theoretically download this and spread it right across a wall! It might have taken less time if I had reduced the size of the file I sent to Flickr. I use the J Friedl plugin with Lightroom for uploading to Flickr. Having read this article I might reduce the size of the images I download as the masters on the Flickr site are pretty big, (Canon 5D mark II) and Flickr reduces the size of the shot for general browsing but maintains the size of the original for downloading. The largest image I downloaded was a JPEG of a panorama I took in Switzwerland. (21879 x 3637 pixels) http://www.flickr.com/photos/50638285@N00/3488385093/sizes/l/in/set-72157615370447380/

As you can see you could theoretically download this and spread it right across a wall! It might have taken less time if I had reduced the size of the file I sent to Flickr.

]]> By: werner http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55606 werner Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:33:51 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55606 Easier to use Photoshop. Easier to use Photoshop.

]]> By: Wayan Suadnyana http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55497 Wayan Suadnyana Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:01 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55497 Great Article, i never new it lightroom capable to resize an image, i'm always use photoshop to resize an image. Thank you for your post Great Article, i never new it lightroom capable to resize an image, i’m always use photoshop to resize an image.

Thank you for your post

]]> By: steve http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55415 steve Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:18:43 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55415 Is there anyway to export a batch of images and limit them to a max mb file size? For example I work for xyz company that requires me to deliver the event images at no larger then 5MB. So when I import the images I look thru them and perform various adjustments to particular images and determine which images I want to send to corporate. However when I export now the images all come out at different sizes depending on what adjustments I have performed. So I get images that are 4mb in size and some that are 8mbs and anywhere in between. So Im stuck going through and re-exporting sometimes 20-100 images and adjusting the quality of the jpeg/srgb to get those few files under 5mb...major pain in the ass when your handling 500+ images to have to go thru and find the over sized files..Id appreciate any help you could offer on this topic. Is there anyway to export a batch of images and limit them to a max mb file size? For example I work for xyz company that requires me to deliver the event images at no larger then 5MB. So when I import the images I look thru them and perform various adjustments to particular images and determine which images I want to send to corporate. However when I export now the images all come out at different sizes depending on what adjustments I have performed. So I get images that are 4mb in size and some that are 8mbs and anywhere in between. So Im stuck going through and re-exporting sometimes 20-100 images and adjusting the quality of the jpeg/srgb to get those few files under 5mb…major pain in the ass when your handling 500+ images to have to go thru and find the over sized files..Id appreciate any help you could offer on this topic.

]]> By: Vilmis http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55346 Vilmis Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:26:27 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55346 @Alfie and others who are using Lightroom and posting pictures on web sites like flickr, picasa, facebook check plugins at http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies, as you'll be able to publish your pictures on web directly from LR. @Alfie and others who are using Lightroom and posting pictures on web sites like flickr, picasa, facebook check plugins at http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies, as you’ll be able to publish your pictures on web directly from LR.

]]> By: Helen Bradley http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55296 Helen Bradley Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:03:39 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55296 Thanks Animator for your kind words. I certainly plan to write lots more Lightroom posts. I really think it is such a powerful tool for Photographers and such a huge time saver that it deserves some comprehensive coverage. To answer Dave P. A good (rough) rule of thumb is to multiply the dimensions of your paper (in inches) by the dpi you want to print at to get the ideal printing dimensions. So, to simplify, if you will print at 250 dpi and you want to print on 13 x 19 in paper you (ideally) need to have a (13 x 250) x (19 x 250) pixel image which is around:3000 x 4750. This is a different ratio than your images are coming out of the camera at. Your best bet is to crop to 13 x 19 aspect ratio in your software, eg Lightroom then export the image at the cropped size - if you crop yourself you get to choose what you lose off the shorter dimension of the page - you will lose something in printing if you want to print full bleed (borderless) - so either you make the call or your software/printer makes it for you. Let us know if you have more questions, I track comments so I can help if you tell me what you need. Thanks Animator for your kind words. I certainly plan to write lots more Lightroom posts. I really think it is such a powerful tool for Photographers and such a huge time saver that it deserves some comprehensive coverage.

To answer Dave P. A good (rough) rule of thumb is to multiply the dimensions of your paper (in inches) by the dpi you want to print at to get the ideal printing dimensions. So, to simplify, if you will print at 250 dpi and you want to print on 13 x 19 in paper you (ideally) need to have a (13 x 250) x (19 x 250) pixel image which is around:3000 x 4750. This is a different ratio than your images are coming out of the camera at. Your best bet is to crop to 13 x 19 aspect ratio in your software, eg Lightroom then export the image at the cropped size – if you crop yourself you get to choose what you lose off the shorter dimension of the page – you will lose something in printing if you want to print full bleed (borderless) – so either you make the call or your software/printer makes it for you. Let us know if you have more questions, I track comments so I can help if you tell me what you need.

]]> By: Animator http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-resize-images-in-lightroom-2/comment-page-1#comment-55291 Animator Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:35 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6892#comment-55291 Thanks again for yet another useful tutorial. You can produce all the tutorials you like on lightroom :-)) Thanks again for yet another useful tutorial. You can produce all the tutorials you like on lightroom :-))

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