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July 17, 2019
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P: Ability to"Open as layers in photoshop"

  • July 17, 2019
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The only thing I'm missing in Lightroom CC is opening photos as layers in photoshop

I want to get in Lightroom CC button which I could choose "Open as layers" in photoshop. I really don't like Lightroom Classic, and think CC version is much better, but it's not completely finished.

At this moment this's most missing function for me.

42 replies

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
March 29, 2021

This thread is being merged into an existing authoritative thread for better tracking and response. Please review the official answer (if any) in the second post on the thread for more information. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Participating Frequently
March 29, 2021

If the feature is present, I'm sorry, just didn't found it. If not, please add, it is a nice feature, often useful

Myoman
Participant
February 8, 2021

Agree, this needs to be done! Would also be nice to do focus stacking inside Lightroom CC. They have HDR merge why not focus stack. 

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
February 8, 2021

This thread is being merged into an existing authoritative thread for better tracking and response. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Myoman
Participant
February 7, 2021

Thanks I can't see any edit-in sub menu option for this in Lightroom CC on my MacBook Pro; There is an export to Photoshop but this is greyed out for multiple images?

Cletus
Known Participant
February 7, 2021

You can already do this.  There is a Open as Layers option at the bottom of the Edit-IN sub menu.   It remains gray(unselectable) unless you select multiple images in Lightroom

Myoman
Participant
February 7, 2021

It would be great to have an export photos from Lightroom CC to layers in Photoshop to allow easy focus stacking; Alternative focus stacking directly in Lightroom CC would be great.

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2020

Another problem is that the new Lightroom users who have never used Lightroom CC don't even know what kind of a lifesaver it is. When I do use stacking it's almost always more than 20 files, often upwards of 50. It's extremely sub-optimal to open all of them as files in Photoshop as opposed to opening directly as layers.

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2020

Yeah... and now, 7 months later, still not.

Fish8888
Participant
December 9, 2020

This is the only feature keeping me from switching from Lightroom Classic to the clodu based one.