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PhilipTobias
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January 19, 2012
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P: Support Common Image Formats (EPS, GIF, PDF, BMP etc.)

  • January 19, 2012
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Feature request: Please add Lightroom support for common Adobe publishing and Web image formats, such as EPS, AI, PDF, GIF, and PNG.

Many of us use Lightroom to manage client images in NEF, JPG, PSD and other formats. But the clients' associated images, which are used on their Websites and in their logos and publications, are invisible to Lightroom. If Adobe Bridge can display these other image formats, why can't Lightroom?

Even if Lightroom did not provide direct editing support for these other image formats, it would still be extremely useful if Lightroom could catalog and display them.

It would also elevate Lightroom from being "just" a photo editor into the realm of being a true Digital Asset Manager (DAM). Now that Lightroom includes basic video support - isn't it time to support all the common image formats that our other CS applications use?

Please vote for, as well as reply to, this request if you would also like to see Lightroom support these additional common image formats...

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    Thany2
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    May 5, 2014
    Precisely. If Photoshop can do it, so can Lightroom. Adobe already has all the code they need to implement extra file formats, which includes non-maximized PSD, as well as several oddballs.

    The only challenge would be animated GIF and APNG, since those files are "video" and picture at the same time.

    I'm not so sure about vector format, though. Lightroom works on pixels, not vectors.
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    May 5, 2014
    Thank you, Kim, for agreeing that Lightroom needs expanded image format support.

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    Kim Letkeman
    Participating Frequently
    May 5, 2014
    The need to at least acknowledge most common formats in the catalog is blindingly obvious. LR's catalog is used by many as the sole source of information about our images, and that includes EXIF, tags, location and so on. Only supporting the easy formats makes sense only to those who might not want to poison the "purity" of their product philosophy. But the real world demands solutions that work, and don't hide data.
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    Raffisys
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    November 11, 2013
    I wish the Library section worked like a regular browser, and users can manually add content they want in the catalog. This would help me see files that are new from other apps. Sync Folders is when you know there is something in it. This of course would be most useful when other image formats are visible.
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    J453
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    November 8, 2013
    That request is here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 8, 2013
    At least it would mean that we don't have to surrender to *only* Adobe's mercy when asking for new features. This is very important with such a complex product.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 8, 2013
    Related to this: I also find it rather weird that in order to catalog PSD files, they need to be stored with "maximum compatibility" switched on. That feels like one Adobe product has trouble reading another Adobe product's file formats. This needs fixing too.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 7, 2013


    Allow cataloging GIF files in the next Lightroom, please. GIFs are used for animation, and folks who want to create those neat anigifs from pieces of video, can keep those GIFs in the catalog using this feature.

    Lightroom would have to support *animated* GIF as well as non-animated. Animation is technically already supported in the form of video support.
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    hillrg
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    July 11, 2013
    I agree it is a non-trivial undertaking. In fact, I suspect it would be more difficult than anything else in LR development. My experience using javascipt with photoshop and bridge shows Adobe is not that good at engineering and supporting the SDK. A good example of this is the bridge SDK, where the ScriptUI is riddled with bugs since CS6 and has not been fixed even though it works in photoshop and the ESTK.

    The LR SDK has been asked for before (several times)... and sort of promised at the beginning of LR. Personally I think Adobe should concentrate on the develop module, core library capabilities and a robust SDK, instead of creating almost good enough modules like mapping and books.
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    July 11, 2013
    That's a fine idea, and one that could lead to many new capabilities, including better image format support. However, as someone who is involved with an SDK development team (I write the documentation), it is not a trivial undertaking. But I'd love to see Adobe pursue this. Though it is related to this topic, perhaps you should start a new feature request for a robust Lightroom SDK?
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