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Lightroom: Capability to display embedded preview or sidecar Jpeg
As it stands, there is no way to view the preview embedded in a raw file except by loading the raw file into an external app.
Many a folk has wanted to view, in Lightroom, the camera-generated preview, or preview as edited by camera manufacturer software, or even DNG preview as previously saved in Lightroom or Photoshop/ACR.
So, the 'Idea' is for some way to temporarily view the jpeg preview embedded in a proprietary raw or DNG file.
Embedded preview should be usable in before/after comparison, as well as side-by-side, as well as temporary loupe display.
Note: development resources to satisfy this request would be relatively small.
If you like this Idea, please remember to click the '+1' button below.
Many a folk has wanted to view, in Lightroom, the camera-generated preview, or preview as edited by camera manufacturer software, or even DNG preview as previously saved in Lightroom or Photoshop/ACR.
So, the 'Idea' is for some way to temporarily view the jpeg preview embedded in a proprietary raw or DNG file.
Embedded preview should be usable in before/after comparison, as well as side-by-side, as well as temporary loupe display.
Note: development resources to satisfy this request would be relatively small.
If you like this Idea, please remember to click the '+1' button below.
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michael_johannessen_4284094
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82 Points
9 years ago
See http://forums.adobe.com/message/4479429 for a little more background.
Obviously this should be an option only, and LR should still render its own version in the Develop module (otherwise what's the point of using LR?). How the Library previews should be handled after you make some edits is an open question. Once you start making edits, you're probably done making comparisons, and you would want to see your changes, so maybe the edited ones should be updated in Library view and the rest keep their embedded 1:1 previews.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: use embedded previews and disable 1:1 rendering.
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Victoria_Bampton_Lightroom_Queen
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9 years ago
Victoria Bampton a.k.a. The Lightroom Queen
www.lightroomqueen.com
Author of Adobe Lightroom Classic - The Missing FAQ and Adobe Lightroom - Edit Like a Pro books.
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photographe
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9.1K Points
9 years ago
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brinko99
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210 Points
9 years ago
I would like to be able to view the Jpeg within Lightroom and ideally compare it side-by-side with the RAW I am developing. I know I can keep the files separate when importing but I do like having them linked in general.
I would love to see more work done to allow better management of sidecar Jpegs including viewing, comparing with RAW and deleting/detaching.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom to better handle sidecar Jpegs - View, Compare, Delete.
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zigzag_zag
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318 Points
9 years ago
PS: treating jpegs as separate files clutters photo library.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: Add ability to switch to sidecar jpeg file..
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reto_grieder
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418 Points
9 years ago
Implementation: add a switch to the library preview that will use the embedded preview instead. Done.
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shurashum
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282 Points
9 years ago
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ming_hua_kao
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146 Points
8 years ago
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: Is there a quick way see the RAW and jpeg version next to each other in the Library module?.
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gustavo_castro
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244 Points
8 years ago
1. If this box is checked then I have twice the photos in my catalog
2. If the box is unchecked then I do not have access to the JPEG
What makes sense is if you check the box to been able to use the X-Y tool to compare the raw vs the JPG and the ability to keep the JPG as the primary, maybe even the option to erase either the raw or the JPG.
If I shoot raw+JPG in my camera I want the ability to keep the JPG if the camera did a decent or good job and only develop the raw image for the more promising or worse images.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos.
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magnus_wilson
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216 Points
8 years ago
Since many cameras allow RAW+JPEG and a common goal for us photographer is to try and get the picture right already in the camera, so more often the JPEGs (with the personalized manual camera settings) are so good that I want to use them as "the originals" without having to go through all RAW files and adjust them afterwards. If I later want to improve/adjust a photo I then use the RAW file as a base for a much better result.
So I suggest that LR implements a (consistent) setting where all files for a photo are treated as ONE photo (unless you specifically tell LR not to). I can see that for at least the following features it would really improve the workflow ;
- manage metadata,
- some basic photo mgmt like cropping, re-sizing etc,
- physical file management
The great thing with LR compared to PS is that it's targeting photographers and focused on working with photos instead of individual graphic files. So please treated all files as ONE PHOTO as far as possible, i.e. metadata is save to both files and when moving, deleting, flagging, cropping etc. a photo, all files should be affected (unless you manually, specifically 'un-set' the link). That would really improve the workflow when you shot RAW+JPEG.
Best regards Magnus Wilson
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: Consistent RAW+JPEG handling - focus on the ONE photo approach.
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sean_borman
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320 Points
8 years ago
My immediate need is to have a way to:
1. Identify all images in a catalog which are raw+jpeg (nef+jpeg, etc)
2. Remove just the jpeg for these images
I've looked at various plugins designed for handling raw+jpeg, but don't feel confident that simply removing the jpegs and not updating the LR catalog (as these tools seem to do) will not leave LR confused.
More generally, it would be great if LR provided improved handling of these "coupled" images. I can imaging that some folks might want to keep only the jpeg and delete that heavyweight raw file for images that they don't intend to process.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Lightroom: Improve handling for raw+jpeg "coupled" images to allow search, filtering, erase, etc..
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rob_cole_2221866
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76.3K Points
8 years ago
1. NxToo - Includes the ability to create separate jpeg "sidecar" by extracting jpeg previews from raw (Nikon only).
2. RawPlusJpeg - Various utilities for dealing with raw/jpeg pairs, including the ability to display "hidden" jpeg sidecar.
Rob
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george_givens_jr_4799264
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1.5K Points
8 years ago
I took you advice and added my vote, now watch something happen :-)
And I wholeheartedly agree with Victoria Bampton, who said about 4 months ago,
"I'd agree, it's a request I hear regularly, particularly from volume shooters who are currently using Breezebrowser or Photomechnic for initial culling, before switching to LR, because it's faster to use the embedded JPEGs. They shouldn't have to use other software for such an integral part of the workflow. "
Except that I use Downloader Pro, which is also made by BreezeSys.com, because in DP you can use the E switch to make a subfolder that evaluates JPEG, JPG and JPE to a folder named JPG and a subfolder RAW for all other files. Then I can do see the difference in LR between the LR created preview and cameras JPG.
But I use BreezeBrowser to for just viewing files because frankly it's just quicker.
Thanks,
George
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marcus_a_hubert
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62 Points
8 years ago
Marcus A. Hubert, Bonn, Germany (hubert@uni-bonn.de)
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
LIGHTROOM: Deleting RAWs and JPEGs separately.
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george_givens_jr_4799264
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8 years ago
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