The following screen-shots are from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic for the Apple Macintosh. Your version may differ, but the functions are the same.
If you need a refresher on Importing your images into Lightroom, check out the tutorial video below.
Lightroom – Importing Your Images (Links to an external site.)
Once you have your images imported and selected, you will follow these instructions to ensure your file is formatted correctly and ready for upload.
This page follows the sequence of steps as they are presented in Lightroom.
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- Start by viewing Lightroom in the Develop or Library module.
- Select your image(s)
- Go to the Export Menu (FILE>EXPORT)
- Start by viewing Lightroom in the Develop or Library module.
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- You will see the export dialogue box
- You will see the export dialogue box
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- Select the desired folder you wish to export to
- Select the desired folder you wish to export to
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- Rename the file according to the assignment requirements
(usually the first initial and last name with a sequence number or description)
- Rename the file according to the assignment requirements
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- File Settings
- Image Format: JPEG
- Color Space: AdobeRGB (1998)
- Quality: 80
- Do Not Limit File Size
- File Settings
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- Image Sizing
- Resize to fit LONG EDGE
- 5500 pixels (Unless specified otherwise)
- 72 pixels per inch
- Image Sizing
- Output Sharpening
- Sharpen for Screen: Standard
- Include All Metadata:
- Do not Remove location Info
- Do not write Keywords as Lightroom Hierarchy
- No Watermark
- Do nothing After Export
Click “Export”. You should now have a new, file ready for upload.
