Only small images will export...

Question

Today I had problems exporting full-sized images from LR3. Using the Export menu, I tried to send images to my mac's desktop. They arrived as small, sub-100KB image, though shot as RAW/MRWs on Sony and KM DSLRs at 6-12 MPx). On the Export panel I chose 100% quality and no compression, but images still exported as small files. Dragging and dropping instead of exporting, the LR images lost their LR corrections, so that was an even worse option. Exporting as TIFFs made no difference, still small files were produced. I did not try burning LR files to a disk and copying them onto the desktop from disk, but that shouldn't be necessary, should it?
I'm a newer LR user, who relied on iPhoto for years. I love LR3's capabilities and ease of use, but my photos seem to be stranded inside it. I feel like I'm following the instructions to the letter, but something is happening in the background. Any guesses?

Answer 1

Hi Minoltan,
It sounds lke you have the 'Resize' option, or the 'Limit to File Size' option accidentally set in your Export parameters.
Here's a screen print showing these two options;
Make sure you haven't clicked the 'Limit File Size to' box, and that the Image Sizing is set to the correct number of pixels, or, if you don't want to resize the photo, that the 'Resize to Fit' box is unselected.