no raw files allowed?

[Ussnorway]

am I missing the joke here... is Adobe seriously saying they can't store raw files or is there a tick box someplace?

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

Adobe can store raw files if you put them in the Create Cloud Files folder - it will sync and store them online.

However , as far as I am aware, they can't be uploaded to a Library.

Dave

[Ussnorway]

right so Adobe can store raw files... they just don't want to

[davescm]

Hi

Yes it is strange that the library does not support the range of file types that the cloud storage supports.

I wonder if it is to do with displaying the files in the library panel?

Dave

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Or maybe with the possible receiving files in other applications?

[davescm]

Good point - without the raw convertor they are meaningless

Dave

[Ussnorway]

when you open a raw file in Photoshop and save it to the cc library it becomes a Psd file (the default library file type)... I don't see any reason Bridge can't do this as well since Muse and Dimension can both read Psd files from your cc library, its not a new thing... in some cases like the Dimension decal issue this can cause a problem because users don't understand that sending to cc library makes this change but Bridge, Photoshop and Lightroom are openly marketed as 'photography packages' and that really does imply raw files should at least be an option

anyway I used my canon storage as a workaround... they get it

[Conrad_C]

OK, I see. I think we mistakenly thought you meant you wanted raw files to go into a library preserved as raw. If you want raw files to be converted to PSD, that's a different feature request, and that could be useful since various Adobe apps do understand PSD. But it does mean the request is to have CC libraries have access to a complete raw conversion back end, which probably needs to respect and convert any of your raw edits too. Adobe already has a cloud-based raw converter in the LRCC ecosystem, so you just have to convince Adobe to connect that to the CC Libraries cloud system.

[Ussnorway]

as the name implies Bridge should already hook things up between Photoshop... overwise why have a cc library panel in Bridge?

when you open | import | edit a raw image the xmp updates any change... Bridge reads this side file every time and auto-generates a new copy of the image to show you that change i.e, the tools are already there and the only reason it doesn't allow you to make a copy in the cc library panel is because someone at Adobe turned it off

[Conrad_C]

I think it has to do with what CC libraries are for. Generally, CC libraries provide components that can be used in other applications, like objects, colors, text styles, LUTs. And sometimes photos and graphics, which is why it supports JPEG, PNG, etc. So a library item is usually expected to be dragged into another document and be usable. With the supported file types, that's no problem. A library item like a JPEG image or SVG logo can be dropped straight into different Adobe desktop and mobile applications and they will know what to do with it.

Of course that won't happen with a raw file. Most applications don't know what to do with that. Raw isn't even a single format, much less an interchange format. Therefore raw files don't go in CC libraries.

Adobe has three synced cloud services that work more or less like this:

• Creative Cloud Files: For whole documents of any format.
• Creative Cloud Libraries: Generally for components to be reused in Adobe documents, so the supported file types are restricted to those that are useful in that context.
• Lightroom CC: For full support of photos and synced edits, including raw.

Of those three, Libraries are the least appropriate fit for transferring raw files. So maybe two solutions here are:

• Create a folder inside your Creative Cloud Files, and then make a Favorite for that in Bridge. It would sync, and dragging to a Favorite is just as fast as dragging into the Libraries panel.
• Make a feature request to give Bridge two-way access to Lightroom CC Photos, so that someday you could upload and download raw files to and from that cloud sync service directly from Bridge.

[Semaphoric]

> Generally, CC libraries provide components that can be used in other applications,

But it can store Adobe Sketch brushes, which can only be used in Adobe Sketch. I would love to be able to use them in Photoshop as well.