If you have a group of images you want to export you need to: It’s important that you tell Lightroom which of your photos you want to export so you need to select them.
This makes sure that the photos are always saved in the right place and are ready when you want to share or print them. I recommend creating your editing workflow to include exporting your photos from Lightroom. For example, if you are exporting for Facebook then you will use different Lightroom export settings than if you were going to export high resolution images for print. There are several different settings that you need to use depending on what you are going to use your photos for. In that case, you need to export your pictures from Lightroom.
However, this doesn’t help you if you want to print or share one of your images on the web. Always choose use as this keeps all your edits up to date incase something happens next time you open your Lightroom catalog. That is why when you exit out of Lightroom it will ask you if you want to back up the catalog. Lightroom is different than other programs and saves your edits in the program itself. Now you are ready to use these Lightroom export settings. After you have organized your photos in the Library Module and moved to the Develop Module to edit your images then you are ready to export your images.