P: Ability to batch process Photo Merge (HDR and panorama)

Would love to see HDR batch processing in LR, would purchase a new edition based this feature alone.

Yes, need batch processing. This should be a no-brainer to implement, and the current workflow is terrible.

Come on Adobe. It has been over a year since I last posted on this topic and still no decent batching.

I am totally tired of having to use Photomatix. It does a good job but it totally disrupts the workflow.

I just completed a job where I had to HDR over 1000 images (virtual tour). Your customers want to be able to do this in LR!!!

Today I am downloading https://macphun.com/luminar 

It doesn't have batching yet but when it does I am jumping ship.

-Dennis

PS I hate subscription software.

Unfortunately for external apps, to my knowledge only LR is able to do the raw-ish processing without freezing develop settings into a tiff - no one else can apply the proprietary acr engine.

@181561: Well, here's the official clarification from me 🙂 ...

... you can already start as many hdr or pano ops as you want, i.e. batch process.  The problem simply is that LR insists on doing all of them in parallel. If the user could limit the operations done in parellel to a certain number, the user interface already works as a queue manager (click on the top left big bar to get the little bars).

All it would take is to add one option - just like the one Adobe has just added to only process smart previews. If this was done by popular request, I'm amazed no one from Adobe has stumbled upon this and similar threads yet. Or they simply re-position LR as a casual photo app and don't expect users do really do a lot of batch photo merging.

I just couldn't understand what you meant (LR Fanboi). Rereading your post, I think you are saying that Adobe has failed those of us who want panorama and HDR workflow improvements.

I'm with you 100% Cathy. PTGui has gotten much better in the past few months. It's still better than anything else available!!

> Any chance you could clarify this post?

Could you please clarify which posts you're talking about (mine or Tommy) and which parts you'd like clarified specifically? Thanks.

Any chance you could clarify this post?

Strike! In the latest and greatest LR 6.7, you can develop smart previews even if the original is available. Connection to batch processing: They did it by popular request! And as another option, bound to confuse users and cause mayhem with the harassed support! 

Now please add another option "Limit jobs processed in parallel to: _", would you kindly?