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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...

275 replies

johnrellis
Genius
March 26, 2019
The Web page currently says, "Any File requires Lightroom 6 / CC 2015 or Lightroom Classic".
nermie
Known Participant
March 25, 2019
My apologies John,
Yes the naming is easy to mix up an that is what I have done.

I do have both Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC and it is Lightroom Classic that I mostly use. I will tri out your PlugIn 
Although I do suggest  that you update your webpage to avoid others that may also be wondering.
johnrellis
Genius
March 25, 2019
Ah, more branding confusion from Adobe's perspicuous product naming.

Lightroom CC (the cloud-focused version of LR) doesn't support plugins of any kind. But Lightroom Classic CC (the desktop-focused version), including the newest version 8.2 released in February, continues to support plugins, and Any File runs well in 8.2.  Adobe continues to develop both Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic.

The title of your post here said "Lightroom Classic CC".  But if you're not sure which version you're running, do Help > System Info.  Victoria's article explains the differences: 
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/the-future-of-lightroom/
nermie
Known Participant
March 25, 2019

John,

I emailed you a few days ago and this was your response;


"LR CC (the new cloud-focused version) doesn't support plugins of any kind, unfortunately, so you can't use Any File with it.  Any File only works with the traditional, desktop-focused version of Lightroom – LR Classic, LR 6, or LR CC 2015 – on either Mac or Windows.

 

Thanks much for your interest,

 

   John"



johnrellis
Genius
March 25, 2019
I use Any File for my own catalogs. Please get in touch with me at the support email address: 
http://www.johnrellis.com/lightroom/anyfile.htm#support
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 25, 2019
> In the past, third party LR plugins like import anyfile would get around this issue but that no longer works with latest versions of LR.

Have you reported that to John?
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Known Participant
March 25, 2019
Thank you, Doug Willis.
nermie
Known Participant
March 25, 2019


Please Adobe, make your Creative Suite truly integrated with at least our own products. I want to be able to use LR to import,view and manage PDF files (an Adobe standard). I can do it in Bridge without any fuss, why can't I do it in LR. I understand this feature request goes back at least 8 years and still nothing has been done about it. If you negelect the very core premise of your CC products, i.e. seamless workflow integration, then Adobe and the CC suite will soon lose relevance and value, a competitor will come along that listens to its user needs and they will attract your customers. Once you lose your customers trust and confidence, it is very hard (and expensive) to win them back. I have been an Adobe LR user since the beta days, it is generally a good product, but it is losing its shine. In the past, third party LR plugins like import anyfile would get around this issue but that no longer works with latest versions of LR.

Another example of lacking true integration that I have raised before is not having the ability to drag and drop edited images in LR into Indesign and keep the non destructive edits. There is Live captioning between programs, but not Live edits. A significant oversight resulting in a time consuming workflow of having to edit in Photoshop, then re-save the image so the image can be placed into indesign.

Please  stop procrastinating on this matter, you have the expertise and the ability to solve these issues quickly and efficiently, just do it.
Known Participant
January 23, 2019
Thank you - Keep pressuring Adobe to support additional image formats in Lightroom.
Inspiring
January 23, 2019
I've been asking Adobe to let us see pdfs for... how many years now?... in their "surveys". 
Obviously no one is listening! 
Surely this can't be that difficult a request, especially when so many users are in favor. 
But I guess users don't count.