Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Along the left side of the Export dialog,
Adobe put some Export presets, which are
basically designed to keep you from having
to fill out this entire dialog every time from
scratch. It ships with a few presets from
Adobe, but the real power of this is when
you create your own (those will appear
under the User Presets header). The built-
in Lightroom Presets are at least a good
starting place to build your own, so for now
click on Burn Full-Sized JPEGs, and it fills in
some typical settings someone might use to
export their photos as JPEGs and burn them
to a disc. However, we'll customize these
settings so our files are exported where and
how we want them, then we'll save our
custom settings as a preset, so we don't
have to go through all this every time.
If, instead of burning these images to disc,
you just want to save these JPEGs in a folder
on your computer, go to the top of the
dialog, and from the Export To pop-up
menu, choose
Hard Drive
, shown circled
here in red.
Step Four:
Let's start at the top of the dialog: First, you
need to tell Lightroom where to save these
files in the Export Location section. If you
click on the Export To pop-up menu (as
shown here, at top), it brings up a list of
likely places you might choose to save your
file. The second choice (Choose Folder Later)
is great if you're making presets, because it
lets you choose the folder as you go. If you
want to choose a folder that's not in this list,
choose Specific Folder, then click the Choose
button to navigate to the folder you want.
You also have the option of saving them into
a separate subfolder, like I did here, at the
bottom. So, now my images will appear in a
folder named “Rolling Stones Shirt” on my
desktop. If you want these exported JPEGs
added into Lightroom, turn on the Add to
This Catalog checkbox.
Choose where to save your exported images from the Export To pop-up menu
Turn on the Put in Subfolder checkbox to save your images in a separate subfolder
Continued
