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johnrellis
johnrellis
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February 12, 2020
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P: Add PSB as a file format for external editing

  • February 12, 2020
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Now that LR 9.2 supports importing PSB files, it would be a little more convenient if you could specify PSB as the default format for editing in Photoshop (Preferences > External Editing > Edit In Adobe Photoshop > File Format). 

As it stands now, if you want to save an edited file in PSB format, you must remember to do File > Save As and select Large Document Format.

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    Vit Kovalcik
    Known Participant
    March 25, 2024

    Support this too, PSB files would help me a lot.

    My situation: Compression during saving is incredibly slow, but with today's SSD speeds it is much faster to just work with uncompressed files. However it takes just a few layers to exceed PSD file size limit.

    Exporting directly to PSB would solve this (faster compression would partially solve it too 🙂 )

      mlphoto.raw
      mlphoto.raw
      Known Participant
      December 4, 2023

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/saving-as-tif-how-to-set-default-as-zip/m-p/14275536#M768689

      I too am running into this issue with PSB being ideal container for edited photographs with many layers exceeding 4GB. 

      I am also running into the issue of Photoshop not saving to the original folder from which LrC sent the image from, and requiring far too many user intervention and impedes workflow. 

        brandonv91940649
        brandonv91940649
        Participant
        May 12, 2023

        Currently, when selecting "Edit In...Photoshop" from Lightroom Classic there is the option to open the raw image in Photoshop as either a PSD or TIFF. If the edits and layers created in Photoshop result in a file larger than 2 or 4 GB, it must be saved as a PSB (Large Format file). Unfortunately, this requires utilizing the Save As dialog in Photoshop and manually navigating to the folder where the other images in the set are stored, creating potential issues due to human error and costing unnecessary time. Similarly, when opening a previously edited TIFF from Lightroom Classic into Photoshop, and making changes that result in the need for a PSB file, the resulting file does not automatically import into Lightroom, requiring a manual import operation. Apart from compatibility with older software versions, there doesn't seem to be any good reason why images shouldn't be converted immediately to PSB when opening raws from Lightroom, if a user knows they routinely work with large files and expect the edited file size to exceed the lower limits of other formats.

          D Fosse
          Community Expert
          D FosseCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          May 13, 2023

          Yes, this is long overdue. Same with export.

           

          Some of us are now at a point where it would make much more sense to use PSB consistently and routinely. We keep bumping into the file size ceiling constantly. There is still no preference in Photoshop to set PSB as default instead of PSD, so having PSB straight out of Lightroom would go a long way.

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            JSP8475
            Known Participant
            March 23, 2023

            hitting cancel and trying to save again to move save folder location to the OG file location does not work for me

             OS12.6.3 Photoshop24.2.0 LRC12.2.1

            J
            JSP8475
            Known Participant
            March 19, 2023

            When I work with a lot of layers from my 24MP camera or (fewer layers) from my 45MP camera in Photoshop, Photoshop often tells me to save the file in PSB and I have to manually navigate to the working forlder and put "-Edit" in the name myself.

             

            It's not much but would be great if I were to given an option to default the file type to PSB.

            johnrellis
            johnrellisAuthor
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            March 21, 2023

            If you click Cancel when it asks you to save as PSB and instead do File > Save As, it will select the right folder for you. But you'll still have to add -Edit manually.

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            stevet25034274
            Participant
            April 30, 2020
            I think the point being made is that you cannot use tiff above 4gb so you either need to compress the file of save as psb and the psb saves and opens quicker than a compressed tiff
            john beardsworth
            Community Expert
            john beardsworthCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            April 30, 2020
            You need to compare uncompressed PSB against uncompressed TIF, Matt. I doubt you'll see any difference.
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            FeedbackCommunityMember
            Inspiring
            April 30, 2020
            Hi John, I think you misread. The side benefit is the uncompressed PSBs save much faster than compressed TIFFs on any large file sizes, not just ones approaching 4GB.
              john beardsworth
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              john beardsworthCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              April 30, 2020
              The "side benefit" being that compression takes longer than saving uncompressed?
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              FeedbackCommunityMember
              Inspiring
              April 29, 2020
              I disagree.  With ultra high resolution cameras like the GFX 100 and the desire to composite 16 bit images in Photoshop I routinely run into the 4GB file limit of TIFF files. A side benefit is uncompressed PSBs, although can get huge actually save to disk much faster than compressed TIFFs so they always would be my preferred choice. 
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