I took a picture with my Canon 5D Mk3 in RAW format. I uploaded the picture to my Apple computer. The picture went to PHOTOS which is the Apple program to edit pictures. Then I went to Lightroom cc and uploaded the picture from PHOTOS. The picture is now in jpeg format.
What happened? Did Lightroom cc convert the picture to Jpeg when uploaded? Did I do something incorrect? Thank You!
Thank you for your answer! How do I place my raw files directly into a folder? Is this done when I download my pictures from my camera? Is this folder in Lightroom cc or on my computer? Do I transfer the pictures from Photos to a folders? Sorry for my lack on knowledge. Thank You so much!!
How did you “upload” the photo from your camera to computer?
Don’t use the device importer option that pops up automatically on your computer. Use a card reader to mount the SD card like a drive, and manually copy the images to a folder location on your computer.
Apple Photos is a cloud service app that syncs your images with Apple iCloud. You can not import from Photos directly to Lightroom. Copy the photo out of Photos to a new location on your computer first, then import it to Lightroom from there. The best workflow is to avoid Photos completely if you are using Lightroom. You can import to Lightroom from the camera’s SD card, or copy it to your computer from the SD card and then import it from there.
I'm having the same problem as Brad here where lightroom changes my raw images to jpeg. Iv'e tried what you suggested which is to import them from photos to a folder on my mac (then to lightroom), but once they are in a folder, they turn to jpeg straight away. In my photos app they still show the RAW icon.
The Photos App 'hides' or 'locks away' your RAW files in a special "Library/Folder" that is NOT accessible to other apps. The result is that Lightroom only has access to the small JPG thumbnails that Photos produces.
Lightroom does not change your files.
Stop using the Photos App, or "Copy the photo out of Photos to a new location" as suggested.
You need to quit out of photos when it comes up when you insert a camera or sd card. There is actually an option to stop it from opening in the import panel (I think at the top left of the screen) but I don't remember what it looks like since it has been so long ago that I disabled it. You want to import directly into Lightroom. So if photos opened do NOT import there, quit it and open Lightroom and hit the plus button and import directly from your camera/card reader.
Oops sorry. If i already deleted off my camera is it too late? Can I get my raw photos another way?
Find it in Apple Photos and then use 'Export Unmodified Original'. That will export the raw file to a place on your hard drive from where you can import it in Lightroom.
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