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nico.kaiser
nico.kaiser
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August 19, 2015

P: Develop module doesn't detect external changes to original file

  • August 19, 2015
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When i choose "edit original" in Photoshop then the LR develop module doesn't reload the image after i saved the tif in Photoshop. But the library module DOES refresh. So i end up with different previews in library and develop. Only solution is to restart LR. After the restart i can see the current preview in develop module too.

Steps to reproduce:
- Open your raw file (i use dng) in LR.
- Choose "edit in Adope Photoshop". Make some changes and save. Lightroom will automatically import the created tif file. Switch to develop module in LR
- Now make another change in PS and save.
- LR should detect that change to the tif file and refresh the preview. Maybe you need to switch to the next image and back to have LR refresh the image. But it should work.
- Now close LR and PS.
- Start LR again.
- Select the tif file again, switch to develop module and choose "edit original" in Photoshop.
- Make changes in PS and save.
- LR will not refresh the preview in the develop module! But it will refresh the library module. You will now see different versions of your file in develop and library until you restart LR.

tested with Lightroom: CC 2015.1.1 and PS CC 2015.0.1 on Windows on two different machines.

This is a real pain for me since i often switch between PS and LR!

This worked flawlessly before LR CC.

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    nico.kaiser
    nico.kaiserAuthor
    Known Participant
    October 8, 2015
    I updated to 2015.2 and this bug is still not fixed...

    this is a really annoying issue! I do this all the time and having to restart LR all the time just to refresh the preview really sucks!

    Why isn't there a real issue tracker? Do Adobe devs even read here???
    nico.kaiser
    nico.kaiserAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 26, 2015
    it's more complicated. If i startup LR in library module mode and invoke "edit in PS" then the preview updates after edits in photoshop. If i then switch to develop module and save another change in PS the LR preview does NOT update in the develop module but DOES update in the library modul. So i have two different views on my file then. To solve this the only solution is to close and restart LR.

    The bug only affects the develop module. The library view always updates.
    nico.kaiser
    nico.kaiserAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 26, 2015
    This bug was introduced with the june updates.
    nico.kaiser
    nico.kaiserAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 26, 2015
    like mentioned in the original post i'm on windows and tested this on different machines. Also i've seen this on Windows 8 and 10.
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    SteenHK63
    Known Participant
    September 21, 2015
    I totally disagree with you Amy, we ate paying a fairly high amount for the use of Adobe's software, so it has to work. After all this is not beta software or free "use as is" And this is not a minor bug, this is essential key functionality. The tests I did last evening didn't involve rating, so this had no effects on my reproduction of the fault, which was easy to do. So either Adobe makes sure they can reproduce the fault in their lab with the number of PC's needed or they pay their customers to do the work for them and report back to them. The problem is not going away by it self.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 20, 2015
    That's a little harsh. It's hard to replicate a problem and you can't fix it until you can replicate it. I worked in QA/QC for software for a couple years and he's actually trying to fix the problem so I really appreciate it.

    In playing around with it quickly, it may be the fact that the image has a rating. For instance I create the PSD file in Develop mode using "Edit in Photoshop" and it's all good whenever I edit it - I can see all the changes in Develop. But once I assign it a rating of 4, it stops showing me the Photoshop edits. I don't know if that's the problem but that's what I came up with on this end.
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    SteenHK63
    Known Participant
    September 20, 2015
    It doesn't matter from where I invoke. But what matters is how the file is created. If I create the psd with "edit in photoshop" everything is OK. But if the file, both psd and Tif, are created with export and at the same time added to the catalogue it fails.

    But Adobe, I have spent countless hours on this and now acting as your bug investigation unit, but unpaid. Adobe has to compensate us for this economicly! How much do we have to put up with. I would expect Adobe to have its own staff of testers and investigators to make sure that what customers pay for are fully working software. This approach is not acceptable!

    Thanks, Steen Knarberg
    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    September 20, 2015
    A question for you all.

    If you invoke Edit in PS from Library Grid View, does the file update?
    If you invoke Edit in PS from Develop module, does it fail?
    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2015
    I feel like this bug was introduced recently because I don't recall the problem before.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2015
    Thanks so much for the quick reply Rikk. I am running Windows 7.
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