Thanks, Moose. I actually searched for Lightroom for Dummies and got
some pretty good hits. I spent a couple of hours this afternoon looking
at videos, and have a lot more available.
Yes, Lightroom seems to enable the masses to load their masterpieces to
all the social media sites with no problems. You and Ken have confirmed
my suspicion that the rest of us need a "real" image to upload to our
chosen sites.
I like that hallway mirror because it allows me to keep my late wife
watching over my shoulder. :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 1/5/2017 6:37 PM, Moose wrote:
On 1/5/2017 10:22 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
OK, all of you gals and guys are using Lightroom, and it can convert
Fuji X-T2 RAF files, so I need to adapt. I downloaded the 7-day free
trial, and on my second day, I managed to convert an X-E1 RAF file
and post a jpeg image.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/January+Selfie.jpg.html
Not just a selfie. :-)
But, I did a lot of chasing my tail in trying to place images in the
Library, and post from there. That didn't seem to work, so I took a
devious route to place a "real" image in my normal folder, and posted
from there.
The LR library can work two ways. The way I, and I think most everyone
here (?) use it, all original files are left were they are. What are
kept in the Library are thumbnails and links to the real files.
It's also possible to move files into the library, in which case LR
moves them into it's own directories. But what's really stored in the
Library database is still thumbnails and links.
When you edit a file, yet a third sort of thing is created, and stored
in the directory with the unaltered original file. It's a list of what
you did, a 'sidecar' file, extension xmp. When you view the file again
later, LR reads the xmp file, applies it, and you see by default the
edited version, although you can then back up in what you did or go
all the way back to unedited. This is why they make a big deal about
non-destructive editing.
It also means that the edited file you are looking at is virtual, not
an actual file on the disk. In order to use it for other things, you
must Export it, which applies the edits and saves a new file to disk,
then use that external file to upload. I believe LR has links to the
major social media providers, for uploading without this step, but for
LUG, Zone-10, etc. the intermediate step is needed.
The Export dialog box allows all sorts of control over file type,
downsizing, post down sharpening, etc.
To make this example, I had to export JPEGs of both the default and
edited versions.
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Misc/_1000662.htm>
Looks like I messed up the overall WB, but a sure don't claim to be
good at LR, nor care to be.
Has any one got a link to a Lightroom tutorial for Dummies?
But you aren't a Dummy. You want the tutorials for smart people who
don't know LR as yet. :-)
L. R. ish Moose
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