Tiff images lose clipping path during export

Hello,
I've imported some tiff with embedded clipping paths from photoshop to lightroom. After an export these paths are missing in the tiffs. Is there a possibility to retain the paths in the tiffs?
regards, frank
using lightroom-1.4.1/macos

Unfortunatelly, LR doesn't work with layers or sellections done in PS. <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected].. > Hello, > > I've imported some tiff with embedded clipping paths from photoshop to > lightroom. After an export these paths are missing in the tiffs. Is there > a possibility to retain the paths in the tiffs? > > regards, frank > > using lightroom-1.4.1/macos

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