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El Coach
El Coach
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October 24, 2017
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LR will not import TiFF files

  • October 24, 2017
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When an image I edited in Aurora 2018 and saved as a TIFF file could not be read and imported by LRC. I decided to edit the same image in both Luminar as well as Topaz Studio. Each file was saved in a TIFF format and none of them were read or imported by LRC. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Correct answer Rob_Cullen

John,

My operating system is Mac 10.12.6 Sierra.and LR is 7.0 Release. I have

heard back from the Macphun team and they state that they are using standar

TIFF coding.

Very much appreciate your help.

Stephen Campbell

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On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:43 PM, johnrellis <forums_noreply@adobe.com>


Perhaps the colon : in the filenames is the problem. Lightroom sees this as an illegal character.

I downloaded the file and my Windows automatically inserted an underscore to replace the colon.

Lightroom had no trouble importing the (renamed) file.

And a quote from- Filename Conventions and Compatibility

The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS 9 is the

colon ":"

Edit:  beat me to the answer by 3 minutes

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david hundley photography
Participant
December 1, 2022

I am having the same issue. In fact, LrC will not import, or even see TIFF, psd and psb files stored on my external HD created by photoshop. LrC is seeing NEF and jpeg files. Any thoughts? 

    charlenetribe
    charlenetribe
    Participant
    September 3, 2023

    I'm wondering if you found any answers because I am having the same thing happen.  It won't see anything on my external drive with those extensions.

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 3, 2023

    Hi @charlenetribe   Have you checked the file names for illegal characters? (as is the theme in this old forum thread.)

    Do the TIFF files have an accompanying raw file of the same name on the hard-drive? I have seen situations where the TIFF is considered a "sidecar" file to the raw file and will not import if LrC General Preferences is set to- [Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos].

    Have you tried the (often suggested) Reset of the Preferences file? PREFERENCES RESET 

    It might be better to start a new forum thread with your question and full details of your system from LrC MENU: Help > Systerm info...

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
      JP Hess
      JP Hess
      Inspiring
      October 24, 2017

      I wonder if Aurora is creating a nonstandard TIF file. I have numerous TIF files created by Photoshop In my Lightroom catalog.

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
        Legend
        October 25, 2017

        Upload to Dropbox or similar a sample problem TIFF and post the sharing link here.  We can take a look to see what might be going on.

        Bob Somrak
        Bob Somrak
        Legend
        October 25, 2017

        Thank you John.

        Here is the link: Dropbox - Huevos Coloridos in B:W.tiff

        If it would be useful I can also upload the files produced by Luminar and Topaz Studio which LR could not read.


        The file imports fine in Lr Classic

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