Export file settings
When you export your photos as JPEG, PSD, TIFF, or DNG specify the settings for saving the files in the Export dialog box. The option to export as original makes a copy of your images in their original format in the destination directory and requires no settings. If the original file was in a camera specific RAW format, a XMP file will also be exported containing keywords and information on edits performed in Lightroom.
JPEG export options
Quality Specifies the amount of compression. JPEG uses lossy compression, discarding data to make a file smaller. Drag the Quality slider or enter a value between 0 and 100 in the Quality box.
Color Space Converts the photos to sRGB, AdobeRGB, or ProPhoto RGB color space and tags the photos with the color profile.
Resize to Fit Sets a maximum size for the width or height of your photos, which determines how many pixels the photos have and specifies the fineness of detail in the exported images. Select the option and then specify which edges to resize to in inches, centimeters, or pixels. Check Don't Enlarge to prevent Lightroom from enlarging your photo in any dimension.
Resolution Sets metadata within the exported photos which describe how large the photos should appear at a given resolution.
Add Copyright Watermark Adds a copyright watermark if a copyright tag is present in the IPTC metadata.
Minimize Embedded Metadata Includes only copyright metadata fields in the exported photo.
Write Keywords As Lightroom Hierarchy Uses the pipe character ( | ) to indicate parent/child relationships (such as "Names|Maria") in the metadata fields.
PSD export options
Color Space Converts the photos to sRGB, AdobeRGB or ProPhoto RGB color space and tags the photos with the color profile.
Bit Depth Saves the image with a bit depth of 8 or 16 bits per channel.
Resize to Fit Sets a maximum size for the width or height of your photos, which determines how many pixels the photos have and specifies the fineness of detail in the exported images. Select the option and then specify which edges to resize to in inches, centimeters, or pixels. Check Don't Enlarge to prevent Lightroom from enlarging your photo in any dimension.
Resolution Sets metadata within the exported photos, which describes how large the photos should appear at a given resolution.
Add Copyright Watermark Adds a copyright watermark if a copyright tag is present in the IPTC metadata.
Minimize Embedded Metadata Includes only copyright metadata fields in the exported photo.
Write Keywords As Lightroom Hierarchy Uses the pipe character ( | ) to indicate parent/child relationships (such as "Names|Maria") in the metadata fields.
TIFF export options
Compression Specifies ZIP compression or no compression. ZIP is a lossless compression that PDF and TIFF files support. ZIP compression is most effective for images that contain large areas of single color.
Color Space Converts the photos to sRGB, AdobeRGB, or ProPhoto RGB color space and tags the photos with the color profile.
Bit Depth Saves the image with a bit depth of 8 or 16 bits per channel.
Resize to Fit Sets a maximum size for the width or height of your photos, which determines how many pixels the photos have and specifies the fineness of detail in the exported images. Select the option and then specify which edges to resize to in inches, centimeters, or pixels. Check Don't Enlarge to prevent Lightroom from enlarging your photo in any dimension.
Resolution Sets metadata within the exported photo, which describes how large the photos should appear at a given resolution.
Add Copyright Watermark Adds a copyright watermark if a copyright tag is present in the IPTC metadata.
Minimize Embedded Metadata Includes only copyright metadata fields in the exported photo.
Write Keywords As Lightroom Hierarchy Uses the pipe character ( | ) to indicate parent/child relationships (such as "Names|Maria") in the metadata fields.
DNG (digital negative) export options
File Extension Choose the .dng or .DNG file extension.
JPEG Preview Choose whether the exported JPEG preview is full sized, medium sized, or not created.
Image Conversion Method Choose Preserve Raw Image to match the default settings of the raw image. Choose Convert To Linear Image to store the image data in an interpolated (demosaiced) format. The resulting image can be interpreted by other software even if that software doesn't have a profile for the digital camera that captured the image.
Compressed (lossless) Uses lossless compression, meaning that no information is lost while reducing the file size.
Embed Original Raw File Stores all of the original camera raw data in the DNG file.
Write Keywords As Lightroom Hierarchy Uses the pipe character ( | ) to indicate parent/child relationships (such as "Names|Maria") in the metadata fields.
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