P: Enable photo merge (Pano & HDR) with imported images

[VivaTerlingua]

Now that LRM has the ability to do HDR photos with the built in camera, it would be nice to also be able to produce HDR images with imported photos.  It should be fairly easy to implement since the coding is already done for the camera.

[practical_Enigma5EC9]

I'm asking for a tool to merge photos directly from the Lightroom application.

thanks!

[Jao vdL]

Like a panorama merge? That is already available. Or do you mean like a collage for a poster or somesuch? That is available in Classic in the print panel but not in cloud-based lightroom which cannot even print yet.

[jdbm photography]

Any idea when are we going to see exposure blending options in the Mobile iPad version?

I can't be the only one in dire need of this option!

Thanks in advance

Jason

6th Gen M2 iPad Pro 12.9

[rwilkinson18]

None of these excuses are viable. It is 2024 – 7 YEARS – after the first known request for this feature. The current 13" iPad Pro has an M4 processor and the same amount of RAM as a 14" MacBook Pro. Just give us the Mac app at this point.

This is LAZY and borderline malicious from Adobe management.

[rwilkinson18]

Charlie,

It's 2024, and iPads have the same processors and RAM as MacBook Pros. At this point, Adobe is just being lazy. This is ridiculous.

[Melissa.7423]

There must be some reason. There are so many people requesting this (including me) and Adobe is ignoring it for years. I don't know, what's the problem here. I need these functions frequently. Also there is no calibration panel and some masking options are missing, which are available on the lightroom mobile app on the macbook. It's frustrating. 

[valcoholic]

it's just not enough. Lightroom [mobile] has become a mainstream product and we are requesting a niche feature. HDR is now something that in theory can be applied onto every image by just klicking a button. It's not the same as HDR merge, but for the mainstream users it is. Panoramas are something people take with their iPhones in panorama-mode, not stitch stuff together. 

I'm not saying these things because I think that way, but from some Adobe corpos view this might just be the way it is. Why invest in development of features that won't be of interest by the mainstream audiences? 

It really sucks and has nothing to do with the iPad's performance. I have a M2 iPad Pro and an old Macbook Pro from 2015 and I ONLY use that Macbook Pro because I need to frequently stitch photos together and load them directly into my lightroom library. 

I'd love to use just the iPad for that but looks like I'll have to use Affinity Photo to do that.

[rwilkinson18]

Yeah, why would the industry standard editing software for professionals cater their product to professionals? /s

Give me a break. If that's how the Adobe execs think, then one of their competitors needs to take over.

[AlexJz]

@valcoholic I could somewhat get behind your argument on HDR: camera today have a vastly superior dynamic range than before, so you could manage to get the same range of colours as the old "HDR".

However... the "photo-merge HDR" has NOTHING to do with actual HDR, which is a completely different colour space.

The panorama argument is completely ridiculous though...

Market/user needs have mainly nothing to do with why Adobe doesn't update the iPad app; at least not the pro/enthensiast marker.

For god sake, it's still not even possible to set a custom crop ratio. Or have stacks of photo.

There's dozen of very basic features, that have been requested here for the last 7 years.

They are doing strictly the bare minimum to update the app with meaningful things, and only integrating something that would do the buzz, and can be used by any influencers on their phones.

If they want to make Lightroom something only used by superficial Instagramers, then please let us know now.

It shows across not just Lightroom, but also Photoshop or Premiere Rush.. both app being really pathetic, while the competition have simply ported their apps, with all features

[rwilkinson18]

Completely agree. They should be ashamed. I personally would be ashamed of myself if I put out anything this pitiful to the public with my name attached to it.

just port the Mac app! It's literally so much easier than trying to rewrite the whole program.

[DaveMCO]

I have now waited a number of years for adobe to get LRm into rough parity with LR and LRc.  What I get is new releases with a bunch of filter packs that I'm supposed to be happy with.  I'm not.

Apple is in the process of buying Pixelmator.  Photomator is not as capable as LR/LRc/LRm but, I dont care.  I am just not going to give money to Adobe any more to get a bunch of filter packs as new "features" of LRm.  I am in the process of switching.  It will take a while.  I dont shoot professionally any more so I am not tied to Adobe as I once was.  Others may have no other viable options but I do.  

Put some jelly in my pockets because I am soon to be toast.

[rwilkinson18]

I wouldn't count on Apple for anything. They had Aperture and gave up on it. They had Final Cut Pro and decided to stop making software for professional video editors with the FCP X release.

Sounds like there's a gap in the market that somebody needs to fill.

[at10]

Ooh i'm glad I found this information before getting an iPad.  Will not bother now.

[mikem91176432]

Editing on an iPad is fun and really easy!

Minus the fact that you cannot stitch images!!
So no HDR or Panos



Sent from my iPhone

[luxBorealis]

Actually, editing on iPad is fantastic. So intuitive. When I want to merge, I use Affinity Photo, which does an excellent job.

[rwilkinson18]

You shouldn't have to use two different apps to do basic functions that a "professional" photo editor should do on its own. Especially when there is NO good reason for the app not to do it. 

[saul_1986]

es posible realizar apilado de fotos en la aplicación móvil( fovus stacking , fotos hdr...)

[TechnicMender]

Hi!

With the power of mobile phones and tablets (in addition RAM and high speed storage), I'd really like to see bringing the iPad and iPhone up to equivalent standing to desktop LRCC on this feature. Even M2 Air iPads out perform many windows PCs that are only a few years old.

Thanks,

[rwilkinson18]

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[Guillaume_Oliva9944]

Hello 

I have 2 suggestions for Lightroom mobile:

1- Put RAW merge in the app

2- When we want to export a photo with a white frame, the photo no longer takes into account HDR changes, even if it is enabled (the photo is therefore exported in SDR) can be a BUG

Regards
Guillaume O.

[John @108]

Hi, I have Lightroom on my Macbook and my iPad and more recently using the iPad more to edit photos. Unfortunately I have an issue with my Macbook that shuts down. The only thing I use on my Macbook in Lightroom is the ability to merge shots for HDR/panoramic edits. 
Does anyone know when /if this feature will be available on the iPad version? 
Thanks in advance! 

[marian_7996]

We can appreciate the app more if the HDR mode can be added to the mobile version! Nowdays smarphones are getting so good at it that the light mobile will be less necessary if doesn't add the function for her customers! 

[ColinJR]

There are a number of features from Lightroom Classic that prevent me from adopting the other version of Lightroom, but by far the most annoying omission on the iPad is the inability to stitch a panorama. I make a lot of panoramas and I would love to be able to take my iPad as the only editing device while on vacation, but unfortunately, after all these years, you still can't make a panorama with Lightroom on iPadOS. With background task support in iPadOS 26, can you please finally make this happen Adobe?

[gutton]

Photo merge (both panorama and HDR) are basic functions we desperately need. These are far more important than the AI features being added by Adobe.  I am currently looking into using Luminar for just these reasons.  Please Adobe, listen to our needs. 

[joeybacks]

Hello, I'd like to add a tally here for the feature request to support Pano / HDR Pano merges on Lightroom Mobile (iPad in particular), the same as is supported in Desktop. All M-series iPad Pros should be powerful enough to support this, and my iPad Pro M4 is now much more powerful than my 2020 intel-chipped MacBook Pro, which struggles with larger HDR Pano merges. 

This has been a highly requested feature since at least 2020, please Adobe--prioritize this! Thanks in advance.