Originally posted by condor27596 I know I export them but there are so many options
I don't export anything without a specific purpose. If I need an image I go to Lightroom and export it in the format and resolution I need. Which might be a print or a jpeg or a TIFF. The Lightroom catalog is my index for finding everything, if I exported all those images into, for example, jpegs in a folder how would I find what I want?
Set up export presets for what you need. For example I have a preset that exports a full size jpeg to an upload folder on my desktop, and another preset that exports a web version sized to fit the requirements of this forum and another that exports a jpeg sized to fit what I use on my blog.
I consider 'exporting' and 'printing' to be the same. One results in a viewable jpeg and the other in a physical print but both are outputs from my originals which I access only through Lightroom.