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jasonp45928347
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From Lightroom to Photoshop Camera Raw?

  • July 30, 2017
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Need help.  How can I open multiple images from Lightroom 5 to Photoshop Camera Raw?  I can open multiple images to Photoshop with no problem.  But if I have more than one photo in Photoshop, I will only let me open one of them to camera raw and not multiple images. 

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    Correct answer JP Hess

    jasonp45928347  wrote

    Thank you.  So I'm assuming my best bet is to install Bridge?  Although I'm clueless with Bridge. 

    From Bridge you can highlight multiple images and they will open in Camera Raw. However, they will not include the adjustments you have made using Lightroom unless you have intentionally written changes to XMP files.

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    Maruhana
    Maruhana
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    September 8, 2022

    This is kinda redicolous as the new ACR has a much better updated interface than LRC.

    Adobe needs to this mess with ACR / LRC / PS / BR ...

      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
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      September 8, 2022
      @Maruhana wrote:

      This is kinda redicolous as the new ACR has a much better updated interface than LRC.

      Adobe needs to this mess with ACR / LRC / PS / BR ...

       

      Is there a reason to post this today in a 5-year-old forum post and is there some assistance you need opening multiple raws from LR to Photoshop (the topic here)?

      Some of us find Lightroom Classic has a much better-updated interface than ACR, and can provide far more functionality. 

      Not ridiculous or redicolous, just a differing opinion. 

      Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
        Maruhana
        Maruhana
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        September 8, 2022

        The reason is Adobe fails to create a smooth workflow for photography despite (or perhaps because) of too many apps partially doing same things however none of them doing all that are needed. I am constatly loosing time trying to establish a streamlined and unclutterd workflow but I keep loosing time batteling the file organisation etc.

         

        Lets, for example take the LR / BR situation. Partially the functionality is the same. BR is a better browser organiser reflecting the folder structure at all time. With ACR it is also a better RAW editor. But it lacks a few things like stitching or capability of taking plugins. So one needs to run both apps for just few scenarios. 

         

        OK, I could take that if there was at least some solid integration regarding stacks, labels and sorting. However this is not working well. The tags can only use the the system but soon end up with the stupid white tags in BR etc.

         

        Lr kinda does it all but what is the need for manyal folder synchronisation? Why cannot it be automatica like with BR? Also the interface is some 2000s quasi interface baroque. It is not simple clean and well readable. ACR and BR interface is following the readability while LRC is stuck in past ...

         

        But yea, I agree this is not the forum for this. However, which one is?

         

        You can delete my posts if you feel it is appropriate ...

          john beardsworth
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          john beardsworthCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          July 30, 2017

          Step back a bit. Lightroom allows you to avoid using Adobe Camera Raw. Make the adjustments in Lightroom, then open multiple ones in Photoshop, and don't waste your time trying to do things the hard way.

          JP Hess
          JP Hess
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          July 30, 2017

          Apparently he is using an older version of Photoshop. He doesn't understand all that's involved in trying to make this work and I don't want to take the time to explain it to him.

          JP Hess
          JP Hess
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          July 30, 2017

          The only way to open an image in Camera Raw from Lightroom is to send it to Photoshop as a smart object. Unfortunately, you can only open one image at a time in Camera Raw that way.

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          jasonp45928347Author
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          July 30, 2017

          Thank you.  So I'm assuming my best bet is to install Bridge?  Although I'm clueless with Bridge. 

          JP Hess
          JP HessCorrect answer
          Inspiring
          July 30, 2017

          jasonp45928347  wrote

          Thank you.  So I'm assuming my best bet is to install Bridge?  Although I'm clueless with Bridge. 

          From Bridge you can highlight multiple images and they will open in Camera Raw. However, they will not include the adjustments you have made using Lightroom unless you have intentionally written changes to XMP files.

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