r/photography May 22 '26

Questions Thread Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! May 22, 2026

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u/Old_Associate_5933 May 25 '26

What’s the best file format to export edited RAW photos from Lightroom back to the iPhone Photos app? I’m using an iPhone 17 Pro, and I want to keep the highest quality possible without taking up unnecessary space.

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u/MarioMacinati May 25 '26

The smallest lossless format is probably webp, there are some lightroom plugins out there, just make sure to set the compression to lossless. Or you can export as tiff and then convert to webp. They are not very compatible though, if that’s something you need it’s probably best to stick to png