P: Support cataloging PSB files

I would like to add my support for Lightroom at least CATALOGING PSB files... Even if you are not able to work on them in the develop module... I would at least like to know that they file is sitting there in my collection.. I forgot that a file I had been working on was a PSB and even though I created a psd for it to show up in Lightroom I had forgotten that it was a PSB and thought I had inadvertently flattened it at some point (while changing color space for delivery - the default - stupid - but that is ANOTHER topic) so spent the last hour tracking down a layered file that I already was in possession of!

also, if you make them it seems very silly to not support them

Please add support for PSB,.. my catalog is incomplete now!
it's a pain to go into the finder everytime,.. also it makes you forget that the file was there. I don't care if it's non editable but just to see it would be a great help!

thanks,
Mark

A follow-up and partial solution for this three-year-old discussion: My Any File Lightroom plugin lets you catalog virtually any file type in your LR catalog, as long as Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Windows) can display thumbnails for that file type. On Windows, you can use a third-party plugin from Ardfry Imaging to get PSB thumbnails. But on Mac, Adobe and Apple have long refused to implement PSB thumbnails for the Finder, even though it is pretty easy technically. So there wasn't any practical way to catalog PSBs with LR/Any File.

After complaints from a number of Any File users, I finally got around to implementing a Mac Quick Look plugin that provides PSB thumbnails and previews for the Finder (and thus Any File / Lightroom). The plugin handles both PSBs and PSDs, and compared to the default Mac previews, it is up to ten time faster on very large PSDs. The plugin also shows low-quality previews and thumbnails for files saved without the Maximize Compatibility option (as compared to the default Mac previews, which are blank).

The plugin is currently in beta, and you can try it for free:

http://www.johnrellis.com/photoshop/p...

I'm not an expert Mac programmer, so the plugin very possibly has bugs at this stage. (I'd greatly prefer that Adobe or Apple, who do have expert programmers, provide this functionality.)

Yet another plea for Lightroom to support PSB files. As well as Lightroom having the just being able to 'read' and 'catalog' PSB files I would also like the option to 'edit in Photoshop' with PSB.

It is pretty boring to start in PSD and then get told my file size is too big and having to switch to PSD. I really cant see any disadvantage of starting in PSB to begin with

Indeed, I thought the idea of CC was constant updates, but wow didn't know that this ask goes back 3 years! Bridge has support for .PSB, why is it not in adobe flagship workflow product (Lightroom) which they are trying to push to all the existing aperture users. Adobe, please give this a look.

It appears that Adobe is only interested in shoving CC down our throats....but NOT interested in fixing basic limitations in their software!

Please add the ability for Lightroom to read and catalog .PSB files. It is very surprising that Lightroom cannot support this format which is essentially a PSD with a greater file size.

three years, 22 likes, no response from Adobe. Do you think that they are listening?

I use a Nikon D800 and have many, many processed multi-layered files saved a .psb.......many are panos or HDRs. I am shocked to discover that the LR catalog cannot handle these files!

This is an Adobe file format, for crying out loud!!!! This weakness should have been fixed a long time ago!