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Prepping images for a blog post in lightroom 2
Step 1
Open lightroom
| Step 2
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| once in lightroom make sure you have “library” chosen on the menu in the upper right. |
Step 3
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| Pick the image you want to export. |
Step 4
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| in the top left of the screen click on “file”, then click on “Export” |
Step 5
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| an option box will popup. if it doesn’t already say “Files on disk” in the main box click on it and chose that option from the list. |
step 6
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| The first box below “Files on disk” will be “Export Location” use this to decide where you are going to save your images. click on “choose” in the lower right. |
Step 7
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| pick the main folder you want to use for your images |
step 8
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| check the option for “Put in SubFolder” |
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| Put a name related to the Blog post you are working on in the box. you can name it anything you want but i find it easier to use a folder name related to the post im working on. this also helps when you are looking for an image you used in the past. |
step 10
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| The next piece is to scroll down until you come to the section labeled “Image Sizing”. check the box for “Resize to Fit” |
step 11
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| make sure “Width & Height” is selected. with this set Lightroom will automatically resize the image so that neither width or height are above the size you set. this is great for when you have images that are not square it will resize height or width to make the image the correct size, also retaining the aspect ratio. |
step 12
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| the “Don’t Enlarge” option keeps Lightroom from scaling up images that are already smaller then the selected size. |
step 13
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| Set the “Resolution” to 72. This will make the file size of the images smaller as well as make them not print “Photo Quality”, This is a good option if you dont want people to reprint your work from your site. |
step 14
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| set your image size, both (W)idth and (H)eight. I personally choose between 200 and 500 depending on the size you want to show on your blog. |
step 15
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| Click on “Export” and your images are saved. |
Next post will cover adding images to a post using “Window Live Writer”