Lightroom 4, how to open a tif file into lightroom 4?

[tara_ratliff]

<p>I ordered Lightroom 4, and I was told I could edit a tif file from a scanned negative in Lightroom 4. However, when I tried to open it up in Lightroom, nothing happened. Does anyone know how to open a tif file into Lightroom 4? </p>

[AlanKlein]

<p>Import it.</p>

[Spearhead]

<p>It sounds like you need a Lightroom tutorial. You don't "open" files in Lightroom, As Alan said, you "import" them. This is a really important concept. I highly recommend buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Missing-Questions/dp/0956003079/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348026053&sr=8-1&keywords=missing+lightroom+faq">Victoria Bampton's Lightroom book</a>, it's the best I've found.</p>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>There are some TIFF formats that Lightroom cannot read. It needs to be an RGB file, for example. If you have a monochrome scan, LR can't handle that; you need to convert it to RGB first.</p>

[Craig_Cooper11664875449]

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<p>There are some TIFF formats that Lightroom cannot read. It needs to be an RGB file, for example. If you have a monochrome scan, LR can't handle that; you need to convert it to RGB first.</p>

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<p>Rubbish ...I import thousands of single channel B&W TIFF files into Lightroom and have done so at least since version 2 without any issues</p>

[hoshisato]

<p>Indeed, Lightroom handles monochrome TIFF files just fine and as of Lightroom 4.1, it now can also handle 32 bit HDR TIFF files.</p>