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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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    barryjeff1812
    Participating Frequently
    March 22, 2018
    It is actually worse than this - Lightroom gives certain file types (e.g., jpeg and png) the same namespace. Thus, if you have two files of the same name with these different extensions, only one can be shown in Lightroom. 
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2018
    Oh? Lightroom didn't support .bmp ? 
    Now I have to go for ACDsee? Wow. 
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    Thany2
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    December 7, 2017
    Question: what is so special about GIF that Lightroom cannot support it?

    How can we make Adobe see how common GIF is, and how Lightroom already supports a (albeit extremely limited) set of video formats?

    GIF engines are *plentyful* and should be dead-easy to implement. Heck, even Photoshop can read and write GIF (among very many others!), so why are the Lightroom devs so stubborn in comparison?
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    September 19, 2017
    >>Phil, has anyone told you why this has dragged on for so long?

    No, no official Adobe representative has ever explained why Adobe has dragged their feet so long on providing support for additional necessary image formats.

    ...pt

    PS: Since my original feature request covered multiple common image formats, I hope that combining that with specific JPEG2000 support does not further bury the real need for more image format support overall.
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    alanterra
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    September 19, 2017
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    barryjeff1812
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    September 19, 2017
    I don't get why this discussion is 6 years old!! This is not a hard concept, either conceptually or technically. Lightroom needs to support a full spectrum of image file formats including those formats produced by other Adobe products - period! Phil, has anyone told you why this has dragged on for so long?
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    September 19, 2017
    Merging with another topic.

    Please reference the new conversation here: Lightroom: full support for JPEG2000 format
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    August 20, 2017
    Yes, Merlin.

    Lightroom still needs support for additional common image formats. The lack of same is indeed a "massive failing."

    Thanks for your comment.   ...pt
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    Merlin3
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    August 20, 2017


    For what would be some simple coding to view bmp files by Adobe..., Lightroom would have been the new replacement to what was an excellent DAM software, Extensis Portfolio, (discontinued and Portfolio users not happy !!!!)  but Lr doesnt support a native raster file type hat has existed since the inception of windows, that of bmp. All others do. I am gutted. Thats Lightroom of no use, I have thousands of bmp files, and no  I am not converting them, as I am making them daily with the progs that by default make them, simulators, and also I have to make them for Msoft Access database displays as it only works on bmp.

    As such Lightroom falls at first hurdle.

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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    January 10, 2017
    Yes, Jim, Lightroom still needs to support more file formats - natively, without third-party plugins.

    Thank you for your support and comments. Maybe one day Adobe will listen to its users and add this needed functionality.

    ...pt
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