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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Lightroom 5 - Exported Images are Soft and Hazy | |
Eyeball - I did just update to the latest version, hoping that was the issue, but the same thing is occurring.
Matt - The xmp file actually was saved from the adjusted image in the Develop module. I just right clicked > Metadata > Save Metadata to File. I'm still trying to get the hang of LR's workflow, so maybe I'm supposed to save or apply the edits first? But when I exit the program and re-enter, the adjustments to any RAW files I've made are still there when I open an image. If there's another step that I need to do before saving the xmp file, then please let me know and I'll redo it.
As for the rest, thanks for the in-depth review. It's not one of my better shots; certainly not one that I'd use for professional purposes. It was a last minute shoot for a family friend and the baby was not being cooperative, in lighting and locations that weren't great. The later shots were better, once we reached a proper shooting location but that one was just a quick point-and-shoot as we were walking through the park.
So I know that the RAW file itself isn't the best but my issue is that in LR it *LOOKS* totally different - much sharper with the touchups that were done. I see no reason why the exported file would look any different from the edited RAW file as viewed in the LR Develop module. After all, the JPG looks identical in every way to the edited RAW file *except* for the sharpness. It makes no sense to me that the JPG would reflect all of the other adjustments, but not that one. You're saying that the original file isn't focused properly and that's true but the adjusted RAW file in LR looks MUCH crisper, so it's clearly possible to tweak it to the point where it looks more acceptable in Lightroom.
As far as I can tell, it's as if every other setting has been applied to the exported JPG, but not the sharpness...that the JPG is simply keeping the original soft look of the unedited RAW file instead of applying the sharpness adjustments that were made in LR. I can accept that the RAW image is not ideal but what I don't get is why the exported JPG would look any different from what I'm seeing in LR, and only in regards to that one aspect...
*Edit* Okay, just to follow up on that, I can see now that the RAW file with adjustments does look as soft as the JPG in the Loupe module. But when I view it in Develop, the Develop module renders the preview with a MUCH crisper look. So what I don't understand is why the sharpness offered in the Develop preview cannot be replicated for the final export....or why that sharper look does not seem to apply to the JPG when I import it and view that version in Develop mode (does it only render RAW files with that added smooth sharpness?) - sorry, I'm just trying to understand how this works because it seems silly to me that a powerful program like LR can provide a preview in one mode that looks a certain way, but not export it to match the sharpness in that preview, while perfectly matching the colors, contrast and everything else.
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