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Exporting non-destructive edits from Photos

Hi,


I am trying to export my Mac Photos library so I can open the edited photos in another application (Lightroom). When I export the Unmodified Original there is an option to export an XMP sidecar, but there is no option to export the non-destructive edits (cropping, HSL, exposure settings etc). I see other users have commented about exporting AAE files which contain these edits but I see no option in Photos to allow me to do this.


Does anyone know how I can export the edits so that I do not have to start from scratch in Lightroom?


Many thanks

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 26, 2020 12:18 PM

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Posted on May 26, 2020 3:31 PM

It wouldn't matter as LR wouldn't be able to make sense of them - and vice versa. All these apps - parametric editors - all have their own copyright versions of these settings, and they are quite non-transferable.

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