(Keep ‘tif’ in the settings even though we are sending jpgs). All of the of the settings assume you are actually sending to another pixel editor and not all of them are relevant, but set the color space to sRGB and check 8 bits per channel.

Set up another one and point it towards your email program. If you have Photoshop on your computer that will show automatically. What about jpg files that you have already created and want to email? In LR preferences we can set up external editors which will show up under the Photo menu, Edit In. OK, so now we can send files we are exporting. You can select more than one at at time, just do the math so your total attachment size does not exceed the limits of your email provider, (or those of your recipient). Now, when you have finished working on a cool shot that you want to send to someone, export it using the new preset and voila, your email program is on top with the file attached waiting for you to add a recipient, subject, etc. Add a new preset using all these settings and give it a name, like “Med qual 900 jpg & email”. For me that is Entourage, (another sad story).

Pick “Edit in” then browse to your email application. At the very bottom are post processing options which are normally off. Pick a naming convention, (I add the the pixel width to the end of the original name). Decide if you want to show this new file in your catalog, (I always do). This brings up its own dialog box which is rich with features, including the ability to save any configuration of options you choose as a preset.įor email, you might want a file with maximum pixel dimensions of, say, 900 pixels, (your choice). I have always felt the use of the word ‘export’ as LR uses it is a bit confusing for new users, but if you want a jpg (or tif) file representing your editing efforts, you need to export it. There is no “edited file” until you “export” it.

You know that editing in LR is really just managing a set of instructions. If you are reading this far then presumably you have basic familiarity with LR. There are actually two separate ways LR can manage this and both are useful. Turns out the ability to get images directly out of LR and into your email program has been residing in LR all along, but rather well obscured. Isn’t this something we all do as photographers? This was a quick and painless way to send reduced jpgs to friends and relatives. In ACDsee (in Windows) I could right click on any image and send it to Eudora, my email client at the time. Either of these changes could fill several posts but this one will focus on what was a major annoyance to me in LightRoom… the apparent lack of a ‘send to email’ feature. I bought my first Mac (Pro) and I switched to Adobe LightRoom from ACDsee Pro. I made some pretty radical changes to my digital darkroom last fall.

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