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November 14, 2018

P: Most functions in Edit, Image, Layer, Select and Filter grayed out for image opened from LrC

  • November 14, 2018
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Win 10 1803, LR  8.0, I7 8700k, 64GB ram Control keys inop. Most functions in Edit, Image, Layer, Select anf Filter grayed out. Images opened directly into PS all ok. Reset prefs no help.

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peterb86513089
Inspiring
November 20, 2018

Reading this thread, it seems that everyone is reporting this issue between Lightroom and Photoshop. I am not a Lr user, but I do use Br and Ps and I have this problem when browsing Br and then opening an image through ACR to Ps. Most menus are grayed out. I am on Windows 10. I have rebooted, uninstalled/reinstalled Ps CC 20.1 and still the problem persists. If I launch Ps before I send an image from Br everything seems fine. This is my workaround until the issue is fixed.

My two cents worth,
Peter
Participating Frequently
November 20, 2018
See above work-around - simply start Photoshop before you interact from Lightroom.
Inspiring
November 20, 2018


When trying to further edit a Lightroom image in Photoshop, I use PHOTO>Edit In> Photoshop 2019. When the image comes up in Photoshop, everything in the FILTER tab is greyed out, including all installed plug ins. When I uninstall 2019, and use 2018, everything works perfectly. What's the problem? This problem exists on two separate computers.
Inspiring
November 20, 2018


Since the recent PS updates, in Lightroom Classic CC when I select 'Edit in Photoshop' on one of my .NEF images, Photoshop loads up as normal but then I am unable to do anything with the image in PS. Duplicating a layer will not work as well as pretty much everything else. I have to close the image in PS, go back into LR and select 'Edit in Photoshop' again and then everything works fine, it is just a pain having to do this every session.
Participating Frequently
November 20, 2018
I uninstalled PS 20.0.1 and reinstalled PS 20.0.0 and all is well.  
Inspiring
November 20, 2018


After the very last  PS update, I can no longer edit images coming from LR. For instance, I cannot duplicate layer, all menus are grayed, I cannot stamp it to other workable one, etc. If I open that image directly from PS all works fine.  It also works right in my desktop which I did not update.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.1 20181029.r.41 2018/010/29: 1197484  x64
 
MarcoKlompalberts
Participating Frequently
November 19, 2018
Jeffrey,
In case you didn't notice it yourselves.
To me it seems to be a Windows only problem.
All the people I've see who have this problem (myslef included) seem to be on Windows.
Hope this will help.

The workaround works fine for me and will have to do for now, but would be great if this could be solved ASAP.
Legend
November 19, 2018
Here’s an easier workaround: Launch Photoshop first and then launch Lightroom. This will force everything to work correctly.
Kukurykus
Legend
November 19, 2018
No rebate when something doesn't work. You 'agreed' for everything from them that doesn't work.
Inspiring
November 19, 2018
Same issue for me.  Reset both LR and PS preferences and still have the problem.   If image is opened directly via Camera Raw, PS works fine.  Otherwise, we should get a rebate for LR/PS package because it doesn't work.