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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 460974" data-attributes="member: 4923">Hi all. I pretty much never make prints. My experience is limited to uploading to Walmart. I want to try Nations Photo Lab. My end of the year goal is to get some nice prints on the walls. Near-term I need some 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 in a few weeks. Walmart would be fine for this upcoming need, but is a good opportunity to learn how to use a real lab. I have no idea where to start with Lightroom in preparing for Nations or any quality shop. I was thinking crop pictures to appropriate print size and export full quality jpg. Do I need to do this for each size print or will there be a tool for that as I go through the ordering process? Or should I be learning how to use the Lightroom print module rather than exporting? Again, I have no clue.Any tips or links to get me started is appreciated. I have some adobe print module tutorials lined up to watch, but if you guys could point me toward a work process, I could concentrate my learning in that direction. Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 460974, member: 4923"] Hi all. I pretty much never make prints. My experience is limited to uploading to Walmart. I want to try Nations Photo Lab. My end of the year goal is to get some nice prints on the walls. Near-term I need some 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 in a few weeks. Walmart would be fine for this upcoming need, but is a good opportunity to learn how to use a real lab. I have no idea where to start with Lightroom in preparing for Nations or any quality shop. I was thinking crop pictures to appropriate print size and export full quality jpg. Do I need to do this for each size print or will there be a tool for that as I go through the ordering process? Or should I be learning how to use the Lightroom print module rather than exporting? Again, I have no clue. Any tips or links to get me started is appreciated. I have some adobe print module tutorials lined up to watch, but if you guys could point me toward a work process, I could concentrate my learning in that direction. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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