Best Lightroom Export Settings for JPG (2025)
•6 min read•Export Settings
Settings that consistently produce crisp results with small files.
Recommended Settings (Web/Social)
- File Settings: Format JPEG, Quality 80–85%, Color Space sRGB
- Resize: Long Edge 2048 px (social) or 2560–3000 px (web), Don’t Enlarge
- Output Sharpening: Screen – Standard
- Metadata: Include Copyright & Contact; strip location if privacy matters
- DPI: Irrelevant for web; any value is fine (72/300 doesn’t affect pixels)
Why these settings?
They balance detail retention, upload limits, and platform recompression behaviors.
Need to shrink existing JPGs?
Compress images for email/web while keeping them sharp.