How can I have Lightroom 3 publish RAW photos to Flickr as resized JPEGs?
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In Lightroom 3, I’m using the built-in Publish to Flickr service. JPEGs publish fine, but when I try to publish edited RAW files I get an error. I suspect the issue may be image dimensions rather than the RAW format itself.
Can Lightroom’s Flickr publish service automatically export RAW files as JPEGs and resize them before upload, or do I need to export JPEGs manually first? If this is possible, where are those settings located?
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Your images are too large, which is not exclusively related to being RAW, JPEGs can be too large as well. The solution is to send a down-scaled version to Flikr.
Here's how:
Right-click on the Flickr 'bar' under Publishing service. From the menu that appears, select 'Edit Settings', that is the first option. The 'Lightroom Publishing Manager' will appear. You should see a big scrollable area on the right, scroll it until you see a heading that says 'Image Sizing'. If you do not see the size options, then expand the section by clicking on the heading itself. I use Lightroom 3.2, in case that makes a difference
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Yes. In Lightroom 3, the Flickr Publish service can handle RAW originals by rendering them as JPEGs for upload; the usual problem is image size, not the fact that the source file is RAW.
To set it up:
- In the Publishing Services panel, right-click your Flickr service and choose Edit Settings.
- In the Lightroom Publishing Manager, find the Image Sizing section.
- Enable Resize to Fit and set a maximum width/height that Flickr will accept.
That lets Lightroom resize the exported upload automatically when publishing. Several users report publishing RAW files directly to Flickr this way with no need to first create separate JPEGs on disk.
If you prefer, you can still export JPEGs manually and publish those, but it isn’t required just because your originals are RAW.
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