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LIGHTROOM 3 HELP - PAYPAL

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messplay
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I will paypal $10 (not kidding) to whoever can take some time whether it's PM or IMing on something else to help me understand the "exporting" situation i am having.

**i upload a picture i took from my camera today...put it in specific folder on my hard drive, open up lightroom, edit the photo but when i save it or "export" it, it is not overwriting the original in that folder, it looks just like how i took it on the camera!! and i do NOT want duplicates, if i edit a photo and save it, i want it to be THAT and ONLY THAT photo**

i've watched many tutorials online and through adobephotoshopper.com and for some reason it's not working..

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

this is not a joke, i promise.

i use a MAC by the way.

talk to ya'll tomorrow, sl-_-p time.
Aug 31 2010 2:15AM
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.jr
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Im using LR2 so it may be different, but if, and I DONT recommend it, you want to overwrite the picture, couldnt you just export > (under export location - first tab) export to: change to "same folder as original" > existing files: change to "overwrite without warning"

That should work..
Aug 31 2010 2:56AM
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DrZoidberg
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Yeah if your shooting digital you should keep originals straight from the camera and edited copies. Then if you ever want a re-edit or a full res copy (if you resize the edits) you'll have it.
Aug 31 2010 10:18AM
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Brock.
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get an external 1tb

it will put your worrying mind at ease
Aug 31 2010 10:35AM
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messplay
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yeah I do that...
Aug 31 2010 12:09PM
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eheath
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Delete the originals? You should keep your originals anyway...
Aug 31 2010 12:14PM
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followCam
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Well an easy solution would be to save the photo in a folder, find the original and delete it.
Although i would never delete the original...thats a bad idea.
Aug 31 2010 12:43PM
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messplay
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i think i just figured it out, thanks guys..

and as far as keeping the original i'll mess around with that in the future, but i have another question regarding "exporting"

should i always save them as jpg's or is there any better clarity/sharpness with the TIFF/DNG format...

Thanks
Aug 31 2010 2:48PM
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followCam
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with jpegs it is a lossy compression format, so compresses the file size which does lose some detail etc but not a really noticable amount. TIFF gives a huge file size and is usually used for people sending images to fashion mags etc. where they need reallly high quality images and i think further editing can be done as layers arent compressed (might be talking bullshit, someone help?)

So I'd say you'd be best to stick with JPEG.
Sep 1 2010 12:18PM
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followCam
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with jpegs it is a lossy compression format, so compresses the file size which does lose some detail etc but not a really noticable amount. TIFF gives a huge file size and is usually used for people sending images to fashion mags etc. where they need reallly high quality images and i think further editing can be done as layers arent compressed (might be talking bullshit, someone help?)

So I'd say you'd be best to stick with JPEG.
Sep 1 2010 12:18PM
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messplay
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need to bump this...

importing some photos and after i do some 'post' i "Export" them and in my "Export" settings i have the following...

Export to Specific File
Existing File: OVERWRITE WITHOUT WARNING
 and thats it..everything else is not checked or messed with..

so then i export it, thinking it will overwrite the original, but when i open up Finder and go to THAT folder to view the pic, the ORIGINAL is still there! wtf?

so i go into LR again and Export it, but this time i check the box to "Rename file" and have it same name as the original, only i have it add a "-2" to the .jpg filename..

is there ANYWAY to make it so i dont have to do that every fucking time, since i DONT want the original sometimes, if they are reallllly shitty before 'post'

Sep 10 2010 12:41AM
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.jr
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If they are shitty before post, they are shitty after post. Stop deleting the originals.
Sep 10 2010 1:22AM
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