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Lightroom Classic: Support cataloging PSB files (files larger than 2 GB PSDs and 4 GB TIFFs)
Lightroom should catalog psb files, just as it does psd files. I have many psb files that are not over the 65,000 pixels per side or 512 megapixel limits, but are larger than the 4GB limit on psd files, and it would be nice to see them in Lightroom.
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John_R_Ellis
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a year ago
50 megapixels * 6 bytes/pixel * 15 layers = 4.5 GB
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paul_takeuchi_4304780
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alec_dann
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a year ago
There is a work-around, however. You can create a linked one-layer Smart Object file, save it as a TIFF and import the TIFF into Lightroom. Sean Bagwell has a good video on it on Youtube: A BETTER Way to Save HUGE Image Files in Lightroom
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jonathan_lipkin
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a year ago
Higher resolution cameras are becoming more common. I layer my photographs from medium format cameras, resulting in files 4-17G. Lightroom's lack of support for large document format files means that I have to create complicated workarounds. Adding the ability to catalog the files would make my life much easier.
Thanks!
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glenn_davy
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a year ago
Trying to add my composites and paintings to Lightroom Classic (latest version), but it won't read .psb files. Is this correct? Adobe can't read it's own files still, or am I missing something here (wouldn't be the first time)?
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alec_dann
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a year ago
Here it is: A BETTER Way to Save HUGE Image Files in Lightroom, by Sean Bagwell
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arnold_bartel
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with today's Lightroom Classic release 9.2 PSB files are supported!
(and it really works (just tried it))
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davescm
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alex_furer
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As for the 65'000 pixel limit I think this really only affects a very small hand full of people. This converts to 5.5 meters (18 feet) @300 dpi. Modern fine art printers can upscale images up to 4 times which would convert this to be 22 meters (72 feet). So technically you could work on a 22 x 22 meter image (printed) in Photoshop and Lightroom now. Besides that there's no printer that can print this in one go, that's plenty considering the viewing distance rule onto this print in real world conditions.
Off course there might be people that are, rightfully, exceeding this limitation in their work. But hey, that's why we're all called creatives.
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