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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

alex.furer
Known Participant
February 15, 2020
Thank you! Took a while, but hey as we say "Ende Gut alles Gut".

As for the 65'000 pixel limit I think this really only affects a very small hand full of people. This converts to 5.5 meters (18 feet) @300 dpi. Modern fine art printers can upscale images up to 4 times which would convert this to be 22 meters (72 feet). So technically you could work on a 22 x 22 meter image (printed) in Photoshop and Lightroom now. Besides that there's no printer that can print this in one go, that's plenty considering the viewing distance rule onto this print in real world conditions.

Off course there might be people that are, rightfully, exceeding this limitation in their work. But hey, that's why we're all called creatives.
Participating Frequently
February 15, 2020
Thank you adobe! This is brilliant. I just tried the update. So MUCH better! Thank you, thank you thank. I'd almost lost the faith . .. .
Inspiring
February 15, 2020
I hit the limit with the first image I tried. Thanks for the explanation.
Inspiring
February 15, 2020
Yes, thank you, Adobe. A very long time in coming. Such a badly needed feature. We look forward to larger dimension importability in the future. One suggestion: while I know Adobe, nor any company, wants to promise features and not deliver, it would have been considerate if 3-6 months ago, Adobe told us, hey, we're listening and we're currently developing this functionality, so stay tuned. The total silence during this lengthy request was very alienating and really was unneccessary for a company with customer-driven products like Adobe.
DomiPro
Known Participant
February 13, 2020
This is not enough... try harder Adobe and give us NO restrictions. This is not professional !
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
February 12, 2020
What’s is the minuscule percentage and how was that percentage value produced? 
It’s odd Adobe can’t fully support their own file format as designed. I’m not going to suspect why that is; I don’t like suspecting. 
"I never guess/assume. It is a shocking habit -- destructive to the logical faculty." -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Bob Somrak
Legend
February 12, 2020
The size restrictions affect a minuscule percentage of photographs.  I suspect most  photographers photos will be well under the limits and they will happily welcome the addition even with the restrictions.
M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
johnrellis
Legend
February 12, 2020
To clarify for others: LR restricts all images, of any format, to be no larger than 512 megapixels and no larger than 65,000 pixels on a side. The addition of PSBs to LR doesn't relax that restriction, but it does allow files larger than 2 GB (PSD) and 4 GB (TIFF).
ChristopherHauser
Participating Frequently
February 12, 2020
Well, it would be great if I actually COULD catalogue all images, sadly the size restrictions are still there... 😞
Inspiring
February 12, 2020
Thank you, Adobe!  This is THE feature I needed most in LR... the ability to catalog all of my images.  I was losing faith, but you came thru.  Thanks a million! - Jim