P: Ability to export to PNG file format

Totally agree!  

++Vote.

Could we at least have an explanation of why Adobe is unable or unwilling to provide PNG export in Desktop LightRoom?

JPG to PNG export in Lightroom.  Any idea when this feature will be available?

Can you please add .PNG in the Export Window? I shoot products and need to export over 1000 PNG's, so it would be easier if I could just do 'select all' and export from Lightroom Classic instead of making actions in PS. Thanks.

I've been wanting this feature for years, I don't understand why it isn't there yet. The compression of JPEG can be a real problem at times with things like smooth gradients that may be in certain images. PNG doesn't have this problem. I'm typically more concerned about image quality than file size.

Agreed!  Another thing that bothers me is no secondary location for saving the catalog.
When importing images, you can also import to a secondary location.  When saving the catalog, why can't it ask for an additional location to save it?  

Adobe, come on!
6 years ago, It's not possible to export native png from Lightroom.
Are you serious about that? 😞 
Please focus on Lightroom Desktop, not mobile apps

"I have tryed twice now downloading photoshop cc and twice now it has played up my sesteam on my computer"

What exactly are you seeing? Are you getting an error? A crash? something else?

I'm a photographer using Lightroom as the main tool in my post production. I shoot a portraits and events, and many of my images end up on the web.

I've noticed that when I upload JPEGs to services like LinkedIn or Facebook, the images suffer some ugly artifacts when re-compressed. I've also noticed that PNG24 files do not suffer the same fate.

Currently if I want to supply images as PNGs I have to open Photoshop and fuss around. It would be a big time-saver to have PNG24 as an Image Format option in Lightroom's export settings.

Much of our photography now ends up on the web. The option to have a web-friendly loss-less format we can export to seems important. It will ensure we can maintain the integrity of our images when they're saved and re-saved by web applications.

Love that LR5 now supports importing PNG images and PNG images with transparency. What LR5 currently lacks is export options for PNG formats (PNG8, PNG24, PNG32), I would love to be able to export images as PNG24 or PNG32 for web.