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June 29, 2020

P: Image does not return from Photoshop to my Lightroom Desktop Catalog

  • June 29, 2020
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So I've successfully done all the updates mentioned, and attempted my first run with this process. It did NOT work.

36,191 images in my LR at the point of 'Edit in Photoshop' - PS launches, image appears, I make adjustements, duplicate a layer or two, close the file (and obviously agree to save the changes), image closes, and when I go back to LR (and wait a few mins to be sure), nothing has updated with the modified image. 

 

I still have 36,191 images in my library.

 

So, these updates have not made any difference to me. 

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39 replies

Jack Baty
Participant
December 12, 2022

I just noticed that on my machine (macOS 13.1), Lightroom saves the temporary file as .tiff but when I hit "Save" in Photoshop, Photoshop saves the file with a .tif file extension, not .tiff. I end up with 2 files, like so:

If instead, I manually change the filename to .tiff instead and overwrite the existing temporary file, my changes are shown in lightroom, stacked with the original. So, for me, on an M1 MBP...

 

In Lightroom: 

"Edit in Photoshop"

 

In Photoshop:

Edit images as desired

Select "Save"

Change the extension in the Save dialog to .tiff and click "Save"

Confirm that you want .tiff not .tif (I have no idea why photoshop asks about this every time)

Confirm that you want to overwrite the existing file

Close the document

 

After closing the image in PS, I am taken back to Lightroom, where the edited photo shows up and becomes stacked with the original. This is the expected/desired behavior!

 

Does this work for anyone else?

 

Second question, is there any way to configure Lightroom to save the temporary file as .tif instead of .tiff? That would save some grief, I think.

 

mikebrodt
Inspiring
July 27, 2022

Well, it worked for a little while but now the issue is back again. Latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop. 

To add to the issue, I re-opened a PSD that was created from a Lightroom/Photoshop roundtrip on my iPad on my laptop and that came back the first time but as a TIFF as a PSD back to Lightroom. The second time I could not get either the TIFF or PSD to roundtrip, and since then no other images would roundtrip on my laptop either. 

iPad roundtrip works fine though. Out of curiosity, why not use PSD or PSDC on the laptop version? Maybe that would help? At least it would keep everything consistent...

Scott at Syrenka
Participant
July 27, 2022

Still not fixed. Same issues as before.
All software is up to date. 

-From lightroom "Edit in Photoshop"

-In Photoshop, make edits and save. Close

-In Lightroom, nothing. No edited version shows up. No progress bar importing from photoshop.

-Close Lightroom, get the message "Editing in Photoshop in progress, etc."
This problem has  cost me *so many* hours now.

Please take this off the "fixed" list.

Participating Frequently
July 7, 2022

Worked as expected six times in a row. 

Now it doesn't, again. Same issue as before. Updated PS file does not return to Lightroom. Lightroom error message when closing.

mikebrodt
Inspiring
June 16, 2022

So far the new update has worked as expected. I will continue to test over the next week to ensure it is consistent.

christiana443
Participant
June 14, 2022

Will be trying this out tomorrow. Thanks for the update

Inspiring
June 14, 2022

I just did 4 Lightroom > Photoshop round trips, with Photoshop in native M1 mode (not Rosetta). They all worked! I'm cautiously optimistic... but, I've had stretches in the past where it worked and then stopped working again, so I'm reserving judgment until I use the apps a bit more. 

Inspiring
June 14, 2022

Updating now. Eager to see if this solves the problem. 

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 14, 2022

Greetings,

 

Updates to the Adobe Photography Products were released on June 13. The update contains a fix for this issue.  Please download and the latest version of your application via the Adobe Creative Cloud Application or your respective device app store.

If you do not see the update (Mac and Win) you can refresh your Creative Cloud App with the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ]. 

 

Note: App store availability can take several days for the update to appear and be available. 

 

Thank you for your patience.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Inspiring
June 13, 2022

@Victoria23857210ud73 You right-click on the name of the app in the Applications folder, and choose "Get info". There's a checkbox to enable Rosetta mode.

 

It's incomprehensible to me that Adobe has not addressed this given that the M1 chip has been out for 2 years now. And no one from Adobe will even respond to this thread (or any other about this topic) any longer.