Comments on: Q&A - Is Lightroom Destructive to JPEGs? http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/ Photoshop Lightroom News, Tips, Tutorials, Videos and more. Simplify Photography from shoot to finish. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jeff http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-66267 Jeff Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-66267 I export my photos from LR 1.3 as jpgs and they always look different from the way they look in lightroom. The images turn flat and look under exposed or muddy looking. This sucks since the enhancements in LR make them look great. It's like LR isn't applying the changes before it exports them. How can I get the exported images to look the way they do in LR? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated, thanks. I export my photos from LR 1.3 as jpgs and they always look different from the way they look in lightroom. The images turn flat and look under exposed or muddy looking. This sucks since the enhancements in LR make them look great. It’s like LR isn’t applying the changes before it exports them. How can I get the exported images to look the way they do in LR? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

]]> By: Ron McDermott http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-66083 Ron McDermott Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:16:19 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-66083 Excellent advice. I have been using this method to clean up my wife's jpg's (no small operation). As an added refinement, I work on Pro Photo colour space and 16 bit. When I export I set srgb jpg 60%. As a consequence, even major chances do not cause any banding - the histogram for the jpg shows no gaps! Any comments? Excellent advice. I have been using this method to clean up my wife’s jpg’s (no small operation). As an added refinement, I work on Pro Photo colour space and 16 bit. When I export I set srgb jpg 60%. As a consequence, even major chances do not cause any banding - the histogram for the jpg shows no gaps!
Any comments?

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-64152 Jonathan Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:58:56 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-64152 I second Ken's question from June 6th, 2008. Is there a way to export a batch of unedited photos without re encoding them? If I haven't made any adjustments (other than the embedded IPTC info), I'd like the originals exported. To repeat his scenario: I have 100 photos and made adjustments to 50. Export the 50 photos with their changes and the original files for the un-retouched 50. I second Ken’s question from June 6th, 2008.

Is there a way to export a batch of unedited photos without re encoding them? If I haven’t made any adjustments (other than the embedded IPTC info), I’d like the originals exported.

To repeat his scenario:
I have 100 photos and made adjustments to 50.
Export the 50 photos with their changes and the original files for the un-retouched 50.

]]> By: Char http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-64103 Char Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:45:35 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-64103 Help ! Hope someone has a n answer, Processing raw files in LR2 after sorting , editing I batch process to convert to jpg without deleting the raw files. I store the raw & jpg in separate locations. Here's the problem. After exporting to jpg the files are not being sorted in the correct order that I have put them It sorts the photographs by file number. I shoot weddings with two cameras and use LR to put the wedding in chronological order . Very frustrating after hours of work to be undone when converting..Any suggestions? Thanks! Help ! Hope someone has a n answer, Processing raw files in LR2 after sorting , editing I batch process to convert to jpg without deleting the raw files. I store the raw & jpg in separate locations. Here’s the problem. After exporting to jpg the files are not being sorted in the correct order that I have put them It sorts the photographs by file number. I shoot weddings with two cameras and use LR to put the wedding in chronological order . Very frustrating after hours of work to be undone when converting..Any suggestions?
Thanks!

]]> By: KC http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-63091 KC Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:12:27 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-63091 Good to know. What do you recommend for image quality and size for the processed JPEG for the best results? Good to know. What do you recommend for image quality and size for the processed JPEG for the best results?

]]> By: Don Kim http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-57244 Don Kim Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:37 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-57244 I've also noticed that Lightroom modifies the date taken time on my original jpg. I upload to a service that extracts that date and displays my photos in the order I took them (a bit of a shameless plug: that service is www.twango.com, which became share.ovi.com after we were acquired by Nokia). I will take Jeff's suggestion above and make the pictures read-only from now on. Has anyone found out a way to save the edits I make in Lightroom to the original jpg, while retaining the metadata? (of course, this is a bit paradoxical with my statement above about making my pictures read-only...) Or is there a way to copy the metadata from the original jpg into a jpg I export with the changes applied? Thanks! I’ve also noticed that Lightroom modifies the date taken time on my original jpg. I upload to a service that extracts that date and displays my photos in the order I took them (a bit of a shameless plug: that service is http://www.twango.com, which became share.ovi.com after we were acquired by Nokia). I will take Jeff’s suggestion above and make the pictures read-only from now on.

Has anyone found out a way to save the edits I make in Lightroom to the original jpg, while retaining the metadata? (of course, this is a bit paradoxical with my statement above about making my pictures read-only…)

Or is there a way to copy the metadata from the original jpg into a jpg I export with the changes applied?

Thanks!

]]> By: Ken http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-50921 Ken Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:21:35 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-50921 A feature were Lightroom wouldn't alter JPEGs that have not been editted during the export process. For example: 1. I take 100 Photos 2. I apply edits to 50 of the photos, the other 50 look fine as is. 3. I want to export all the photos to a new folder with new names based on the event. 4. Of course my altered JPEGs will need to be reprocessed and resaved with varying degrees of JPEG compression. But the photos that were not altered I'd simply like copied to the new folder with in sequence filenames and any altered metadata. Maybe an option in the export to "Copy unaltered photos to new file without recompressing" Or maybe there is a way to do this already that I don't know about. A feature were Lightroom wouldn’t alter JPEGs that have not been editted during the export process. For example:
1. I take 100 Photos
2. I apply edits to 50 of the photos, the other 50 look fine as is.
3. I want to export all the photos to a new folder with new names based on the event.
4. Of course my altered JPEGs will need to be reprocessed and resaved with varying degrees of JPEG compression. But the photos that were not altered I’d simply like copied to the new folder with in sequence filenames and any altered metadata.

Maybe an option in the export to “Copy unaltered photos to new file without recompressing”

Or maybe there is a way to do this already that I don’t know about.

]]> By: Ale http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-42178 Ale Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-42178 Hi!, exist any possibility of keep the original JPG file + XMP of the changes in the same folder like RAWs? I know that can make this with RAWs but this don´t happen with JPGs. I like keep in the backup the original JPG + XMP. Any idea or tip? Thanks!!! Hi!, exist any possibility of keep the original JPG file + XMP of the changes in the same folder like RAWs? I know that can make this with RAWs but this don´t happen with JPGs. I like keep in the backup the original JPG + XMP. Any idea or tip? Thanks!!!

]]> By: Brock http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-35890 Brock Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:31:43 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-35890 DITTO this, I would like to save the new edit as the original Hi, I use Lightroom to manage my photos on my notebook, but i’d love for the changes to actually be saved to the original JPG’s as i share my library with with wife’s PC along with my Media Center… is there a way that this can be done? Thanks DITTO this, I would like to save the new edit as the original
Hi,
I use Lightroom to manage my photos on my notebook, but i’d love for the changes to actually be saved to the original JPG’s as i share my library with with wife’s PC along with my Media Center… is there a way that this can be done?
Thanks

]]> By: Judy http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-34114 Judy Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:21:10 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/qa-is-lightroom-destructive-to-jpegs/#comment-34114 Sweet! Just found this site today (just downloaded a trial of Lightroom today!) and I love it! So helpful, thank you! Sweet! Just found this site today (just downloaded a trial of Lightroom today!) and I love it! So helpful, thank you!

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