Got it and a question or three...

[ophyls]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

Hi all,

Just got back to Singapore with my chrome M9P and new 35mm and 50mm F1.4 summiluxes...the pictures I have taken are very different compared to my Ricoh GRDIII and Sony alpha55....they pop! Getting used to the rangefinder now and avoiding nose grease on the screen

 

1. LR3 is a complex thingy and despite my having gone through a few online tutorials and T Overgaards brilliant info, I still am not sure about several things, eg the import process (eg sometimes the new pictures from ny SD card autoimport and sometimes they don't), where they actually go and really what is the most efficient workflow for managing these files and exporting them.

 

2. Having stumbled through 'Develop' and exporting the modified image to a folder on my desktop as a JPEG, I find that when I enlarge this JPEG image, it pixellates badly and does no credit to the photo...whereas if I view and enlarge the image within LR3, the image is brilliant with zero pixellation. What am I doing wrong? (I exported at 90% quality)

 

Thanks for input

 

Overall, having got it for just a few days, I am thrilled by this new photographic setup; even the wife is thrilled and we are enjoying it throroughly...there are posts which ask if all this is worth the money? In a word, absolutely...it is truly a different visual world and worth every penny...

[Jeff S]

Since your questions are about LR rather than the M9, you might get better feedback in the Digital Post Processing Forum section (and the mods might move this post there anyway).

 

I suggest you get a copy of Scott Kelby's LR3 book (and, as I always say, ignore the bad jokes). It will answer all of your questions, and more that you haven't yet thought about, plus provide a wealth of tips.

 

Jeff

[Shade]

I think despite you did a 90% quality conversion, the size may be downsized (in pixel length and width). Go double check your settings.

[hx911]

I second the suggestion to get scott kelbys book - I just downloaded it (amazon / kindle on ipad) and it gives you a good starting point.

 

Re the pixelation - you may have 90% wuality for the Jpeg, put what did you set the size for?

I use 'fit in 1024' for emails usually.

have a look at all the settings, something may be ticked (enabled) without you being aware

[Marquinius]

The other question is really a "file management" thing. My workflow is rather different than what most do with LR.

 

1) set up a directory structure of your liking (I run a main directory on one hard disk and a full copy on another)

 

2) import photos straight to that (sub) directory

 

3) open LR and import without copying (so it will set up it's database related to your directory)

 

Oh ... and jpegs? Try DNG + jpg for a setup: Lightroom will import the DNG's and with some really simple twists, you'll get MUCH better photos and will have NO pixelation.

 

Oh2: yes, buy the book. I've been on post processing now for about two years (before that I just let the software do it's trick and thought things were wonderful) and the results are fantastic. But you can only achieve better results if you work at it. There is no short cut.