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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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    Kim Letkeman
    Participating Frequently
    August 27, 2015
    A pretty typical pattern methinks ... to boost profits in the new "shareholders matter more than anyone or anything else" economy, you cut the team to the bone and work on one or two whiz bang features per release, leaving glaring deficiencies and gaping holes to fester for year after year.

    However, there is a way to make improvements and that is to strike a 50/50 balance between new features and GUI / usability improvements. This is where Adobe seem to fall short.

    More supported formats, much better responsiveness with face detection running in the background, discarding clicks while the GUI is frozen to prevent random actions, and so on ... lots and lots of features that could really improve the experience.
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
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    August 27, 2015
    Indeed, Tanja, it would be nice if Adobe actually listened to its customers. This feature request is one that quite a few Adobe customers would appreciate.
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 27, 2015
    Yes, Barry, Lightroom would be more useful if it supported more common image file formats.
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    Tanja2014
    Inspiring
    August 27, 2015
    and bridge get ́s no love either as you may noticed......
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    Tanja2014
    Inspiring
    August 27, 2015
    well the request is over 4 years old.

    adobe cares a sh*t.... obviously.
    every shareware coder could do it in less time.

    i mean most lightroom user are on subscription anyway.. so why do something?

    a few crappy beta features every 6 month keeps most of the lemmings hooked.
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    barryjeff1812
    Participating Frequently
    August 27, 2015
    I couldn't agree more. I'm doing all kinds of photography tasks for my client including post processing images they give me. I need Lightroom to help me catalog all the files I work with.
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    PhilipTobiasAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 8, 2015
    Yes, reinecke.

    You are right - "It is annoying to have to open Bridge to see" our other graphics files.

    Lightroom should support more common image formats.

    Best regards. ...pt
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    RSquared
    Participating Frequently
    April 8, 2015
    Hey Adobe. Why is not possible, practical or worth the effort to support .ai and other formats?
    Yes, this is my second post.
    It is annoying to have to open Bridge to see my .ai files.
    I am not a programmer, but untutored logic suggests that if Bridge can see the .ai files, then Lightroom should be able to.
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    Thany2
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    June 23, 2014
    AnyFile is way too fiddly for me. It's very badly integrated into Lightroom's regular functions. And it creates extraneous "placeholder" files that just goes against my principles.

    One might as well use a second program to catalog unsupported files, which why this needs to be either natively in Lightroom, or waaaaay better integrated with a plugin.
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    Raffisys
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    June 21, 2014
    yup, I too tried it, and I wish I could use it. Its been a while maybe it is rewritten, but I had to stop using it also.
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