I am totally unable to email images images from lightroom classic. Do you know if the recent upgrades in lightroom classic has changed the export process from lightroom classic.
Forest, there are a lot of LrC Export videos out there and it's funny, they all are somewhat similar but still not the same. Your video (out of all the one I mentioned) is the only one that makes any sense. Less confusion is good! I appreciate your efforts. ✌
Thank you very much. I enjoy very much your videos they are so helpful, I was shying away of posting to Instagram, it seemed so complicated to me that I didn’t bother. Thank you again you videos are awesome.
I do watch TH-cam, but not like a crazy person. But just wanted to say you've got a really great way of talking/explaining a subject. Will definitely watch some more of your videos. Thanks
Thanks. Super tedious that you can’t upload directly via an export api. Having to send the export to a phone and do it from there is a pain to the workflow.
Thanks for the guide. A bit longer than needed I guess, but you used that time to explain in great detail why to do X or why you did Y that way, rather than showing how great Skillshare is and how the 200 first to sign-up will get a discount. :D
Excellent, thanx. Now, I am confused about deleting exports. I always export to usb and send to wherever it needs to go from the usb. But do I understand it right that I have to remove the exported copy from LRC or computer? If so, where and how? Thank you for your time. Gratz from The Netherlands.
Exports are always copies of the original images in Lightroom. You can always delete the exports from your USB drive once you've done what you are going to do with them. If you ever need them again, just re-export.
So very helpful. Thank you! One question: will those custom settings be saved in the catalog? Or will I have to do that again, when I change my laptop and install LRC new.
Man, that was so helpful. Thank you so much. All of my photos have been so bad by letting IG do the cropping for me. But I do have a question tho. Do I apply this setting to every photo or can I apply it to multiple export?
Thanks for this video. I have seen your Ultimate Guide to export also. Both are super helpful. I have a question : I shoot in raw. Exported one file as Jpeg, gave a fancy name to it and sent it to a competition. Now, after few months, they want to see the original raw file. I am unable to decide which was the raw file from which I got this jpeg. Any tips for me to avoid such mistakes in future?
I have a question about maximizing the image as you did before exporting; I'm a little confused, I can do this will all of the different crops you mention in the videos? Thank you!
Thank you for this video! Question...I've never cropped the image before exporting so that I keep the image looking like I did after doing all my editing. I then export with a JPG setting of Long edge at 2048px. Thoughts on this?
As long as every image you're exporting is the same orientation you can use that. I exported a bunch of 4 x 5 vertical images yesterday using short edge 1080. If you exported a mixture of both landscape and vertical images the landscape images would be the wrong size. (assuming you're still using short edge 1080. vice versa with long edge 1080)
Sorry to be dense, but how does one "upload" from Lrc to Instagram after one has made the settings you recommend? How does one "upload" the Exported File to Instagram? I would like to "upload" from my MacBook Pro laptop.
Is there any reason that , the image gets blurred a little bit after I export from Lightroom compared to the raw image? It’s as if the quality goes down.
So if I don’t want to crop my edited image for Instagram to 1.91:1 or 4:5 because my main objective is to edit it the way I like it to look for a print then what are my choices? Do I make a virtual copy of the original RAW before I start editing so I have 2 versions or can I go back to my very first edit being the crop and change it without undoing all the after crop edits? Struggling with this and needing some advice. TY.
I guess you can do all your edits according to your print requirements and export as usual. Then go back to the develop module, crop it for Instagram and use the settings he suggested to export and that creates a separate file for Instagram.
Instagram should really allow posting of 2:3 vertical photos and allow for different aspect ratios within a carrousel post. Three by two is just the way to shoot
The only way to do that is by stretching the image which will make things look distorted. I don't recommend it. In the future, if you have an aspect ratio you need to fit to, shoot your images a bit wider than you need to leave room for cropping.
Why bother resizing for instagram manually when exporting from lightroom, instead of letting instagram do it automatically on any image size? Is it a matter of image quality?
Jpg 👎PNG 👍 With heavily processed images, with (for example) super aggressive curves for that matte look, jpg’s can sometimes get banding. Whereas, you can export the exact same image as a png, and then banding is fixed. Whilst Instagram does convert to jpg, on the way in, the png is read at a higher quality. ✌️
I thought you don't want them to compress your images so you should do it yourself. I've seen a lot of videos say that if your file size is too large, Instagram will compress it themselves and it might come out weird
@@DylanRotichWhat you’re referring to is compressing the image by resizing it. I still export in the correct dimensions. Jpg VS png is simply referring to the file format (or container). The biggest advantage of PNG over JPG is that the compression is lossless, meaning there is no loss in quality each time it is opened and saved again. (Without going into the full details, it is the way the compression tools read the ‘string’ or ‘code’ in the file’s image data by matching those longer sequences to accompanying short codes already in the data). PNG also handles detailed, high-contrast images well which is what I was originally referring to. So, by converting to JPG first, you’re essentially compressing your image as this process is ‘lossy’. Then, whilst Instagram won’t resize it if you’ve already done so, it still goes through Instagrams compression AI to lower the file size (not the image size) regardless. That is the biggest misconception when people think that Instagram won’t compress a correct size jpg. Simple not true. You can even test it yourself by changing your Insta settings to ‘save a copy’ of the uploaded image (post) to your camera roll. Then, use this saved/downloaded file from Insta, upload it again and repeat the process a couple of times and you watch the image quality become total mush (obviously delete the post each time so you’re not uploading the same image over and over to your feed 🤣). So, in conclusion, a jpg is compressed lossy twice when you upload it to Instagram, whereas a PNG is going in as a lossless file only being compressed once from Instagram when it converts it to jpg. I hope that explains it somewhat.
@@danfarmer_photo I have noticed this on FB. I've seen memes in my memories that I had shared from someone else. If I share it again it's usually degraded a little. I've seen images shared many times to the point that you can barely make out what's in the image. I always thought PNG was for using transparency until someone told me about uploading to social media this way. IG is moving more towards videos and away from pictures. I don't use my IG account to promote my pictures so it's not a major issue with me. A lot of people are going to Twitter to share their images. That's fine if you're building an unknown audience. I mainly share my pictures for friends.
How do you get images from Lightroom to Instagram. No one is telling this. They are all telling me the settings. How do I actually move them????????????????????
Hi Pete! To get them from Lightroom to Instagram, do everything this video says and export them onto your desktop, then you will have to get them somehow onto your mobile device or wherever you post from. I recommend either Google drive or emailing them to yourself and then download them onto that device. Then all you have to do is post! I hope that helps!
Easier to do this on Apple or windows. I have two powerful computers and decided which to do my workflow on… a M1 iMac with 16gb ram or a Gaming computer with 32GB ram and a 2070 graphics card. Thanks in advanced!
I don't know if this is true for Instagram but, someone told me if you export as a PNG to fb, their algorithm doesn't compress it as much as a jpg. Will Instagram accept a PNG file?
I haven't tried doing that, because I like to have full control of how my image is compressed. That being said, I quickly looked it up and some sources say yes you can upload a .png and it will just compress it for you.
If your video is on how to export from LrC to Instagram, why does you thumbnail indicate that it is from Lr to instagram? This whole naming thing is crazy, but for us viewers it would make thing easier if content creators stuck to the current adobe naming standards.
You are correct! Sorry about that. Here’s a blog article that I wrote that outlines the process for Lightroom (cloud): blog.rmsp.com/2023/02/07/exporting-for-instagram-with-lightroom-cloud-in-2023/
Well. I can safely say that my recommendations are probably different since I took them directly from the Instagram spec sheet (and not just from another creator). Many content creators just copy one another and there is a lot of misinformation out there on the topic.
Are there any other exporting videos you all are looking for?
best export settings for sending photos to a client!
I am totally unable to email images images from lightroom classic. Do you know if the recent upgrades in lightroom classic has changed the export process from lightroom classic.
Great video Forest, very clear and easy to understand and follow. Thanks
Thanks!
Forest, there are a lot of LrC Export videos out there and it's funny, they all are somewhat similar but still not the same. Your video (out of all the one I mentioned) is the only one that makes any sense. Less confusion is good! I appreciate your efforts. ✌
This was so helpful. Thank you for explaining this in the simplest terms!
You're very welcome!
Best video about this subject. My photos have never survived as well the instagram compression as after seeing this video.
You always have the best videos for stuff like this, well done!
Thank you very much. I enjoy very much your videos they are so helpful, I was shying away of posting to Instagram, it seemed so complicated to me that I didn’t bother. Thank you again you videos are awesome.
So glad to hear you like them! Thanks for watching!
Cheers mate makes more sense than most videos l’ve seen on subject
Thanks for this, i just purchased my camera and Im doing shots, I love it, thanks amigo!
Great to hear!
I do watch TH-cam, but not like a crazy person. But just wanted to say you've got a really great way of talking/explaining a subject. Will definitely watch some more of your videos. Thanks
That, good sir, was a very helpful video! Thanks for that.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant, just what I was looking for - thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks. Super tedious that you can’t upload directly via an export api. Having to send the export to a phone and do it from there is a pain to the workflow.
You can upload from any computer
browser
Really good, clear instructions. I found this super helpful, thanks!
Great to hear!
Great video!
Excellent video thank you for sharing .
Our pleasure!
Wow prefect explanation and very clear!! Thanks a lot mate!
You're welcome.
This video really helps me a lot. Thank you sir
You are most welcome
You are the best!
Thanks!
These videos deserve a lot more views!
Thanks really appreciate that!
Great video quality
Glad you enjoyed it!
SO useful!!!! Thank you
You're so welcome!
Great video! It was just what I needed
Amazing video, thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thank you. This was so helpful.
Glad to hear! Thank you for watching!
Thanks Forest! I’m looking forward to being with you all for the Summer Intensive.
We are looking forward to having you!
Thank you very much, very useful.
So helpful! Great explanation!
So glad!
Excellent.. thank you
You are welcome!
Thanks for the guide. A bit longer than needed I guess, but you used that time to explain in great detail why to do X or why you did Y that way, rather than showing how great Skillshare is and how the 200 first to sign-up will get a discount. :D
haha glad you liked it
Thank you for sharing :)
Thank you for watching!
Thanks so much for all your wealth of knowledge and sharing with us!!🥰🎉👍
You're welcome Carla!
Is there a way to export it directly? I saw there used to be a plug in.
Excellent, thanx. Now, I am confused about deleting exports. I always export to usb and send to wherever it needs to go from the usb. But do I understand it right that I have to remove the exported copy from LRC or computer? If so, where and how? Thank you for your time. Gratz from The Netherlands.
Exports are always copies of the original images in Lightroom. You can always delete the exports from your USB drive once you've done what you are going to do with them. If you ever need them again, just re-export.
This was so helpful, thank you!
I'm so glad!
I have been told to put 2160 for W on the image sizing area. Yours is 1080. Is 2160 okay?
So very helpful. Thank you!
One question: will those custom settings be saved in the catalog? Or will I have to do that again, when I change my laptop and install LRC new.
These settings should stay with your catalog.
Man, that was so helpful. Thank you so much. All of my photos have been so bad by letting IG do the cropping for me. But I do have a question tho. Do I apply this setting to every photo or can I apply it to multiple export?
Very well explained 👍
Thank you 🙂
Thanks for this video. I have seen your Ultimate Guide to export also. Both are super helpful. I have a question : I shoot in raw. Exported one file as Jpeg, gave a fancy name to it and sent it to a competition. Now, after few months, they want to see the original raw file. I am unable to decide which was the raw file from which I got this jpeg. Any tips for me to avoid such mistakes in future?
Great question and glad you found it helpful! I would just export as the same file name as when you imported the image!
Thank you, thank you very much!!
I have a question about maximizing the image as you did before exporting; I'm a little confused, I can do this will all of the different crops you mention in the videos? Thank you!
Thank you for this video! Question...I've never cropped the image before exporting so that I keep the image looking like I did after doing all my editing. I then export with a JPG setting of Long edge at 2048px. Thoughts on this?
That works, it's just relying on Instagram to do the downsizing from 2048px to 1080px. I'd trust Lightroom more than IG to do that properly.
thanks helped me a lot
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much,11 by 14 is acceptable for horizontal?
No sorry, the max horizontal for the Instagram feed is 9:16, so when you upload an 11:14 it will make you crop down to 9 on one end.
Would on the Image Sizing Section
Short edge of 1080 for Vertical and Long Edge of 1080 for Horizontal Work aswell?
As long as every image you're exporting is the same orientation you can use that. I exported a bunch of 4 x 5 vertical images yesterday using short edge 1080. If you exported a mixture of both landscape and vertical images the landscape images would be the wrong size. (assuming you're still using short edge 1080. vice versa with long edge 1080)
wud be cool if there was a vid with the normal lightroom, your vids are helpful
Sorry to be dense, but how does one "upload" from Lrc to Instagram after one has made the settings you recommend? How does one "upload" the Exported File to Instagram? I would like to "upload" from my MacBook Pro laptop.
Is there any reason that , the image gets blurred a little bit after I export from Lightroom compared to the raw image? It’s as if the quality goes down.
JPG compresses the file, so you're losing information, which means you get a lower quality image vs raw.
LightRoom Classic won’t let me resize images past 216 pixels wide. Does anyone know why this is happening to my images?
I think IG now lets you upload 16:9 feed post. Does this mean no need to crop horizontal photos to 1.91:1?
Not according to Instagram support: help.instagram.com/1631821640426723
@@forestchaput So if i upload a 16:9 photo it'll automatically crop to 1.91:1?
Thank you
So if I don’t want to crop my edited image for Instagram to 1.91:1 or 4:5 because my main objective is to edit it the way I like it to look for a print then what are my choices? Do I make a virtual copy of the original RAW before I start editing so I have 2 versions or can I go back to my very first edit being the crop and change it without undoing all the after crop edits? Struggling with this and needing some advice.
TY.
I guess you can do all your edits according to your print requirements and export as usual.
Then go back to the develop module, crop it for Instagram and use the settings he suggested to export and that creates a separate file for Instagram.
Instagram should really allow posting of 2:3 vertical photos and allow for different aspect ratios within a carrousel post. Three by two is just the way to shoot
I agree!
thanks!!!🙏
You're welcome!
How could I "fit" fit an image into the 4:5 ratio without cropping? I have run into cropping parts of an image I don't want to.
The only way to do that is by stretching the image which will make things look distorted. I don't recommend it. In the future, if you have an aspect ratio you need to fit to, shoot your images a bit wider than you need to leave room for cropping.
woah. I wasn't looking while this video started. you kind of sound like the good ole Peter Mckinnon hahaha. I thought it was his vid at first.
Hahaha! That’s awesome. Glad to hear it.
Is there no longer a plug-in in Lightroom to Facebook or Instagram?
I'm not sure about that actually. I've never been a huge fan of Lightroom Classic plugins.
Can I do this from the LR app?
Yep!
What about Facebook Ratios ???
Missing the part sending the file to Instagram from you Mac! 😢.
On iOS, I would use Airdrop. If you have Android you could use something like Google Drive or Dropbox.
Why bother resizing for instagram manually when exporting from lightroom, instead of letting instagram do it automatically on any image size? Is it a matter of image quality?
Jpg 👎PNG 👍
With heavily processed images, with (for example) super aggressive curves for that matte look, jpg’s can sometimes get banding. Whereas, you can export the exact same image as a png, and then banding is fixed. Whilst Instagram does convert to jpg, on the way in, the png is read at a higher quality. ✌️
@Daniel Farmer I think you may have answered a question I just asked about whether Instagram accepts PNG files.
I thought you don't want them to compress your images so you should do it yourself. I've seen a lot of videos say that if your file size is too large, Instagram will compress it themselves and it might come out weird
@@DylanRotichWhat you’re referring to is compressing the image by resizing it. I still export in the correct dimensions. Jpg VS png is simply referring to the file format (or container). The biggest advantage of PNG over JPG is that the compression is lossless, meaning there is no loss in quality each time it is opened and saved again. (Without going into the full details, it is the way the compression tools read the ‘string’ or ‘code’ in the file’s image data by matching those longer sequences to accompanying short codes already in the data). PNG also handles detailed, high-contrast images well which is what I was originally referring to.
So, by converting to JPG first, you’re essentially compressing your image as this process is ‘lossy’. Then, whilst Instagram won’t resize it if you’ve already done so, it still goes through Instagrams compression AI to lower the file size (not the image size) regardless.
That is the biggest misconception when people think that Instagram won’t compress a correct size jpg. Simple not true. You can even test it yourself by changing your Insta settings to ‘save a copy’ of the uploaded image (post) to your camera roll. Then, use this saved/downloaded file from Insta, upload it again and repeat the process a couple of times and you watch the image quality become total mush (obviously delete the post each time so you’re not uploading the same image over and over to your feed 🤣). So, in conclusion, a jpg is compressed lossy twice when you upload it to Instagram, whereas a PNG is going in as a lossless file only being compressed once from Instagram when it converts it to jpg. I hope that explains it somewhat.
what’s ur ig? I’m interested in seeing the improved quality when using this method
@@danfarmer_photo I have noticed this on FB. I've seen memes in my memories that I had shared from someone else. If I share it again it's usually degraded a little. I've seen images shared many times to the point that you can barely make out what's in the image. I always thought PNG was for using transparency until someone told me about uploading to social media this way. IG is moving more towards videos and away from pictures. I don't use my IG account to promote my pictures so it's not a major issue with me. A lot of people are going to Twitter to share their images. That's fine if you're building an unknown audience. I mainly share my pictures for friends.
Gold
Thank you!
I thought Srgb is the lowest quality....
It is! But it’s what all screens use so it makes images look correct when viewed on a screen vs. printed out professionally.
How do you get images from Lightroom to Instagram. No one is telling this. They are all telling me the settings.
How do I actually move them????????????????????
Hi Pete! To get them from Lightroom to Instagram, do everything this video says and export them onto your desktop, then you will have to get them somehow onto your mobile device or wherever you post from. I recommend either Google drive or emailing them to yourself and then download them onto that device. Then all you have to do is post! I hope that helps!
Easier to do this on Apple or windows. I have two powerful computers and decided which to do my workflow on… a M1 iMac with 16gb ram or a Gaming computer with 32GB ram and a 2070 graphics card. Thanks in advanced!
It shouldn't matter too much! Both of those machines should export very quickly.
I don't know if this is true for Instagram but, someone told me if you export as a PNG to fb, their algorithm doesn't compress it as much as a jpg. Will Instagram accept a PNG file?
I haven't tried doing that, because I like to have full control of how my image is compressed. That being said, I quickly looked it up and some sources say yes you can upload a .png and it will just compress it for you.
If your video is on how to export from LrC to Instagram, why does you thumbnail indicate that it is from Lr to instagram? This whole naming thing is crazy, but for us viewers it would make thing easier if content creators stuck to the current adobe naming standards.
You are correct! Sorry about that. Here’s a blog article that I wrote that outlines the process for Lightroom (cloud): blog.rmsp.com/2023/02/07/exporting-for-instagram-with-lightroom-cloud-in-2023/
@@forestchaput Great, thanks! I'll read your blog post tomorrow!
Watched 6 different content creators and saw 6 different settings...
How are we beginners supposed to know if y'all don't even seem to know 😒
Well. I can safely say that my recommendations are probably different since I took them directly from the Instagram spec sheet (and not just from another creator). Many content creators just copy one another and there is a lot of misinformation out there on the topic.
12 minutes for a 2 minute question ffs
But now you understand why, not just how!
ARRRGGHHHH. is there a tutorial that doesn't use classic????? ffs. get new programs
They’re harder to find since Classic has been around a lot longer.