 - Carlton Ward  Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Question on Lightroom I downloaded Lightroom 2 for a 30-day trial and have watched and read several tutorials but cannot find where I can take my raw CR2 file after editing in Lightroom and save it as a tif. Do I have to open it in Photoshop to do this or can Lightroom do this? Thank you.
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John Rhodes |
Hi Carlton, You're going to love LR2 once you use it a little. Keep in mind, LR doesn't "contain" your images, only a map to where the image is stored. You can't do a "save as" in LR. Go under the Edit menu to preferences and go to the "External Editing" tab. There you will set up how LR exports the image after you have edited the raw file. Set the file format to tiff and select the other parameters such as color space, etc. When you are ready to save the tiff file, go to the Export button at the bottom left side of the library module. The export dialog box lets you determine where the file will be stored.
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- Elida Gutierrez Contact Elida Gutierrez Elida Gutierrez's Gallery |
Hi Carlton, I have had LR for some months now and LOVE IT!!! Try this: File > Export > Export location, File name and File settings (here you can choose to save as TIFF. The only problem I have with LR is that my TIFF files when editing in PS it doesn't give me the option to save them in JPEG. Otherwise, it's great. I really LOVE IT!!!
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Debra Booth |
Elida, Are you exporting your files as 16 bits? If so, try changing them to 8 bits before you try to save as JPEG: Image > Mode > 8 Bits/Channel That always does the trick for me.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Thanks everyone. I am still getting used to the layout and the way Lightroom works but it seems pretty cool so far. I am just so used to Photoshop as I know where everything is and it will take a bit of using LR to get comfortable with it. Cheers, Carlton Editor's Note: FYI ... Lewis Kemper teaches the excellent Adobe Lightroom - A Comprehensive Look online course here at BetterPhoto.
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