P: Ability to export 4K video

[christophek22525811]

Since 2015, there are no more interesting inovations. I think it's an insolence that Lightroom can not export 4k video. That can't be a challenge for a programmer to provide a corresponding function. The are a lot of users asked for the support of PSB files in Lightroom, but Adobe do nothing. Adobe must be ashamed that file formats from their own house are not supported. For me is also a big mystery why Photoshop write  a file of more that 3GB for a picture with 2 layers. There are still a lot to do but Adobe presents us again and again only small chunks. I do not know how much longer I want to pay for it.

I feel confused as a customer.

[johnrellis]

Moderators, please merge with this idea:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/lightroom-classic-ability-to-export-4k-video/... 

[bakroad]

Seriously. Adobe really has given me yet another reason to switch my entire workflow to On1. Shameful no response after all this time.

[stabilus2]

I have not been doing videos previously and just very recently decided to create a slideshow from stills in LRC. When I did not find a way to export in 4k, I was very hesitant accepting that it should not be possible to do so. After all LR is the industry standard and wants to be better than every other photo editor, right?... I do like the automatic features that cross fade, pan and zoom, and the fact that I can keep working LR would just be ideal. Why export stills first to then import them in a video editor and manually come up with all the effects when LR could do it?

It is obvious, Adobe could do it easily, but they don't want to - probably afraid they would cut into profits selling a Premiere pro license less. Shameful behavior Adobe!

[JohanElzenga]

Why do people always assume evil motives? There is a long list of feature requests, so some things will be at the very top and some things will be at the very bottom of that list. It's as simple as that.

[stabilus2]

Well let’s think about that: 4k is where video is at, has been at for many years now. 4k has been introduced to Adobe’s other products like premiere. 4k export would make a lot of sense for people who don’t want to invest in premiere because they already own Lightroom… Are you really suggesting that 4k slideshows remaining at the bottom of the feature list is an accident, a coincidence? I for myself stopped being naïve about things like that a long time ago.

[JohanElzenga]

Adobe gets feedback from Lightroom Classic, so it knows how many (or should I say how few) people actually use the slideshow module. This forum also gives you an indication: there are very few questions about that module. The slide show module is very limited in what it can do, so I expect that most people who are just a little bit serious about making quality slide shows don't use it, but use dedicated software instead. That includes me and no, I am not using Adobe software for it, so if Adobe had any evil motives then they did not work. Very naive, but that's me.

[Daniel_Peterson]

It's 2023 and I am still stuck with slideshow video exporting causing issues...

• The user interface is super old Windows 7/8 (?)... what, why?
• No 4K
• The output framerate is always 29.97 which also causes glitches of photo's overlapping each other on the cuts between images.
• It fails or freezes randomly.

[Daniel_Peterson]

Please update the Slideshow module 'Export Video...' feature. It is seriously outdated and has not been updated since 2015 as far as I am aware, BUT it could be great and seamless with Lr photo collections if updated...

• It still uses an old version of Windows 7/8(?) Explorer User Interface! Why?
• It does not allow 4K - https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-ability-to-export-4k-video/idi-p/12248648
• It has a set frame rate of 29.97 which is annoying and also causes overlaps on images at the cut points.
• It freezes for unknown reasons every so often.

Many people still utilise simple slideshows (I would go so far as to say almost every family in first world countries will at some point want to make a slideshow for a family member) and Lightroom has the potential to make this easy! But alas, at the present time my workflow involves using Lr to manage photo's and create a simple slideshow, then import to Pr to re-export at the right frame rate and fix overlapping images due to the 29.97 frame rate.

[danf62407683]

One of the main features I use in Lightroom Classic after processing is the creation of slideshows. It's a great feature! You can add you own choice of music and vary slide length etc. The one feature that has been missing for years is the ability to export a slideshow in 4k. I've been waiting on this for years and it's endlessly frustrating! What's the purpose of high resolution cameras if you can only export on 1080p. Please address this issue!

[Chris27827290xsk2]

I updated Lightroom 10 days ago and it got super slow, I made sure I updated Windows 10 and I also updated my GPU. When I'm in the develop module it gets up to using over 60+ % of my RAM ( I have 32Gig) and I'm not even doing anything. My catalogue is on an SSD and my cache is set to 25Gig. It literally get's unusable and stops responding and is so laggy I can't even use an adjustment slider.. Everything else on my computer is running fine. Any Suggestions?

[dj_paige]

Lightroom (Lr icon) or Lightroom Classic (LrC icon)? What version NUMBER?

Specifically, what actions are slow? Please provide those details.

[Chris27827290xsk2]

LrC Icon V12 Specifically (Updated 10 days ago) every action is slow, Basics tab, Tone curve, HSL Colour,Colour Grading, Detail, Transform, Effects,Calibration, Masking, Spot heal and even cropping. The whole of Lightroom and it get worse the longer I use it.

[dj_paige]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/slow-to-launch-and-walk-between-photos/...

[Chris27827290xsk2]

Thank you for this link. After reading through it I think I know where the problem originated. I updated to Version 12.1 then discovered my GPU needed updating, so, of course I updated it. I believe if I had done this procedure the opposite way aroung it would have been fine.

[Keith Reeder]

See ya...

[johnrellis]

See here for a workaround:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/workaround-for-exporting-4k-video/m-p/1...

[danf62407683]

I've been waiting years for this to happen! It easy to create a slideshow in Lightroom, set it to music, and add captions! The fact that you can only export a slideshow in 1080p is beyond belief! Why have high resolution cameras when that isn't possible? As far as I know Photoshop doesn't have that capability either. 

[johnrellis]

I just released the Any Video Preset plugin, which adds presets for exporting videos and slideshows in 2K and 4K resolutions, 30 and 60 frames per second, landscape and portrait. You can also add your own presets. (Slideshow presets work on Mac only.)

[johnrellis]

I just released the Any Video Preset plugin, which adds presets for exporting videos and slideshows in 2K and 4K resolutions, 30 and 60 frames per second, landscape and portrait. You can also add your own presets. (Slideshow presets work on Mac only.)

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this Idea:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-ability-to-export-4k-video/idc-p/14247579

[Al Olby]

It's so backward that this is still not a feature, it must be a commercial decision by Adobe not to support 4k slideshow export to encourage people to use other more complex apps. Except in my case it backfires on them. If Lightroom supported 4k slideshow export on Windows and Mac I'd have been able to get clients to buy into Adobe = more customers for Adobe. But as it won't, they choose different solutions - which of course are not by Adobe.

[Daniel_Peterson]

It's not lightroom based, but I actually ended up creating a slideshow extension for Premiere Pro (largely because of the lack of support for this) - https://aescripts.com/swift-slides/

[nnigel]

Please improve slideshow video quality.  The current HD quality doesn't carry the detailed beauty of photographs painstakingly created in the Develop Module.

Slideshows are a perfect way of showcasing what Lightroom can do in photo series streamed over websites and social media and presentations to customers and family and friends.

Please unleash this potential so Lightroom can shine out and not be restricted to either single shot presentations or poor quailty slide shows that don't represent it's true ability to make images shine.

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this existing Idea:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-ability-to-export-4k-video/idi-p/12248648

[nnigel]

I keep going round in circles.  I clck on your link and eventually it takes me back to here.  Where is this "more serious" update suggestions forum ?