P: Support cataloging PSB files

Check out my Any File plugin, which lets you catalog any file type, including PSBs.  

Catalog large files even if editing is not possible. I recently produced my first gigapixel image only to discover it was too big for Lightroom. Even if understandable, LR cannot process such a file, it would be awesome to have it cataloged so that I can find it if needed and apply keywords.

Hey Steve, I've been testing other solutions outside of LR. There are a ton on the market now, but they all have their own caveats:

• OnOne Photo Raw can read .PSB files, but in my opinion lacks a lot of professional RAW editing features that LR has, for example camera profiles. I think the sharpening is terrible right now. But I like that you can also just use it as a file browser (no cataloging required) just like Adobe Bridge. Overall, OnOne has been listening to feedback and making constant updates, so there's hope...
• Capture One doesn't recognize .PSB files. It's awesome for tethering, but I hate the overall C1 workflow. If you simply want to open a RAW file in Photoshop, you can do so, but it automatically creates a .psd file and ads it to your working folder, thus creating more files. So if you decide that you don't want to work on that file in Photoshop, you've still created an additional file for no reason. Though, it offers Cataloging abilities, I just use this tool for tethering.
• ACDSEE is something I just briefly tried out. It's nice because it works as a file browser similar to Adobe Bridge. But my initial impressions is that it felt a little slow
• Luminar 2018 by Macphun (software developers from NIK Software) looks interesting, but it's not out yet.
• The only other one I know of is Exposure by Alienskin software. I haven't used it yet. Looks very similar to LR and I know some pro's using this software. I need to look into this one to learn more about it.

Bottom line, there are a lot more options now than there used to be. Everyone likes to work a little differently and has features that they can and can't live without. For now, I keep going back to LR, but it sure would be nice if they would add .PSB support. The easiest work around that I've found to at least get to your PSB files from LR is to right click on the folder and select "Show in Finder" (on a mac). This will at least open the folder and then you can double click on PSB files to open them.

Capture One Pro https://www.phaseone.com/en/Products/Software/Capture-One-Pro/Highlights.aspx

On that note, what other softwares do people recommend that have the full cataloging capabilities and editing tools like Lightroom? Thanks.

I've been using Adobe products professionally for almost 20 years now.  I've made many feature requests over the years (e.g. dark interface, macbeth card profile tool, custom panels - to name a few) and they've typically taken years to show up in a release (Photoshop / Lightroom).  I've never seen a feature request, as essential and intuitive as 'support PSB in Lightroom', go unrecognized and blatantly ignored like we've seen here.

The PSB format is widely used by many users and the request for Adobe Lightroom to support this feature has been around for 7+ years.  Many users use Lightroom as their cataloging software.  Now, not only does Adobe seem to be readying Lightroom for dismantling with the shift to a 'Classic' release, it continues to lag behind in features.  The notion that 3rd party developers (i.e. C1 Pro) support this functionality and Adobe does not, speaks volumes as to Adobe's priorities and practical common sense.  Advanced and Professional users are not a priority to them or we would see the PSB file format supported in Lightroom.  The notion of supporting their own file format is apparently worthy of completely ignoring... for years.

It's certainly time to steer our ships away from Adobe and look to more suitable solutions.

3 years later,... can't believe this is still not fixed!
really?? You first make up a (great) file format and now you don't support it. 
unbelievable. ☹

Amen.

In total agreement with Jim. For 7 years Adobe has beat around the bush with this. Bridge has been able to read PSB forever, Please add the ability to read PSB to Lightroom. So having PSB may impact performance, but please provide it as an option. With these high megapixel cameras, Canon 5Ds, Nikon 810\850m and Sony a7rii, you can't help but to work in PSB. Please help us here Adobe, don't wait until late 2018....release this asap!!!!.  

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