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P: Add full support for external editing in Rec2020 (critical for HDR and ideal for print)

  • March 31, 2025
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The Rec2020 colorspace (aka ITU-R BT.2020) is a critical colorspace for photography and not well supported in Lightroom Classic.

 

Rec2020 is the preferred colorspace for HDR (and is LRC's working primaries when in HDR mode). Rec2020 is also very ideal for print-related work as it includes many printable colors which fall outside Adobe RGB / P3, and yet avoids the excess of ProPhoto (which includes many imaginary values outside the range of human vision).

 

You cannot use it via any "edit in" options to open your image in Photoshop, which is especially important for working with RAW Smart Objects. The colorspace options in LRC preferences / external editing are limited to ProPhoto, Adobe RGB, P3, and sRGB.

 

This would ideally be done as a "JDI", as both LRC and PS support Rec2020, we simply don't have the option in the colorspace dropdown for external editing.

 

Note that there is limited support now in the "export" pathway (you can select file settings / color space = "rec 2020"). We just need a way to offer the same colorspace options for external editing.

48 replies

PFImagery
Participating Frequently
March 31, 2025

Please add external editing support for Rec2020. It is crital for the growth of HDR!

Known Participant
March 31, 2025

Greg is at the sharp edge of HDR and his own plugins are the enabler that is helping thousands to use HDR in real world, everyday workflows. Everything he says about bringing Rec2020 to ACR and other imaging products is correct: Adobe really needs to be seen to be leading the way with HDR support, both from a technical and a marketing standpoint, so lets do this and do it now!

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rayc46262743
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March 31, 2025

Please add external editing support for Rec2020. It is crital for the growth of HDR.

Participant
March 31, 2025

DO IT!

Participant
March 31, 2025

Please add external editing support for Rec2020.  It is crital for the growth of HDR.

S_Gans
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2025

With the use of HDR increasing across devices, full and complete support for Rec2020 should be included across the board, in all Adobe products. 

Adobe Community Expert / Adobe Certified Instructor
Participant
March 31, 2025

Please add external editing support for Rec2020.  It is crital for the growth of HDR.

erniestripling
Participant
March 31, 2025

Please add external editing support for Rec2020.  It is crital for the growth of HDR.