Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 597046" data-attributes="member: 9240">Remember, Lightroom is not a photo editor, per se, it is a catalog system with an integrated Develop module that allows for comprehensive and non-destructive edits to be defined and stored with an image, In other words, Lightroom, itself, does not apply changes directly to an image file until you either Export it or invoke an outside product (eg. Topaz, Nik, ON1, etc.).&nbsp; Resizing and resampling are done at those times via parameters available in the Export window or in the Preferences associated with the external editor you are using.&nbsp; When an image is sent to another editing program it creates a brand new file that will automatically be added to you Lr Catalog (you can choose to have it stacked with the previous file so you don't lose the connection). The downside to doing this work in Lr is that you cannot specifically preview the output of the export prior to seeing it, so if you are resizing and (particularly) applying sharpening there are likely more effective and tuneable programs (I've stopped exporting from Lr unless it's 1:1 as I have far more effective resizing and sharpening tools in Photoshop).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 597046, member: 9240"] Remember, Lightroom is [B]not a photo editor[/B], per se, it is a catalog system with an integrated Develop module that allows for comprehensive and non-destructive edits to be defined and stored with an image, In other words, Lightroom, itself, does not apply changes directly to an image file [I]until you either Export it or [/I][I]invoke an outside product (eg. Topaz, Nik, ON1, etc.)[/I]. Resizing and resampling are done at those times via parameters available in the Export window or in the Preferences associated with the external editor you are using. When an image is sent to another editing program it creates a [U]brand new file[/U] that will automatically be added to you Lr Catalog (you can choose to have it stacked with the previous file so you don't lose the connection). The downside to doing this work in Lr is that you cannot specifically preview the output of the export prior to seeing it, so if you are resizing and (particularly) applying sharpening there are likely more effective and tuneable programs (I've stopped exporting from Lr unless it's 1:1 as I have far more effective resizing and sharpening tools in Photoshop). [/QUOTE]

Verification