Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Next is the pop-up menu for Print
Sharpening. What you do here is tell
Lightroom which type of paper you'll be
printing on (Matte or Glossy), and which
level of sharpening you'd like applied
(Low, Standard, or High). Lightroom looks
at your choices (including resolution) and
comes up with the optimum amount and
type of sharpening to match your choices.
So, start there (I apply this print sharpening
to every photo I print or save as a JPEG). If
you don't want this output sharpening ap-
plied to your exported JPEG, just turn off
the Print Sharpening checkbox.
Step Four:
You've got a couple more choices to
make before we're done. Next, is JPEG
Quality (I usually use 80, because I think
it gives a good balance between quality
and compression of the file size, but you
can choose anything you want, up to 100).
Below that is the Custom File Dimensions
section. If you leave the checkbox turned
off, it will just use whatever page size you
had chosen in the Page Setup dialog
(in this case, it was an 11x8.5" letter-
sized page). If you want to change the
size of your JPEG, turn on the Custom File
Dimensions checkbox, then move your
cursor over the size fields and use the
scrubby slider (shown here) to change
sizes. Lastly, you set your Color Management
Profile (many labs require that you use sRGB
as your profile, so ask your lab). If you want
a custom color profile, go back to the last
tutorial for info on how to find those, and
you can find info on the Rendering Intent
setting there, too. Now just click the Print
to File button at the bottom of the right
side Panels area to save your file.
