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I am very strongly of the opinion that these tools are for entirely different purposes. RAW Developers make images and Immich/gPhotos display images. Exporting raster images from Lightroom into a specific folder which Immich reads as an external library is a much less complex and much more seamless workflow. Every single RAW Developer including LibRAW interprets raw images and XMP data completely differently. Edits you make in Lightroom will not be reflected accurately in Immich or any other RAW Developer of any kind, expect the one which make them. If you want an image to look a certain way export it is a JPEG or similar and have Immich read from that library. |
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Can you elaborate on this? This could be a relatively simple fix on our end. |
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This post serves two main purposes:
Even though my wife and I are not professional photographers but hobbyists, we still shoot in RAW and post-process some of our photos. Lightroom can be a great tool with its AI-based search (which makes it easy to find specific pictures amongst 20+ photos of the same subject) and outstanding RAW editor. However, a few things make it less than perfect:
Shortcomings of Lightroom
Lack of auto-creation of memories: Unlike Apple Photos, Lightroom doesn't automatically create "memories".
Automatic creation of memories can inspire more travels (e.g., "why do all our photos from last year show only one island?") and help reflect on your life and experiences.
Cost of storage: The price tag of 12 euros for 1TB could mount up, especially considering increasing photo and video resolutions.
While Immich may not be a complete solution, especially considering it will not be a powerful RAW editor, I believe it can be combined effectively with Lightroom.
Despite its current limitations, I see the potential in Immich.
Proposed Workflow (Lightroom + Immich)
Here's how I envision the workflow:
Eventually, you get the best of both worlds: an exceptional AI-based RAW editor from Lightroom and a feature-rich image browser from Immich.
Currently, a few issues with Immich prevent this workflow from being fully functional. I am optimistic that these will be solved within 1-2 years, which is why I became a GitHub sponsor and recommend others to do the same.
Known immich Issues
It's not clear to me whether it is possible to render RAW in the same way as Lightroom does, using an XMP sidecar. If it is, then there is no need to produce a JPEG using Lightroom; using RAW files alone would suffice.
Memories — #2836 and #7437 I do not count it as an issue, as it doesn't block me, opposite to issues above.
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