Lightroom 1.1 and Wal-Mart uploading and printing processing problems

Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
edited August 12, 2007 in Digital Darkroom
I seem to be having a problem uploading photos to Wal-Mart for processing that have been in Lightroom 1.2. If I bypass Light room and download to a folder, they come out alright...if I run them through light room, without making any adjustments, they look really dark at the Wal-Mart website and look so when printed. However, they look great on my screen.

I have even processed the Lightroom photos in CS3 and they still look very dark at the Wal-Mart site.

I have used this site many times post CS/CS3 processing and they always look good.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Ed
Remember, no one may want you to take pictures, but they all want to see them.
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Ed

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  • tuggnettuggnet Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited August 3, 2007
    I was having a similar problem. When I exported the image to photoshop Lightroom was using ProtoPro for the color sapce. I changed it to sRGB and things went smoother.

    Not sure if that's the issue you're having.

    Cheers
  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2007
    Ed911 wrote:
    I seem to be having a problem uploading photos to Wal-Mart for processing that have been in Lightroom 1.2.
    Is Lightroom 1.2 released? Adobe's site doesn't make any reference to it. headscratch.gif
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  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2007
    It's your color space. Make sure it's set to sRGB when you export. Also export in 8 bit mode for printing. By default LR exports in ProPhoto and 16 bit. This will confuse a mass market printer like Wally world/Walgreens/Ritz/Wolf etc, etc....
  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    LR problem...
    Okay...LR1.1...so sorry. Okay, I will try the 8 bit option. They were JPG's in LR...so I don't know if they were ever 16 bit files.

    Another thought on that...these JPG's were mixed in with a shoot (same chip) were I had been shooting RAW/L JPG.

    I will make sure that my color is set to SRGB and 8 bit.

    For clarification of the problem for those who have asked: When my files are viewed in LR, CS3, or Adobe picture viewer, everything looks fine. It's when I view them in a windows file folder on my desk top or on the Wal-Mart web site that I see reduced color...a brown looking photo. All of the color mods that I did are gone. And, they print out just like they look.

    Any more suggestions are welcomed and thanks for the feed back.
    Remember, no one may want you to take pictures, but they all want to see them.
    Educate yourself like you'll live forever and live like you'll die tomorrow.

    Ed
  • PoseidonPoseidon Registered Users Posts: 504 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    The advice above to convert to sRGB and 8 bit is 100% correct. I have to do the same thing for my local Sam's club. If you stay in photopro and 16 bit which is the default for LR, then the local less then pro labs will be confused.... BTW LR doesn't care if the file is .jpeg or .tif or raw, it will use 16 bit to process.
    Mike LaPorte
    Perfect Pix
  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    LR1.1 export issues
    Thanks Mike...and the rest...for your help.
    Remember, no one may want you to take pictures, but they all want to see them.
    Educate yourself like you'll live forever and live like you'll die tomorrow.

    Ed
  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2007
    LR1.1 and Wal-Mart
    Yep, it worked...used sRGB as export color profile...and everything is working as expected...

    Thanks for your help.
    Remember, no one may want you to take pictures, but they all want to see them.
    Educate yourself like you'll live forever and live like you'll die tomorrow.

    Ed
  • PoseidonPoseidon Registered Users Posts: 504 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2007
    Good deal, glad it worked out for you.
    Mike LaPorte
    Perfect Pix
  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2007
    Ed911 wrote:
    Okay...LR1.1...so sorry.


    I corrected the thread title to prevent any future confusion.
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