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alanterra
Inspiring
August 11, 2011
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P: Support cataloging PSB files

  • August 11, 2011
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Lightroom should catalog psb files, just as it does psd files. I have many psb files that are not over the 65,000 pixels per side or 512 megapixel limits, but are larger than the 4GB limit on psd files, and it would be nice to see them in Lightroom.

267 replies

johnrellis
Legend
January 3, 2017
I very much want LR to be a more capable digital asset manager in general, and to handle PSB files in particular.  (I was the 16th out of 55 to me-too this topic.)  As I mentioned, the plug-in is not nearly as useful as having the capability built-in, and I would greatly prefer it if Adobe added this capability.

But meanwhile, many people need to get work done while waiting for Adobe to fix things, and they come to this forum looking for solutions.
davidg19038978
Known Participant
January 3, 2017
That is a little below the belt John; trying to sell plug-ins at the expense of supporting Adobe fixing Lightroom. PSB is an Adobe file format hence it is not unreasonable to ask for Lightroom to support it.
Participating Frequently
January 3, 2017
Thanks for the hint John!

But that'll be actually pretty useful from Lightroom to be able to manage the PSB as the PSD and TIFF files in terms of previewing the file itself and even edit it as an actual built-in supported file 🙂
johnrellis
Legend
January 2, 2017
"Just need Lightroom to support PSB catalogue and allow edit in Photoshop (original)."

See the Any File plugin, which was designed for this use case.  Not nearly as convenient as having it built-in to LR, but it gets the job done.
davidg19038978
Known Participant
January 2, 2017
Just started creating Pano and exposure blending with my D800 raw files. Linking the smart objects back to the Raw file in Photoshop. The file is greater than 4GB, I can not manage this file as part of my Lightroom workflow as I need to use PSB files. Just need Lightroom to support PSB catalogue and allow edit in Photoshop (original).
Participant
November 14, 2016
5years and still not even read support for it 😞
Participating Frequently
October 24, 2016
That would be a nice place to start! As long as we can see it and open in Photoshop, that would be great.
Participating Frequently
October 24, 2016
I completely agree! Anytime now Adobe!
Participating Frequently
October 24, 2016
Please Adobe!
Participating Frequently
October 24, 2016
i don't need to edit it, i just want to see it in my collection