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No one can say (except for some Adobe employees, who are not allowed to say). You should check the list here each time Adobe updates the Lighroom Classic software.
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i'm just applying logic... given there's plenty of people out there who've had the A7 iv on test prior to general release. I suppose Sony might not want Adobe to be ahead of the curve as Sony have editing software for sale, but seems daft if so
By @Farmer_with_a_camera
Logic + assumptions.
Look, some may have received pre-released cameras to maybe make videos. They were under NDA (I speak as someone who's been in such a position). Even if you wish to believe that the same day these folks were getting their pre-released cameras and making videos that Adobe also got one, it takes time to reverse engineer the raws, then test cross platform internally, then seed the beta's to outside testers, while creating camera profiles, while then building installers, documenting the software etc.
AGAIN, none of this would be an issue IF the camera manufacturers would treat their proprietary raws like they treat the JPEG the camera also produces. And they could do this! By and very large, they will not.
They could allow the proprietary raws to be converted in the camera to an open raw format, DNG. By and large, they will not. None of this is new.
Now the other assumption some can make, and it is silly and without merit is that yeah, Adobe had raws and they sat on their hands because they really enjoy upsetting customers who rush to get a camera a day before an actual shoot, and are happy those customers can't use their software on those proprietary raws. Or somehow, Adobe makes money every time someone shoots a JPEG. It's silly thought.
The historical 'bad guys' here are and will continue to be the camera manufacturers until, their customer base complains enough about this silly tactic. But a month or so after a new camera release, the vast majority of camera buyers have no idea what you early adopters had to go through. Is anyone here complaing about Sony A7IV seeing this for the very first time? If so, you should know that raw support virtually never happens the day/week or even month that camera was released. If this is your first experience with a new camera and a lack of any 3rd party raw support very early after release, then you should know that this has been happening for decades. And it will happen again.
Focus your complaints towards the source of this historical problem: the camera manufacturers.
agreed Sony should do better, but at the same time you can't say Adobe shouldn't too...
By @Farmer_with_a_camera
I never said that. The work will be done.
I've outlined the real issue.
I've provided the fact that no matter how many ask and how often, you will not get a date for the next release. And why that isn't done by and large, based on actually creating software for the Photoshop ecosystem.
I've outlined how you can actually use your cameras despite some claiming they cannot (of course they can and yes I agree, the manufacturers raw converters often suck).
Yes, big companies often move slower than smaller ones. There are also advantages of big software compaines. But that's moot. Adobe is working on the raw support. It is coming. If you don't want to see this happen again, tell your camera manufacturer that the raw data is yours, not theirs and you don't want to be forced, for a day, a week a month to use their software or have to shoot a JPEG.
Proprietary raws: BAD. Unnecessary . Not going away but they should. Focus on that problem.
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