Import in LR Classic with stacking on top of original file

DxO PureRAW
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I prefer, when I use an external program from Lightroom Classic, to stack the resulting file with the original file (and on top).
Topaz Photo AI has the perfect workflow for this. (it does the above automatically and flawless)

DxO PureRaw could be improved…

I get as close as possible when in the process window, I select the current file folder manually and choose add original RAW file.
Somehow in this way (and only this way). PureRaw stacks the output file with the original, but regretfully, below it.
So, two changes in Pureraw would allow for my preferred workflow:

  1. Add an option to save the file in the original folder
  2. Stack it on top, instead of below.
    And also nice would be to give finer control on the naming (no ORF_DxO suffix to the file name, but let the user choose a suffix string, or keep it empty)
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absolutely essential, I don’t use PR anymore due to that

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I agree with Peter and would be very happy if stacking (on top of the original file) and custom file naming were possible in the near future. I would prefer that the file is not renamed except for the .dng extension.

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Does the LrC plugin for PR come as uncompiled Lua?

For PL (at least v6) it does, so I have implemented stacking on top of the original file as well as adding the processed image also the current collection in LR by myself with a few lines of Lua code.

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Hi
Can you please share the lines you added to the lua code of the LrC plugin? I would really like to have processed images stacked on top.
Thank you

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The attached text file lists the changes that I have made to PluginInit.lua to

  • add the processed image also to the current collection
  • stack the processed image above its source (and not below, which is PL’s default)
  • prevent creation of a “DxO” collection and adding the processed image

The three changes do not depend on each other and can be integrated individually, if desired.

To incorporate the change(s), just copy the sections marked with “!>” to the position indicated by the line numbers of the original file. For better orientation, the patch listing contains 1+1 line of context per each section.

I’m using these modifications since PL5, the plugin has not changed since then.

PluginInit Modifications.txt (2.1 KB)

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Sadly the PR4 plugin is lua bytecode:

Mac-Studio:Adobe koen$ find . -name "PluginInit.lua" | xargs file
./Lightroom/Modules/DxOPureRawv4.lrplugin/PluginInit.lua:        Lua bytecode, version 5.1
./Lightroom/Modules/dxo-importer-dpl6.lrplugin/PluginInit.lua:   Ruby script text, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
./Lightroom/Modules/DxOPureRawv4.import.lrplugin/PluginInit.lua: Lua bytecode, version 5.1
./Lightroom/Modules/dxo-importer-dpl5.lrplugin/PluginInit.lua:   Ruby script text, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
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I know. That’s one reason why PureRAW never was an option for me.

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Kind of crazy that this stil isn’t resolved. I prefer dxo to topaz because its ability to not screw up the subject in darker or less obvious images is much much better, but the workflow in lightroom drives me absolutely crazy. I don’t care if it creates the collection, but it absolutely has to add the photo to the original location (and sync) and it absolutely has to stack it on top.

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I have been using Alternative LR Plugin for PR import for a while now and I and very happy with the results.