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November 20, 2018
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"Edit in Photoshop" from Lightroom - most controls unavailable in PS

  • November 20, 2018
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Hi everyone, I've encountered a new "handshake issue" when sending images from Lightroom (Edit in Photoshop) to Photoshop in the most recent builds of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.  The vast majority of controls in Photoshop are grey out, from filters to masks to even merging layers.  If I open a RAW file directly in Photoshop, however, I don't encounter any of the issues.  This completely disrupts my workflow, though, from cataloging to metadata to Lightroom edits.  I'm presuming that this is a bug that needs squashing (I've never had a similar issue in many years of this workflow), but if I don't get it out there it might not get noticed.

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Correct answer AxelMatt

This is a known bug. The workaround is to start Photoshop first and then Lightroom. In this case you can fully edit your picture in PS when you open it from Lightroom with "Edit in Photoshop".

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Community Expert
January 16, 2019

It has been fixed. Please update your Photoshop to version 20.0.2.

I've have tested and it work without any problems.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
GoldingD
Legend
January 15, 2019

Well, today Adobe has updated PS, looks like it fixes the LR to PS issue

Fixed issues in Adobe Photoshop CC

Participant
November 20, 2018

Thank you so much, got this bug today to and I was starting to lose my mind as no other "fixes" were helping. This did the trick.

AxelMattCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 20, 2018

This is a known bug. The workaround is to start Photoshop first and then Lightroom. In this case you can fully edit your picture in PS when you open it from Lightroom with "Edit in Photoshop".

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
Participant
November 20, 2018

Thanks a lot, Axel.  I gave that a try, and you are correct.