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hillaryk44528040
hillaryk44528040
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December 19, 2020
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Question about Maximizing Compatibility option. Trying to import PSDs into Lightroom.

  • December 19, 2020
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Hello! I am trying to import PSDs from Photoshop into Lightroom without losing quality. I just found out about the Maximizing Compatilibity option and now I have my Photoshop preferences saved so that any new PSDs will be saved at Maximum Compatibility. However, I am unsure whether or not all of my old PSDs were saved at Maximum Compatibility or not. My question is: Is there a way to figure out if an existing PSD was saved at Maximum Compatibility? 

 

Thank you!

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joshwand_gspann
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August 26, 2021

If you're technically inclined you can use exiftool:

 

exiftool <file> | grep "Merged Data"

 

D Fosse
Community Expert
D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 19, 2020

If you can't import it into the Lightroom catalog, max compatibility was not on.

 

Maximum compatibility inserts a flattened composite layer into the file. This flattened composite is what Lightroom works with. It has no layer support whatsoever and can't read PSD layers.

    hillaryk44528040
    hillaryk44528040Author
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    December 19, 2020

    Great, thank you! 🙂

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