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klauss72851235
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March 22, 2024
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P: Show bit depth of photo files in Lightroom

  • March 22, 2024
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I would like to suggest that a function be integrated into Lightroom Classic that makes it possible to view the bit depth of photo files so that the file does not have to be opened in another app such as Photoshop or Bridge.
Thank you very much

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johnrellis
johnrellis
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March 22, 2024

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Note that neither LR, Bridge, Photoshop, Rawdigger, nor Exiftool will accurately report the actual bit depth used by the camera for all file types -- it's a real mess:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/color-depth-info/m-p/14309614#M349782

 

In LR, you can use the smart-collection criterion Bits Per Channel to search for particular bit depths, but there's no way to display it for an individual photo in the Metadata panel. (The Metadata panel's field Bits Per Sample is for DNGs only.)

 

You can use the Any Filter plugin to filter by Bits Per Channel:

 

 

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