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

I'm usually not using this functionality of LR but what comes into my mind when I read about your issues: have you ever tried with mouse recording tools? As these are iterative tasks (and probably always the same clicks) that could work. It's just a poor workaround, of course - but may work over night... Just give it a try.

I am making timelapses on a regular basis. Quite often HDR timelapses from day to night. They consist of around 800 hdr images, (800x3). So I have to select 3 images, click shift + ctrl + h to merge an hdr and repeat this 800 times in order to merge all the hdrs. Sometimes I have up to 100 operations in progress. It would be of great convenience if there was an option automerge HDR. I select the folder, click automerge HDR, then go to sleep and in the morning all of the images are merged, without the need to click 800 times. This will be a huge timesaver! 
  

I hope Adobe will listen to us! A batch processing for HDR (and Pano's) would be great an a big time-saver!

+1 for LR HDR batch processing.   The fact that it does not exist is baffling at this point.  Truly baffling.  Any group of stacks should be able to be processed (HDR or Panorama).  I routinely use photomatix pro and ptgui just because of the batch capabilities.  Just bought Luminar and Aurora HDR just to try to get away from Adobe's lack of volume workflow for panoramic and HDR photography.  Sooooo much ground to make up in these areas.

Merging to 32 bit is a good option for creating HDR images without processing artifacts. Adding this as a processing option as a batch woudl be extremely helpful to me.

i agree with you.... it takes a lot of time, and i hope adobe will hear us...

i hope adobe will hear us....

Hy Eric, i agree with many other users ... a batch would be very usefull! I also spend a lot of time with my landscape images with braketing. The automatically stack-function (stack photos whitch are made in xxx seconds) in LR is very usefull, but create a HDR with every stack takes a lot of time.
This would be a grate and usefull extansion in LR.
I hope Adobe "hear" us!!!
LG
Johannes

Hy Colin, i agree with you ... a batch would be very usefull! I also spend a lot of time with my landscape images with braketing. The automatically stack-function in LR is very usefull, but create a HDR with every stack takese a lot of time.
This would be a grate and usefull extansion in LR. I hope Adobe "hear" us!!!
LG
Johannes

I am a professional (30+yrs) photographer. Mainly architectural, landscape and real estate. I have used Photomatix, Aurora HDR, Photoshop and a few others I won't mention - LR is BY FAR the best pro photography software I have used. Most realistic and natural looking but with a special "pop" that I just can't achieve with other software. I shoot nothing but HDR. A typical day means about 1000 - 1500 bracketed shots. Resulting in 300 - 500 HDR photos. For each day I spend shooting I spend at least another full day processing HDR. Then another day or two grading those shots. So a one day shoot requires a total of about four days to finish the photos. CRAZY!!!! But business is very good.
Batch processing would free up at least a full day of my time for each day of shooting. It boggles the mind that Adobe has not addressed this. Right now I can HDR process about 5 or 6 three photo stacks at a time. Takes about 10 minutes...  I do this all day and play my guitar in between - lol
Please Please Please Adobe Please fix this problem it's ridiculous.
I also edit video on Premiere Pro - which has a program called Encore which will batch process video production into whatever format I want - I can stack as many video productions as I want into Encore and hit "start" and I'm off doing something else. It's great! We obviously need the same thing in LR!
Sorry for the rant.