Export jpeg ignores 300dpi setting and becomes 72dpi

When I’m exporting my file (1200 x 1200 pixels) to jpeg, the final jpeg is only 72dpi even though I pick 300dpi and max quality from the JPEG options window. The original file I’m using is large enough 3366 × 2476 pixels with 300 dpi. Help anyone?

I open it in Preview. Then Tools > Inspector. I attached a screenshot of what I see. Thanks for trying to help.

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I know that Bridge has an Export menu that can be used to convert PSDs to JPEG and then convert them, but I can't figure out how to get access to these functions through the ExtendScript API.
I basically have an array of Thumbnail objects that I need to iterate through and export out 300 DPI JPEGs as I go.
Any ideas? I've already read through the manuals and didn't find anything of use.
My current relevant line looks like:
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You best drop this question in the dedicated Bridge scripting forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_scripting
Personally I would PS itself for this and create an action for this and the 300 ppi miracle figure is just what is, a figure, no more no less.
Many confuse it with dpi (dots per inch) but this is about the density of the ink dots used for printing. Ppi (pixels per inch) is the common term for digital images (that are made out of pixels, not ink dots… )
As long as you don't alter the amount of pixels you can use whatever figure you want without changing the total amount of the pixels, it just means the width and height are extended or increased because of the total amount of pixels used per inch. Anyone can alter this again without consequence for the image quality of the original file, as long as you don't start recalculating pixels to enlarge the or decrease the file size.
That said, In CS6 you have the option to create an action for both landscape and portrait using image / image size and fill in 300 pixels per inch and be sure to have the resample option unchecked. Also record a save action and without touching the original filename (if you do it records this also and overwrite each file with the new one) and choose a folder.
Create a new action and use 'insert conditional' (fly out menu top right of action panel) and choose the landscape action to play for landscape file, else: portrait.
Select the files in Bridge, use menu tools / PS / batch and select your action, hit OK and you are done.
You can also create a droplet but sadly enough you can't see them in Bridge and drop files on, but you can drag them to the desktop to let the action play.
Plenty of options I would think

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I bought LR 5.0 not even a month ago and I was so excited to use it.
Now that I am done working on my projects I exported them as JPEG into my hard drive. This is a disaster. My pictures are amazing in my lightroom as RAW now you should see what they look like in JPEG. I can't believe it. I obviously did something wrong but I can't figure what it is. My JPEG pictures looks extremely grainy. I did shoot at a High ISO for most of them. It is probably the real problem here but there's certainly a way to make it work in JPEG since it looks good in RAW. Please tell me what to do from there. How can I keep the same quality in JPEG than I already have in RAW? I choose JPEG - quality 80% or 100% (tried both) - sRGB. Should I resize the image too?

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Aperture Exporting JPEG's from RAW: file size and quality questions?

Hey Everyone,
So, I'm using Aperture 2 and I've got some questions about exporting from RAW to JPEG. I shoot with a Nikon D70 so original RAW files are 5-6mb in size. After doing some basic post processing when I export the pics at "full size" with picture quality of 11 out of 12 then the resulting JPEG is about half the file size of the original RAW file. For example a 5.6mb RAW becomes a 2.6mb JPEG. The resolution in pixels per inch and and the overall image size remain unchanged. Have I lost picture quality due to the exporting JPEG being smaller in file size?
My friend who works with me prefers to edit in Photoshop and when he follows the same workflow his saved JPEG from the identical RAW file in Photoshop is minimally smaller in file size, say 5.6mb to 5.3mb. He's telling me that my Aperture edited photos are losing quality and resolution.
Is he right, are my pics of lesser quality due to being a smaller file size? I've always been told that the quality of a picture is not in the mbs, but the pixel density.
I've bee told that Aperture has a better compression engine and that the resulting files are of the exact same quality because the PPI and image size are the same. Is that what explains the much smaller file sizes in Aperture?
I tried changing the picture quality in the export menu to 12 out of 12, but the resulting JPEG then becomes larger than the original RAW at over 7mbs.
Can someone please help me understand this better? I don't want to lose picture quality if that is indeed what is happening.
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mscriv wrote:
So, I'm using Aperture 2 and I've got some questions about exporting from RAW to JPEG. I shoot with a Nikon D70 so original RAW files are 5-6mb in size. After doing some basic post processing when I export the pics at "full size" with picture quality of 11 out of 12 then the resulting JPEG is about half the file size of the original RAW file. For example a 5.6mb RAW becomes a 2.6mb JPEG. The resolution in pixels per inch and and the overall image size remain unchanged. Have I lost picture quality due to the exporting JPEG being smaller in file size?
JPEG is a "lossy" file compression algorithm. Whether Aperture or PS, *every time a JPEG is saved some loss occurs*, albeit minimal at the 11 or 12 level of save, huge losses at low save levels. Some images (sky, straight diagonal lines, etc.) are more vulnerable to showing visible jpeg artifacts.
My friend who works with me prefers to edit in Photoshop and when he follows the same workflow his saved JPEG from the identical RAW file in Photoshop is minimally smaller in file size, say 5.6mb to 5.3mb. He's telling me that my Aperture edited photos are losing quality and resolution.
*Both of you are losing image data when you save to jpeg.* IMO the differences between the apps is probably just how the apps work rather than actually losing significantly more data. The real image data loss is in using JPEG at all!
Is he right, are my pics of lesser quality due to being a smaller file size?
I doubt it.
I've always been told that the quality of a picture is not in the mbs, but the pixel density.
The issue here is not how many pixels (because you are not varying that) but how much data each pixel contains. In this case once you avoid lossy JPEG the quality mostly has to do with different RAW conversion algorithms. Apple and Adobe both guess what Nikon is up to with the proprietary RAW NEF files and the results are different from ACR to Apple to Nikon. For my D2x pix I like Nikon's conversions the best (but Nikon software is hard to use), Aperture second and Adobe ACR (what Photoshop/Bridge uses) third. I 98% use Aperture.
I tried changing the picture quality in the export menu to 12 out of 12, but the resulting JPEG then becomes larger than the original RAW at over 7mbs. Can someone please help me understand this better? I don't want to lose picture quality if that is indeed what is happening.
JPEG is a useful format but lossy. Only use it as a _last step_ when you must save files size for some reason and are willing to accept the by-definition loss of image data to obtain smaller files (such as for web work or other on-screen viewing). Otherwise (especially for printing) save as TIFF or PSD which are non-lossy file types, but larger.
As to the Aperture vs. ACR argument, RAW-convert the same original both ways, save as TIFF and see if your eyes/brain significantly prefer one over the other. Nikon, Canon etc. keep proprietary original image capture data algorithms secret and each individual camera's RAW conversion is different.
HTH
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I am having trouble getting a JPEG export of a selected group of items to adhere to the export options I'm setting. I swear I've done the same thing with PDF export prefs and it works OK.
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In my testing, it appears that a page item cannot be exported to most of the export formats in that trying to do so will result in the entire page (or possibly it's the spread) being exported. However, I
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2nd Method (looks washed out):
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I used default settings except changed
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Just thought i might add that i have encountered this same problem and that if i want a high quality jpeg i save as pdf then, open and re-save as jpeg in photoshop.
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