Just testing how something exports. No need to comment as it might just get deleted. I'm trying to figure out why what I have done in LR5 (editing RAW) is very different on 365 (mostly the tone/colors--should be more "mellow orange"). If you have advice, let me know. I've just started working in RAW and editing this way. My export values are the recommended ones on the discussion boards in 365.
@northy and @jo13 any advice? If you have a moment. I have a new second monitor and what I see on my new monitor (which admittedly is much better colorwise) and what I upload on 365 on that monitor are worlds apart. The raw editing in LR is great. I'm wondering if I'm exporting to 365 incorrectly? It's a significant difference.
Hmmm difficult to comment as I can't see what you're seeing on your monitor. The tone in the bottom right corner is more creamy beige than orange. Do you have any other screens you can view on, and isit perhaps just down to how each monitor is colour calibrated? Actually having just view it enarged the colours appear much richer and more orange than beige, weird!! Lets see what @northy says.
i'm the wrong person to ask given that i do very very very little in colour... do you have a flickr account? in general i find that images end up looking much more sharp and vibrant there - something about compression of 365 site (don't ask me to explain the technicalities - this is what everyone always says and i believe 'em)... anyway, if you have a flickr page, upload the same shot there (after exporting to JPEG, not straight from LR) and see if flickr looks more true to how you see the original on your monitor... if it does, then the issue is 365... if it doesn't, then it does sound like it would be at your end only i'm afraid i haven't a clue what the issue is...
@northy I have not set up a flickr account really--although I do have one technically. So I was exporting via email with a 365 preset. Maybe I need to export it to jpeg first and then upload? May try that next. @jo13 my new monitor is much nicer, but I sure would hope that the color calibration would not be that different, but who knows. Thanks for both putting in your two cents. Northy, I know you do mostly black and white, but I figured it would happen there too with tones or with highlights, whites, etc. I can see a huge diff just editing with RAW files, but I'm not seeing the final edits translate in the upload/emailed files. I'll keep at it! :)
i'm not sure, but i think when you email straight from LR that it compresses somewhat... or at any rate, shrinks the file size... i always export to jpeg from LR at the highest quality and at a resolution of 300 pixels per inch... let's put it this way... when i was trying to email my exported JPEG's to my husband, i could only send one at a time and it was taking FOREVER... when i emailed straight out of LR i could send 10 or so at one go and it went pretty quickly... now i probably went to medium quality when i did that... do you know what level of quality you're sending the emails at?
just took a look at the exif for this image... to me, the file size seems TINY! my images are usually 5 to 10 mb in size... i think even a super cropped image would still be at least 1mb... check your settings and maybe send at highest quality to see if that helps...
@darylo Hiya, I import my images straight from camera into DPP, the canon software, I sort from there, then import into LR, edit and then export back to DPP and then upload from there into 365, I have never emailed an image, especially as my images are so large!
@northy@jo13 Thanks ladies. I think I'm in deep with some bad errors on my part with imports and exports. I have spent three hours watching videos, dreaming of pulling my hair out, and pouring alcohol in huge glasses. Will continue tomorrow. I basically just don't know what the heck I'm doing. One step at a time. Really appreciate your help! Have a great weekend.
