Q. Do I Need To Prep My Lightroom Files For Uploading To Adobe Portfolio?

Adobe Portfolio is an online portfolio site that uses professionally designed templates so you can have an online portfolio really quickly and easily. It is hosted by Adobe and is included in your Adobe subscription, so you don’t have to pay anything extra (go to MyPortfolio.com to get started and log-in with your Adobe user name and ID). That headline above – that’s a question I got asked this week, and here’s what I do:

A. The only two things I do are to make sure when I export the files as JPEGs (using Lightroom Classic’s Export window seen below) are: (1) converted to sRGB mode for the Web, and (2) I add sharpening for online in that same Export window. I don’t resize the image – I upload the full-resolution image as is.

Above: (1) Here’s where you choose sRGB as your color profile for viewing in a Web Browser.

Above: (2) In the Output Sharpening section of the Export dialog, I turn on the Output Sharpening checkbox and choose “Screen” as the destination, and set my Amount to ‘High’ (unless I’ve previously sharpened this image using a plug-in, like Topaz Sharpen AI or On1 Tack Sharp.

I have a full course on Adobe Portfolio

If you want to learn how to use Adobe Portfolio (to get your portfolio up and running tonight), then you can watch my easy step-by-step course called “Getting your portfolio online tonight using Adobe Tools” which is kind of a lame name, but the course itself is really helpful (at least that’s what photographers who have watched the course have said).

You don’t have to be a KelbyOne member to watch the course – you can buy the course and own it for just $29. Here’s the link.

Have a great Monday everybody.

-Scott

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