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Output is different to Lightroom preview (1 Viewer)

I don't use Lightroom, so I'm no expert on this.

However if you are using a copy of Lightroom prior to 5.3, you may be experiencing one of the bugs in earlier versions of the program.

If you resize your pic in Lightroom to less than 1/3 of it's original resolution, it does not apply your sharpening or noise reduction!

Try exporting at the original size and then comparing it to your other pic to see if this is the cause. You could then resize using a different program.

Here's a short thread discussing it:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1238633

According to the thread exporting using the preview exporter in Lightroom would also work.
 
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Greenfrog,

Your original doesn't look right, you have over sharpened and enhanced.

You don't need to go to these extremes in Lightroom.

If shot in RAW, convert to dng and do all your post work in that format, then export to tif, and view on monitor, don't apply any additional sharpening as export.

Your aim is to have an even balance of colour and sharpness.
 
pe'rigin said:
Greenfrog,

Your original doesn't look right, you have over sharpened and enhanced.

You don't need to go to these extremes in Lightroom.

If shot in RAW, convert to dng and do all your post work in that format, then export to tif, and view on monitor, don't apply any additional sharpening as export.

Your aim is to have an even balance of colour and sharpness.
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Why post work in DNG?
 
The beauty of DNG is that it retains the RAW file but all the adjustments are kept within the file rather than as a sidecar. It also lets you use ACR to adjust the image even if the version you have doesn't support your camera. Just download the latest standalone DNG convertor from Adobe.
 
I'm back with another example.

I have uploaded the .DNG that I worked one, the original RAW and my JPEG output.

The export feature seems to just add noise, whether I use TIFF or JPEG, it's so annoying because it's enough to throw the image off. Yes I did uncompressed TIFF and 100% JPEG and no resizing on sRGB.

.DNG: https://mega.co.nz/#!UosmEY4Q!VFYvYjMgVc56ohEumi70zYTDsjCNzrs0fYXlNdLc0ts

.CR2 RAW: https://mega.co.nz/#!UosmEY4Q!VFYvYjMgVc56ohEumi70zYTDsjCNzrs0fYXlNdLc0ts

Jpeg output: https://mega.co.nz/#!lx0DxRhb!3O0Xvs9hm69bnPMYWFqZPIXYQIApizyOP0UCssaWWYw
 
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