Why does my photo edited in Lightroom come to photoshop as a Tif?

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April 14, 2023
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I made some screenshots...

But I have the latest updates Imac and what I am talking about is NOT Lightroom Classic its the other one just called Adobe Lightroom ...

It comes out as a Raf from my Fujifilm XT2 camera digital , and I import it to my desk !

But to my surprise it comes as a Tif to Photoshop ?

Hmmmm Why ?

Thats my question ?

Regards Martha

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Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Simple fact is that Photoshop (the App) cannot edit raw files.

Raw files must first be rendered ('demosaiced' by Lightroom, or Adobe Camera Raw) to be visible as an RGB 'document' in Photoshop.

So when you send any type of raw file (RAF, NEF, CR3, etc) to Photoshop it will always be rendered from Lightroom as a TIF in Photoshop. (Photoshop document formats also include- PSD, JPG, PNG, etc)

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 .

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

[Moderator moved from Using the Community forums to Lightroom (Cloud-based).]

Which version of Camera Raw did you use to convert your RAW file?

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

J

jordskorpaAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for your answer .. but I uploaded a lot of jpg to, they come out the same way ...as aTif ?

I really try to make it easy for you to understand by adding screenshots.... in a row from 1. - 5 .. hope it helps the process .. friendly regards martha

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

JPGs do not support layers. They are flattened image files.

However, PSD and TIF can support layers.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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