Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Export Plugin

[jaywilliams+]

Correct, the color space is locked to 8 bits/sRGB, as all images that will be displayed for the web should be in this format. If you save your images in another color space or bit depth, the photos will render improperly on every browser with the exception of Apple's Safari.

DPI is unimportant for images on the web, as a web browser simply displays the pixels as they are saved. DPI is only important when you are preparing a file for printing.

I hope that helps.

[settecplus]

Originally Posted by jaywilliams

Correct, the color space is locked to 8 bits/sRGB, as all images that will be displayed for the web should be in this format.

I see... I think my problem is more Lightroom-related than PP-related, so I'm not gonna hijack your thread with that I mean, there is a big difference between the Image I see in lightroom, and the one I see on the web, and I'm using a calibrated monitor...

Originally Posted by jaywilliams

DPI is unimportant for images on the web, as a web browser simply displays the pixels as they are saved.

You're right, but I don't see the need to distribute a 240DPI image to the public if not necessary

Thank you once again

[jaywilliams+]

Originally Posted by settecplus

I mean, there is a big difference between the Image I see in lightroom, and the one I see on the web, and I'm using a calibrated monitor...

If you export your photos, as set in the Pixelpost Plugin, on sRGB as preset, they should look the same as they do in Lightroom. If there is a BIG difference, something is wrong with your color profiles or the way you are saving your photos.

(If you have any screenshots/samples you could show, it would be appreciated.)

Originally Posted by settecplus

You're right, but I don't see the need to distribute a 240DPI image to the public if not necessary

Well, as I stated before, DPI is a non issue for the web. You can export a photo in Lghtroom that is only 100x100 pixels and set the DPI to 1,000. That doesn't make the photo any more detailed or increase the file size. DPI is simply a setting that is saved in the JPG file. It has nothing to do with the actual resolution of the photo (Pixels), and is only useful when working with an application that understands DPI. Web browsers do not understand DPI, and therefore ignore any DPI settings that may or may not be saved in the photo.

Hopefully I've stated it clearly enough. DPI is a setting for printing, not for the web.

I hope that clears things up a bit.

[emotionslos]

So a quick tip for all of you Mac users:

You can rename the .lrdevplugin folder to .lrplugin
After renaming there is only the need to doubleclick on it and Lightroom installs the plugin in the "Modules" folder for you.




Oh and BTW i love this plugin! Thanks!

[jaywilliams+]

Thanks emotionslos!

That's a great tip!
I'll be sure to do that for future versions.

[settecplus]

Originally Posted by jaywilliams

Hopefully I've stated it clearly enough. DPI is a setting for printing, not for the web.
I hope that clears things up a bit.

Sorry, I was not trying to be... pedant I have a pretty decent comprehension of the meaning of the DPI-thing, so what I was saying is a different thing. I can see your point, nonetheless.

About the difference between the image in lightroom and in the browser, well, there is. It's not a big difference, but indeed is there. Since I'm a newbie lightroom user, and have the chance to test it just on a friend's pc, maybe it's just my fault

Time to sto the thread hijack.
Thank you once again for the tool, indeed a useful one

[jaywilliams+]

Originally Posted by settecplus

About the difference between the image in lightroom and in the browser, well, there is. It's not a big difference, but indeed is there. Since I'm a newbie lightroom user, and have the chance to test it just on a friend's pc, maybe it's just my fault

True, images will look different on un-calibrated screens. I'd recommend grabbing a copy of Parallels or VMWare Fusion. (They both have free trials) That way you can run Windows on your Mac and test out your site in IE on the same monitor. And chances are, the image should look exactly the same as it does in Lightroom.

Also, I'd recommend calibrating your monitor to Gamma 2.2, as the majority of the public uses this. Mac's ship with the Gamma set to 1.8, which is fine and good, until you start doing work that will be viewed on other operating systems, like Windows.

Hopefully this will help you with your quest for perfect images for the web.

[7aph0]

great plugin!

about the difference between the images...

my problem is that i'm shooting in adobergb ... the plugin unfortunately doesn't convert it to sRGB ....therefore a difference in the "normal browsers like firefox or ie".

is there a possiblilty to upgrade this option somehow? (in lightroom itself it is possible in the export menu.

thanks in advance

Niki

[jaywilliams+]

The plugin is setup to export the photos as 8-bit sRGB JPG images.

If you would like to enable the color spaces selection box, you can do that quite easily.

Open up the folder: pixelpost.lrdevplugin
Open up the file: PixelpostExportServiceProvider.lua
Go to Line #35
Add two hyphens "--" to the beginning of the line.

It should look like this:

	-- allowColorSpaces = { 'sRGB' },

Save the changes, and start up Lightroom.
You can now specify other color spaces, besides sRGB.
Although I don't recommend that you do.

[7aph0]

thx

unfortunaltely didn't solve my problem
http://www.grinst.org/pixelgallery/index.php?x=browse

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