P: 3rd Party Plugin Support for Lightroom Desktop (External Editors)

[chris5C76]

Please add Plugin support for Lightroom CC! Ability to seamlessly use plugins like Topaz Denoise or Aurora HDR are the only thing missing for me in lightroom CC. Exporting, editing in other app, exporting again and importing back to lightroom is a huge pain.

[JohanElzenga]

Lightroom (desktop, formerly known as Lightroom CC) does indeed not support plugins.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Hello! Tried to search through here and everything I could find was 4+ years old. Are there any plans to include the ability to use 3rd party plugins in Lightroom CC (not classic)? I really like Lightroom CC for editing my digital photos, but need the Negative Lab Pro plugin for my film photos. Would really like the ability use the one program for everything, even better if this would be possible on other platforms as well. If this is not an option, are there any way/plans to migrate easily from one program to the other?

[defaultqsakox1tybsi]

I am currently using Lightroom 4.3 on Windows 10 and am trying to add Topaz DeNoise AI as a plug-in. On all the help pages I have found, the steps to do this require selecting 'edit' then 'preferences' before choosing the 'external editing' tab within a grey menu box. However, when I select 'edit' and 'preferences', the menu options I am given are within a black menu box (seen in the attached photo) and do not include an 'external editing' tab. I am therefore unable to work out how to add Topaz DeNoise as a plugin...any advice?

[Rob_Cullen]

Lightroom v4.3 does not allow or use Plugins.  (Your help pages were for Lightroom-CLASSIC.)

I guess you might 'Export' an image from Lightroom and then 'Open' the exported file in Topaz. (I use this method to edit photos in Nik Silver Efex)

[scot.hacker]

I see numerous Discussions on the topic of missing plugins support for Lightroom (currently supported in Classic only), but nothing in Ideas, which I believe is where feature requests go, and where upvotes happen. For example, I'd love to be able to write a plugin that would let me convert selected RAW files to JPG in-place without exporting and re-importing. 

So this is my formal request to please please introduce a plugins architecture for Lightroom Cloud-based. Bonus points if we can write plugins in Python or other scripting languages 🙂 

[milesthorne]

I have been patiently waiting for 3 years now. Why is this not a feature? Is it technically not possible?

I pay a subscription for Lightroom only as I don't want photoshop but I would really like plugin options in Lightroom.

Also your confusing naming of your products is a disaster. Lightroom CC is now Lightroom is it? Which is what people think Desktop Lightroom is. 

[Sameer K]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. We are here to help. I'd love to clarify this for you.

Adobe Lightroom currently does not have support for plugins or extensions. Plugins are supported with Lightroom Classic.

Lightroom Classic is available on macOS & windows. In contrast, Adobe Lightroom is available on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android & web browsers too, which can make the development & upkeep of plugins difficult for Plugin developers.

Please upvote this thread for plugin support in Adobe Lightroom: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-ideas/p-plugin-support/idi-p/12355007

We hope you understand,
Thanks!
Sameer K

[Timothy.Spear]

@Sameer K 

So when do you pull in marketing to attempt and defend the horrible naming problem 😄

Tim (sorry, could not resist being cheeky)

[milesthorne]

Please add plugins for Lightroom (formerly cc or cloud version )or if it's never going to happen let us know 

[fashionable_Gemstone5D1E]

I recently purchased the topaz photo suite, and I only use the new Lightroom. Topaz has a plug-in for Lightroom classic but adobe has not implemented plug-ins in the new Lightroom, limiting the capabilities of Lightroom.

[schwedman]

Hello

Can Plugins ( like Topaz or DxO ) be installed on Lightroom (cloud-based).

If so, could you please direct me to the installation info.

Thank You

[Timothy.Spear]

Lightroom in the cloud does NOT support plugins.

You can ask to turn this into an idea and upvote it.

Tim

[selondon]

A feature request thread already exists and you can add your 'upvote' here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-ideas/p-plugin-support/idi-p/12355007

[Cory224646368wz5]

Completely agree.  Lr needs the ability to incorporate plugins.  I much prefer editing and moving between devices with Lr, but the inability to easily use plugins like Topax is a necessary function that is currently not possibly, and not easily achieved even when trying to move from Lr to LrC.  Please bring plugins to Lr!!

[shawnh97010311]

Hey everyone! Checking to see if there are any Adobe Lightroom CC updates that are now allowing for plugins to be used on this platform? Thanks so much! 

[Sameer K]

Thanks for reaching out.

Adobe Lightroom currently does not have support for plug-ins like Lightroom Classic.

Please upvote this feature request: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/win-lightroom-classic-v12-unable-to-exp...

Thanks!
Sameer K

[shawnh97010311]

Sameer! 

Thanks so much. Will do now. Hoping they will make this happen! 

[Cory224646368wz5]

Agree with this statement completely.  Plug-in acceptance for Denoise or PureRAW is very much needed, and is the only main feature missing that I need on Lr iPad

[slawomir2625104963f4]

According to Negative lab Pro, Lightroom 6 should work but you need the Graphics Processor turned off inside of Preferences for Lightroom 6. I did this, but NLPro doesn't seem to pop up or work in it. 

Any help would be awesome.

[Rob_Cullen]

"Lightroom 6 should work"-  Arrrrh  That would be the OLD Perpetual Version of Lightroom from 2015 (7 years ago).

The NEW Lightroom (Cloud based) v6 , as stated in the correct answer, does not allow Plugins!

[Mark2935832788md]

All the plug-ins that I have purchased  (Topaz photo AI, ShootProof , etc) will not work with Lightroom Creative Cloud version. All work only with Lightroom Classic. Had I known, I would have purchased Lightroom Classic. Is Adobe working on a solution, is there a way around this issue, or are we all just stuck? 
Thanks for your reply

[Jim Wilde]

None of the Lightroom apps currently support plug-ins, and Adobe have given no indication (they rarely do) that they are working on adding such functionality.

I've no doubt that if you contact Adobe's Customer Support they will enable you to switch your subscription to the Photography Plan, which includes Classic and Photoshop as well as the Lightroom apps.

[scot.hacker]

My entire photography landscape is based around Lightroom (not Classic) but I've started to realize how much I'm missing by not having plugin support. So I went for the Photography plan and decided to switch to Classic, only to find nothing but beachballs when trying to Classic. I love Lightroom and don't look forward to switching to Classic, but was willing to downgraade just for the plugins, only to find that I cannot. This situation is really not good. 

[GlasslensPhotography]

hi all.

when are we getting support for plugins beyone presets for Lightroom CC?

[Jim Wilde]

Nobody here can tell you when or if such support will ever become available. I suggest you add your vote to the existing feature request: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-ideas/p-plugin-support/idi-p/12355007