Jpeg quality setting, noise settings and artifacts

I am having difficulty having work accepted by iStock - even at full size at 100% jpe
g export, there is still some. I have cut way back on all enhancements.
I would like some advice to expoering clean images and where i find jpeg setings - or are their similar ones to those in CS5. I have tried saving for web in CS% to no avail. I do get some accepted - about 30% and i have started to use a program called deNoise from Topaz - would appreciate suggestions on all the baove.
Thanks
Greg Summers

Aren't these stock agencies a little paranoid about noise?
Lightroom 3 images may look a little noisier than LR2's at the same slider values. So you might need to add a little more luma noise than before.
As for Jpeg quality settings, read this excellent analysis: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/jpeg-quality

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I have tryed to find a reasonable value for jpeg quality setting when exporting images for use like sending to a lab for printing.
Comparing the Photoshop scale of 0-12 with the Lightroom scale of 0-100 on some typical images I found the following:
PS 6 is similar to LR 50
PS 7 similar to LR 60
PS 8 similar to LR 65 (62-69 gives same value)
PS 9 similar to LR 75 (70-76 gives same value)
PS 10 similar to LR 80 (77-84 gives same value)
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PS 12 similar to LR 100 (93-100 gives same value)
Choosing "max" from the dialog in PS results in quality 10 (unless changed manually to 11 or 12), the value I normally use when converting to jpeg, and this seems to equal the value 80 in LR. I noted that the scale in LR is not linear, the resulting file sizes changes in a limited number of steps.
My conclusion from the test is that a setting of 80 in LR should be sufficient for all practical purposes when exporting a jpeg file (assuming that there is no significant difference between PS quality 10-12 for a file that is "final" and need no more adjustments).
Any views on "normal" setting of jpeg quality setting in LR for various purposes?
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To me it would depend on the purpose. I do a lot of printing at home, so I don't use jpegs for that. But, for high quality prints done externally, I believe a lot of people resize their files in Photoshop and then sharpen for the print job, then save either to jpeg or tiff. Tiff is the safest because it avoids the lossy compression of a jpeg. If your resize is successful and you need to save to jpeg, then I imagine the highest quality setting would be desirable.
For the web, you would also need to resize, using a resolution of 72 ppi, to fit your desired display size, then sharpen, then save the image. Again, is there a reason to not use the highest quality when saving a web image? Speed of display, I suppose. But there's a tradeoff.
I use PBase as a public web gallery and they have a nifty feature: you upload a file and they create three display sizes. When they're done you can tell them to delete the original. When I do that I save jpegs in LR to 80 -- it makes for faster uploading.
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I am using PSE 7. ACR 5.6 installed. Camera is set for RAW+JPEG but download is only 2 JPEGS. I have read the plug-in download and install instructions several times and all that I am able to think of is ACR need to be installed in two locations.
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Barbara
Thanks for the very helpful reply. I have been using Canon since 2005 and all has really been well. I could comment further but it would be thread drifting
I usually shoot only RAW and many images at a time. 250+. Sometimes I would like RAW files/images and JPEGs of each image. Usually maybe three times a year. This last time I was doing 50 some portraits with RAW for portraits and JPEGS for a directory. Imagine my surprise when the download was all JPEGS. I usually download from my Canon, a 5DII now, using My Computer with no problems. Been doing it since day one. Never a problem. Reshoot would have been a real inconvenience for lots of folks. I had recently sent my camera and lenses in for maintenance and have the lenses calibrated to the body. First thought was the camera Firmware Update so I checked the Adobe Camera Raw site for updates and updated ACW to 5.6. Three times I tried it to no avail. Nothing I tried would work. I did stumble through the portraits with acceptable success but I am a firm believer in RAW so in my quest for a solution I tried the Canon Forum and now the Adobe Forum. I also did pull the CompactFlash card from the camera and verified that both RAW and JPEG files are on the card using My Computer.
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When exporting a JPEG file from LR one must specify the "quality" on a scale of 0-100; PhotoShop uses a 0-12 scale. How are these scales related? Is it linear, of something more complicated?

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The point is that I know this setting can have an effect on
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your storage requirements quite a bit.
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the best choice would be to go back to photoshop and set up a batch
action to resave everything with Progressive on or off. Then in the
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I captured the video in iMovie and imported into FCP
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Hi,
THX for all answers.
Now I have some more questions, sorry it never ends.
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1. a
When exporting to a file. Wich setting do you prefer best quality to export a file?
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