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Hello!
I understand that with auto-save XMP metadata on, most of an image's Lightroom changes will be auto-saved with the original photograph file whereever it may be.
However, what I don't understand is whether when you export from Lightroom (not export a catalogue/folder, but export an image/some images) whether or not the Lightroom changes (e.g. brightness contrast, saturation, etc.) are considered part of the 'metadata' referred to in the export window.
Afterall, if you are exporting JPEGs, for instance, you are rendering the final (not the original), so why would you want the Lightroom changes metadata because you can't use the Lightroom changes XMP data to go from a final to go back to an original image, can you?!
Thank you!
p.s. This article (http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/metadata-wrangler) indicates that the XMP CRS block is automatically include with the Lightroom export window, right?

When you export an image the metadata and develop settings are written to the files XMP header. However, the develop settings are for reference only i.e. they are seen but not acted upon by applications such as Bridge. For example, if you open an exported JPEG with develop adjustments into Camera Raw it will show all the sliders at zero rather than the values in XMP. The reason being that the JPEG is already fully rendered file, the develop settings in XMP cannot be undone without creating a completely new file.
Metadata and develop settings saved to XMP differs in that the file has not yet been rendered with the develop settings. So, opening the file in Camera Raw show the sliders at the same values as written into XMP.
p.s. This article (http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/metadata-wrangler) indicates that the XMP CRS block is automatically include with the Lightroom export window, right?
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