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I don't use the direct Merge to Panorama
in Photoshop command in Lightroom 3.
Instead, I go to the Export dialog and
use the For E-mail preset to export the
files as small, low-resolution JPEGs, with
a low Quality setting. Then, once they're
exported, I open them in Photoshop, run
the Photomerge feature, and because
they're small, low-res files, they stitch
together in just a couple of minutes.
That way, I can see if it's going to be a
good-looking pano (one worth waiting
20 or 30 minutes to stitch at high resolu-
tion). If it does look good, that's when
I use the
Merge to Panorama in Photo-
shop
feature in the Photo menu in the
Library and Develop modules, which
sends over the full-size, full-resolution,
full-quality images. Then I go get a cup
of coffee. And maybe a sandwich.
someone, or that photo is going to be
posted on a webpage, make sure you set
your color space to sRGB in the File Set-
tings section of the Export dialog.
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Installing Export Plug-Ins
in Lightroom 3
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No XMP with DNG Files
Although Adobe introduced Export
plug-ins back in Lightroom 1.3, they've
made the process of installing them
much easier since then. Just go under
the File menu and choose
Plug-in
Manager
. When the dialog appears,
click the Add button below the left
column to add your Export plug-in
(I told you it was easier).
If you convert your RAW image to DNG
format before you export your original
(go under the Library menu and choose
Convert Photo to DNG
), your changes
are embedded in the file, so you don't
need an XMP file at all. There's more
about DNG format in Chapter 1.
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Exporting Directly to a
Photo-Sharing Website
▼ Ye s, Yo u S h a r p e n Tw i ce
I get asked this question all the time,
because, by default, Lightroom adds
sharpening to your RAW photos. So,
do you sharpen again when you export
the photos? Absolutely!
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Creating Flickr Photosets
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Making Your Files Look Right
on Somebody Else's Computer
In this chapter, we talked about how
you can publish images directly from
Lightroom to Flickr.com, but there are
now Export plug-ins available for most
of the major photo-sharing sites (includ-
ing Smugmug, Picasa Web Albums, and
a dozen others) on Adobe's Exchange
site. Click on the + (plus sign) but-
ton at the top of the Publish Services
panel and choose
Find More Plug-ins
Online
from the pop-up menu.
If you want your published images to
appear in their own Flickr Photoset or
Smart Photoset, click on the + (plus sign)
button on the right side of the Publish
Services panel header and, in the pop-
up menu, you'll see a Flickr section
where you can choose
Create Photoset
or
Create Smart Photoset
. Choose one
and it adds it underneath your Flickr
collection, so you can drag-and-drop to
publish to those sets directly.
I get emails from people all the time
who have exported their photos as
JPEGs, emailed them to somebody,
and when they see them on the other
person's machine, they're shocked to
find out the photos don't look anything
like they did on their computer (they're
washed out, dull looking, etc.). It's a color
space problem, and that's why I recom-
mend that if you're emailing photos to
