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If it looks good in Photoshop and Lightroom, but looks bad on the web, the most likely problem is probably either improper resizing resulting in artifacts or compression artifacts resulting from too low of a jpeg quality. To maintain the highest possible quality, try reducing using multiples of the pixel count for the original image so that new pixels don't ...
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Yes it does. When JPEG compresses, it removes details by slightly altering pixels so that the image can be represented with fewer bytes.
One has to be careful how much compression to apply on a JPEG because each step down lowers image quality as well as size. JPEG quality is measured typically on a 0-100 scale (Photoshop has a 1 to 12 scale IIRC) where ...
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Assuming Windows OS, if you are comfortable editing your registry:
open registry (using regedit command)
navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
look for a key called "Photoshop.exe"
if it is there, it will probably contain a path to CS5. Edit the entry and paste in the path to your CS6 executable
if it is not ...
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Your photos looking bad, presumably color is off, may be a color profile issue. Try exporting your photos to .jpeg in Photoshop or Lightroom with sRGB color profile. When you export in Lightroom, there are options if you scroll lower about the color profile.
You see, the photos are represented in a certain color space (dictated in the color profile). The ...
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The second one appears to use some post-processing to imitate lomography.
Here is a tutorial on recreating that effect.
See also this link.
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First, use Lightroom's Save Metadata to File command (in the Metadata menu or via Ctrl/Cmd+S shortcut) to make sure the metadata saved in the JPG or XMP files (including keywords) are in sync with Lightroom's database.
Then add the desired EXIF data to the image files (for JPG files) or XMP sidecar files (for raw image files) using exiftool. For instance, ...
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> "Does anyone know of an article or site that lists the features of Lightroom, PS Elements, and PS, side by side?"
Yes, ours does - pretty comprehensively:
What's Are the Differences Between Adobe Photoshop CS vs. Lightroom vs. Elements?
Hope that helps with some of the key details and adds to the conversation.
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