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dzgnr89
dzgnr89
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May 2, 2017
Question

Photoshop missing in "edit with" context menu for images

  • May 2, 2017
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I am using Indesign cc 2017. My "edit with" right click menu does not have Photoshop listed. I have to click "other" and then locate photoshop.exe everytime I want to edit my image in photoshop. What should I do so that photoshop is always listed in my "edit with" context menu?

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      BriGuyOSC
      Inspiring
      September 25, 2023

      Came across this today as I am encountering the same issue in InDesign recently. I frequently import JPGs (survey photos) into InDesign for client proofs. I often want to open those JPGs with Photoshop from InDesign (default app = Photos, because I want to keep the ability to open the originals quickly w/o having to wait for PS to launch each time) to create separate mockup files (I do a Save As to create a separate mockup file from the original survey photo). The problem is that there are no other options for "Edit With" other than InDesign in the contextual menu.

       

      Yes, I can reassign all JPGs to open with Photoshop, but I don't want that to be my default. I just want to be able to override that and choose "Open With -> Photoshop" on an as-needed basis. But, the option is not there.

       

      I tried the below -- changing the default JPG "open with" app to Photoshop (which works as expected in the InDesign "Edit With" menu) and then changing the association back to Photos -- but as soon as I change the association back to Photos, the Photoshop option in InDesign's "Edit With" menu goes away again. It doesn't keep the Photoshop option, as described above (see @admirabl 's last comment above -- I'm encountering the same exact thing).

       

      I mean, yes, I can select "Other..." at the bottom and navigate to Photoshop each and every time I want to open a JPG in Photoshop, but this is pretty tedious/annoying.

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      tomtj
      Participant
      October 7, 2023

      same problem, pleae help, I'm using Windows 11, new, clear install

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 8, 2023

      What happens when you hit "Other..."

      Klaas vT
      Klaas vT
      Inspiring
      June 4, 2019

      Hi, I've just had the same issue with InDesign CC 2019 (no "open with Photoshop" option) and wanted to log my solution. (BobLevine was right)

      I fixed it by setting Photoshop as the default application in Windows Explorer for .jpg files:

      Then started indesign, and the Photoshop option was back:

      Then I set the default .jpg app back to Photos as it was before, and the option still shows in InDesign.

      Hope that helps someone.

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        michalb26633739
        Participant
        September 16, 2019
        I've just had the same issue, i did what you said, it worked!! thank you!
        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 6, 2017

        You can delete Bridge preferences by holding down Cmd/Ctrl + Option/Alt + Shift immediately after launching.

        jane-e
        Community Expert
        jane-eCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 6, 2017

        Also, (yay!) if you launch an application first you can hold down the keys and then go to File > Browse in Bridge (even if you are in Windows which usually doesn't let you hold down the keys first.)

        joet082964
        joet082964
        Inspiring
        May 2, 2017

        Wild guess - but maybe Windows Default Programs manages this?

        dzgnr89
        dzgnr89Author
        Inspiring
        May 6, 2017

        No it does not.

        Eric Dumas
        Community Expert
        Eric DumasCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 2, 2017

        I noticed in the past, that if I start Adobe Bridge it starts the connectors and links all the applications together. It might be easier to try that first, then you will have to move to purging your cache and preferences before considering reinstalling Photoshop

          dzgnr89
          dzgnr89Author
          Inspiring
          May 2, 2017

          Thanks a lot. I started Adobe Bridge. Then fiddled with opening some psd files and indd files through it. Indesign was still missing the photoshop option. I restarted InDesign and got what I wanted. But this is true for only pdf files linked in Indesign. I am still missing photoshop for jpegs and png files. The following screenshot is for a pdf file page. I trashed my preferences but still have the issue. How do I purge my cache? I regularly use Ccleaner to clean temp files and system cache. That hasn't helped me ever for this issue.

          jane-e
          Community Expert
          jane-eCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          May 2, 2017

          In Bridge > Preferences > File Type Associations, what do you have for PS, JPEG, and PNG? Change it in Bridge Preferences and it should work.

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