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December 19, 2017
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P: Please stack RAW+JPEG files

  • December 19, 2017
  • 64 replies
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Contrary to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC doesn't automatically stack the two photos of a RAW+JPEG pair together. This creates quite a bit of clutter. Could you please implement this feature? Thank you.

64 replies

Participant
July 5, 2026

Just subscribed to Lightroom for the first time since the cloud workflow was added. Realized this feature was missing, which was something I used constantly back when Lightroom Classic was the only Lightroom. Very disappointed to find this thread and its lack of updates...considering cancelling my subscription since the cloud version just doesn't have what photographers actually need, even this many years on.

Participant
April 24, 2026

8 years since this thread was created. Latest update added AI searching, but still unable to achieve a basic feature like stacking RAW+JPEG.

I’m giving up and looking elsewhere. Extremely disappointing that Adobe are clearly ignoring how many photographers work.

mavol
Participant
March 18, 2026

Totally messes up all workflows working with raw and jpeg images… absolutely a shame Lightroom (especially Mobile) can‘t handle this basic requirement and gives the user basically no control over what and how images are imported….

Participant
April 6, 2025

I often shoot in both RAW and JPEG. When importing, the app treats these as separate files—even when they have the same name—creating duplicates in my library. Lightroom Classic has a feature to treat RAW+JPEG as one file, and I’d love to see a similar option in Lightroom as well to automatically stack or group them on import.

Participant
January 13, 2025

Please add this feature, I want to rank and delete pairs of jpeg and raw in one step 

Inspiring
January 5, 2025

This is a long-awaited feature.
The first post in this thread was in 2017.
A lot of photographers shoot RAW for post-production and archiving, while using jpeg for sharing on social media.
The ability to merge RAW and jpeg files into one stack would speed up the workflow, making it more tidy.
Please consider implementing this feature as soon as possible.
Thank you.

Known Participant
October 14, 2024

Lightroom Classic offers a feature where it detects both RAW and JPG files captured by the camera (in RAW+JPG mode) and automatically stacks them during import, with the RAW file prioritized for editing. However, Lightroom (cloud) treats RAW and JPG files as separate images during import.

 

It would be helpful for Lightroom (cloud) to either:

  1. Automatically stack RAW+JPG files during import like Lightroom Classic does, with the RAW file being used for editing.
  2. Provide an option to only import RAW files during the import process.
Participant
May 8, 2024

Would love to see this feature added. I am currently in the conundrum of importing photos in Lightroom CC to have the original quality synced to my mobile devices, or import it in Lightroom Classic but have only smart previews syncing to the cloud. I hate the clutter Lightroom CC creates by treating JPEG and RAW as separate files. 

Inspiring
April 10, 2024

Please consider to include RAW+JPG stacking in the next Lr release.

It would be very welcome by photographers using Lr on the go.

Thank you

Guido

Participating Frequently
February 9, 2024

6 years later... Still no raw+jpeg stacking, but hey they are prioritizing replacing the sky and fake bokeh.