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hard drive
Let’s start with the basic Hard Drive service. For this, we’ll create a folder inside Dropbox—a free service that uploads and syncs anything you place in your Dropbox folder to all your logged-in devices. It’s also a great way for sharing files privately.
Setting up the Service: Click on Set Up, to the right of Hard Drive, in the Publish Services panel. A dialog will open, which is not dissimilar to the Export dialog, but has a few differences.
Publish Service Description: Begin by giving the service a name in the Description field. For this, I chose “Dropbox.”
Export Location: I chose Specific Folder from the Export To pop-up menu, and then clicked the Choose button and chose my Dropbox folder location. Because I don’t want everything in the home folder, I used the Put in Subfolder option and entered a subfolder called “Lightroom.”
File Naming: I want the filenames to match their originals, so I leave the Rename To checkbox turned off.
Video: I go for the Original, Unedited File here. But, you can also choose DPX or H.264 from the Video Format pop- up menu.
File Settings: For Image Format, since it’s going to Dropbox, the most useable format is JPEG. For Color Space, sRGB is best for general use, and I chose 80 for Quality as a compro- mise of high quality and space saving.
Image Sizing: I generally choose Long Edge, for Resize to Fit, as it means everything is a standard size. Below that, 4,200 pixels at 300 ppi means the image can print to 14". In the past, I’ve used cameras that don’t even shoot that much resolution!
Output Sharpening: I set this to Screen at Standard, which applies some sharpening, so anyone looking at these photos onscreen don’t assume the files are soft.
Metadata: I’m including All Metadata, here, except I’m removing Person and Location Information.
Watermarking: I’m not using a watermark here, so the 050 final images are print-ready, if required.
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