Invoking Photoshop CS5 from Lightroom 4 asks for Camera Raw Plug-in 7.0

It appears to me if you desire you upgrade to LR 4 and be compatible with Photoshop you will be forced to Purchase the CS6 Upgrade? Am I the only one that comes to this conclusion? I would like to upgrade to LR4, but if not compatible with CS5 I would be very hestitant to do so!

Perhaps this has already been answered (I didn't read every post in this thread).

I'm using LR4 and Photoshop CS4. The Camera Raw module for Photoshop CS4 is an older version and is not current with the LR4 raw processing module. So when exporting from LR4 to PS, I get the camera raw 7.0 warning message, as you do. You have two options.

1. Render using LightRoom.

If you render the image using LR, what opens in PS will look the same as what is displayed in your LR library or develop module, since it is using the same exact raw processing module and algorithm LR is using. From what I can tell, it will use the external editing presets you chose in LR4 preferences. In my case, LR4 editing preferences are set to PSCS4, PSD, Adobe RGB, 16-bit, so when the image enters PS, it will conform to these parameters.

2. Open anyway.

If you "Open Anyway", whatever version of ACR you have installed on your machine will be used to convert the image for opening in Photoshop. Since it is an older version of ACR (especially in my case, since I am still using PSCS4), the image will look different than it does in LR. After all, it is using an older algorithm. I definitely see a difference between the LR preview and the image in PS if I "open anyway". Of course, if I were using the same ACR version that LR4 uses, they should be identical.

So, if you want the image opened in PS to look the same as it does in LR, you need to do one of two things:

• Render the image using LR
• Or, make sure you are using a current version of PS with the very latest version of Camera Raw, so both LR and PS are using the same raw conversion engine.

Since I plan on sticking with PSCS4, I will render using LR. I think this is accurate and correct—at least it totally jives with my experience and results.

Lou

Wish I could get my money back.

LR4 is just not up to the task of doing heavy production work.

The raw 7.0 issuse is a big deal with me. On big files when tyring to edit form LR4 to CS5- CS5 hangs.

Also very slow even without the raw issue

Workarounds are awkward and time consuming. Eat up critical disk space. I have to edit 100 or more 22 MB or greater files for each job.

All fixes suggested did not work for me. CS6 beta is not an option. I would not trust it.  Espically after my upgrade experience with LR4.

I do not know any profcessional that would want to put his work in the hands of a beta or unstable product.

Had to reinstall 3.6 which works fine.

Just paid for a piece of software that i cannot use.

Plus not getting any help from Adobe on resolving this issue.

Thank you Adobe.

In the same pop up window as 'Edit in Photoshop CS5' you'll see 'Render in LightRoom'...DO THIS ACTION.  LightRoom will save a 16-bit TIF file identical to the RAW file you were intending to develop for PS.  The TIF file will be placed next to the RAW file in your thumbnail panel...Select the TIF, go back to the 'Edit in Photoshop CS5' option and you'll now open a 16-bit TIF file in PS with ALL the applied edits from LightRoom (essentially it works as a 'pre-render').  This is the best solution I have come across while Adobe fixes these issues.

Hope that helps!  It has for me.  Cheers.

Chris.

Further, Lightroom 4 seems to have a color profile issue when printing.  Going back to version 3 seems to print better.  I'll look forward to this fix.

There is nothing here going on that should be a mystery. The bottom line is this:

- PV2012 requires Camera RAW 7.0. This is currently only available in Lightroom 4. There is no Camera RAW 7.0 plugin for CS5. The 6.6 (released) and 6.7 (release candidate) RAW plugins for CS5 do not completely support PV2012. I've tested this carefully. Whether or not you get the warning when doing an "Edit in CS5" from Lightroom 4, (I do, even with CS5/RAW 6.7), the process of opening a RAW file from LR4 into CS5 this way is not a perfect process - there are slight differences in the end result, depending on your PV2012 develop settings. Along with this, another simple test that anyone can perform is to bump an image up to PV2012 in LR4 and then try importing that image directly into CS5/RAW 6.7, without going through Lightroom (the PV and develop settings will be stored with the RAW file, either internally or through a sidecar file). CS5/RAW 6.7 will immediately decline to show you the develop settings in the Exposure screen in the RAW import dialog and will tell you that you need to convert down to PV2010 if you want to make any adjustments. So essentially, the PV2012-into-CS5/6.7 workflow is approximate and not fully supported.

- The only true solution for this is a Camera RAW 7.0 plugin for Photoshop that's fully compatible with PV2012. (as carefully noted above, the 6.7 plugin does not resolve this). If Adobe makes a 7.0 plugin available for CS5, then this would fix the workflow between LR4 and CS5. If Adobe does not make a RAW 7.0 plugin for CS5, and if the only RAW 7.0 plugin tha's released is for CS6, then anyone who wants a fully bridged/compatible workflow between LR4 and Photoshop will need to upgrade to CS6.

- A workaround for this is to have LR4 render your image out to TIFF as a go-between, in which case the PV2012 development is fully baked into the image before CS5 ever gets it. This produces perfectly developed results, but at the cost of time, drive space, and overall convenience.The directly bridged import via a fully compatible RAW plugin is much faster, more convenient, and doesn't create temporary (large) TIFF files on your drive as a result. The workaround solution is slower, and means that each "Edit in CS5" generates an extra TIFF file. One other situation for which the "render to TIFF" workflow is not workable is Smart Objects. If you want to bring a RAW image from LR4 into a Smart Object in Photoshop, then Photoshop has to be directly compatible with the PV2012 engine in LR, and this process will not work at all unless there's a RAW 7.0 plugin in Photoshop.

Have you tested Camara RAW 6.7 beta it should fix the issue.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cameraraw6-7/

I haven't jet tested it...

I am a big fan of LR and the beta looked as a grate improvement but now with the full version of LR4 it appears to be "buggy". I have still LR3 on my mac book and I am hesitating to switch at the moment (especially as of my printing issues). so I hope Adobe will soon bring a update...

I see that some of the people having a problem are first converting from RAW to DNG.  What happens if you don't convert to DNG, but just edit the RAW file in LR, with ACR 6.7RC installed and open anyway, ignoring the warning?

I am having the same issue.  Adjustments made to my raw files are not showing up in Photoshop.  I was just told by tech support that "Raw files edited in Lightroom 4 will not open in Photoshop CS5." He said they are working on an updated ACR that will be released in CS6 some point this year.  When I told him if that was the case Lightroom 4 should still be in beta he told me "That is why you still have Lightroom 3, so you can edit raw files."

I'm not quite sure he understands how Lightroom and Photoshop are used.

...Currently waiting on hold to talk to a supervisor.