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P: 3rd Party Plugin Support for Lightroom Desktop

Community Beginner ,
Aug 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021

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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.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

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You're right. Lightroom Classic supports plugins, while Lightroom (Cloud) does not.

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 01, 2024 Jul 01, 2024

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hmm... why not one program that is backwards compatable and/or allows changing of visuals/features to preference ? I must be missing something huge.

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Explorer ,
Jul 13, 2024 Jul 13, 2024

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Definitely would love to see this with a proper SDK. Though it does feel like we'll forever be split with LR Classic and LR?  Or is this a limitation because the codebase is tied to mobile as well in some way?

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New Here ,
Aug 19, 2024 Aug 19, 2024

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Totally agree. Lightroom CC with cloud storage in principle is a killer app for (semi-)professional photopraphers because you can immediately process your photos on the go, but if things like plugins are not supported then it ruins the workflow.

 

Technically you can of course device-dependently show/allow a plugin feature based on the device the app is running on and I agree that this really would not ruin the user experience to have some differences in the same app depending on which device it is run from.

 

Also, if Adobe absolutely wanted to make "Plugins" consistently available in LR CC on all device platforms, then a modern version of a "Plugin" could be a published web service API that would allow other third party providers to connect LR CC with their own "Plugin" web services. That way everything (also the Plugin) would be a service / cloud. Even if such service offerings don't exist today, they will never if Adobe doesn't start to offer a corresponding API.

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New Here ,
Aug 19, 2024 Aug 19, 2024

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I mean, especially as this thread is called "Lightroom ECOSYSTEM (Cloud)". Third Party webservice "Plugin" = allowing for an ecosystem...

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New Here ,
Sep 10, 2024 Sep 10, 2024

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Lightroom CC focuses on consistency across devices and doesn't support plugins, unlike Lightroom Classic, which allows for additional functionality through plugins.

 

 

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 04, 2024 Oct 04, 2024

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Please update Lightroom so we have just one app. Having two applications is absurd. 

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