Lightroom resize question

[erin1715]

Hi all,

I am trying to send a photo via email, so I'm exporting it to my hard drive first. The person I sent the photo to originally requested a higher resolution image. I've searched and following the instructions on how to resize upon export (dimensions), but when I export the photo it looks absolutely NO different! It's frustrating....

Any advice on what I'm doing wrong?

 

[photo_chick]

You've double checked the actual pixel dimensions on the file? And how much are you sizing down from your original?

 

[DoDaLeCa]

As mentioned check the actual pixel dimensions of the picture (or compare the file sizes).

Even if you have a larger pixel dimension picture your viewing program will down res it to fit on your computer monitor - you'd have to compare 100% views to see a difference if there are a different number of pixels between the two photos.

If maybe saving a JPEG then you might have kept the resolution (same number of pixels) but less compression for a higher quality picture. Thus the pixel dimensions will be the same (height x width) but the file size will be larger as more information about color/etc. will be kept in the JPEG. The added quality should be noted as less blocky color chunks or banding where there is a gradual change of tone (e.g. across a sky).

 

[SplashMo]

Your email program may be sending a smaller version of the file...