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Anonymous
December 23, 2019
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Exporting in original format loses all edits

  • December 23, 2019
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I've edited a bunch of HEIC photos (basically, photos I took with my iPhone), and when I export using "original" format, all the changes are lost. The exported image is identical to the original one.

 

I've  some very obvious tests (like trimming 75% of a photo), and it's reproducible every time. Looks very much like a bug, but it's a bug that leaves my edited photos locked in Lightroom (unless I export as jpeg).

 

Anyone else having this issue, or is it just me?

 

Edit: I'm using the iPad version of Lightroom.

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    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    December 23, 2019

    Original means the un-edited original. So what is happening is as expected. You need to export in another format e.g. jpeg to make a copy with your edit settings. Try sharing to camera roll or files.

     

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    Anonymous
    December 23, 2019

    That doesn't really make much sense. I picked "format: original". I'd assume that keeps the original format, not the original copy.

     

    How do I export my edited photo in the original file format then (HEIC)? I hate exporting to JPEG and keeping JPEGs around, given that it's such a ???? format for actual storage.

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    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 23, 2019

    Exporting in original format actually does include all the edits, however, they are in the xmp metadata in the file. Only Adobe software can read and apply these edits. Original format means that the pixels in the file do not get touched. It copies the file over and embeds the Lightroom edits in xmp code into the file. This is as designed.

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