Question on LR Beta

rsparts

So I took some photos for a friend of mine to use for his Screen Printing website and I decided to play around in Light Room and see what kind of neat things I could come up with. I think this one is my favorite.





Question though...Whenever I export and image from LR Beta to my desktop, and then open it in "Preview", I always click "Adjust Size" but then when I try to change from 1024x768 to 800x600, the inches and resolution always change dramatically.

Ok when I open the photo fresh out of LR Beta, the sizes are around 11.87" x 17.87" and the resolution is 240 ppi. Then when I change the size to 800x600, then size changes to around 1.66" x 2.5" and the resolution stays at 240. If I change the res to 300 ppi, the image gets real fuzzy. I can't seem to figure out why my images are changing to such small dimensions. Please if someone has any insight as to how I can avoid this, please share. I should mention that it only happens with photos I've altered in LR Beta.

1pocket

Well it is an interesting effect, but I am negatively distracted by the oversized black handgrip in the foreground and his deeply shadowed eye socket. Of course, this could just be a matter of taste, lol... Maybe try it on some different photos to see what kind of original capture works best for the effect?

WildWally

are you talking about LR II Beta ??

rsparts

WildWally wrote:

are you talking about LR II Beta ??

yes

rsparts

still curious about the sizing issue. any takes on that?

Richard

rsparts wrote:

still curious about the sizing issue. any takes on that?

I moved this to the Finishing School forum. Hopefully one of our LR gurus knows the answer.

Richard

Richard wrote:

I moved this to the Finishing School forum. Hopefully one of our LR gurus knows the answer.

Bump with new title.