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_jj_pod_
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July 29, 2008
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Lightroom 2.0 will not export to Photoshop CS3

  • July 29, 2008
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OK,

So I downloaded and installed lightroom 2.0 this morning and things are not working well.

System: Macpro 2.8, 8 gb ram, os x 10.5.4, nikon d300 raw files

The problem...

It started with Lightroom not exporting any images to photoshop. Doesn't matter if I try to send 1 or 20, I get a spinning beach ball, then nothing. if photoshop is closed it will open it, but nothing gets loaded into it. Plain export, merge to panoramic, edit as smart object, nothing does anything.

Tried in both 32 and 64 bit modes, tried re-installing Lightroom 2.0 from scratch. still nothing. I sent a sample raw file into adobe and am waiting to hear back, but figured I'd see what everyone else thinks as well.
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    Sean McCormack
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    Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
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    August 17, 2008
    Duncan,
    A little searching would've found 7-Zip, which is free. And if you read the thread, you'd see that Adobe is on the case.
    Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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    _Ben_Cooper_
    Participating Frequently
    August 16, 2008
    Fredrik, thanks for that - a better way than doing it by hand ;-)

    Interestingly, that fixed only some of the problem. Now, the "edit in Photoshop CS3" and "open as a Smart Object" options work perfectly, but the panorama and HDR options don't. They get as far as opening the correct dialog, but the images aren't available - same situation with both RAWs and TIFs.
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    _Fredrik_Eriksson_
    Participant
    August 16, 2008
    Ben:
    Merge to Panorama/HDR seems to work for me. Did you check to see that all the files (13 in total) were copied successfully? Note that one of them goes to 'Program Files\Common Files\Adobe' instead of the Photoshop folder like the rest.

    Of course, the resulting images do not automatically show up in Lightroom afterwards, but that is another matter.
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    _Richard_Foreman_
    Participant
    August 15, 2008
    My problem the same. CS3, then LIghtroom 2.0 installed on Vista and XP Pro machines. CS3 updated via Help menu before Lightroom installed. In system info, v.10.0.1 listed on both machines. Scripting support plug in was 10.0 on Vista but 10.0.1 on XP Pro. I closed Windows,rebooted, downloaded from Adobe the PS1001.zip file, saved it, closed Windows again, rebooted, unziped the above file, ran the executable file, closed Windows, rebooted, and everything works, though you have to wait almost a minute before the file transfers from Lightroom to CS3 even with my 3.2 GHz processor and 2 GB RAM. I never had any "shadow folders."
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    _Duncan_Grove_
    Participant
    August 15, 2008
    I have tried every one of the recommended workarounds but none works. I have spent over two hours on this plus the cost of winzip to unzip the 10.0.1 patch. Yet again Adobe launches a product prematurely. I am not happy and would appreciate a response from Adobe!
    Duncan Grove ARPS
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    _Kevin_Tieskoetter_
    Participating Frequently
    August 15, 2008
    GNP - we'll take a look at that. Thanks for the report.

    -kevin
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    Green Destiny MX5
    Participant
    August 15, 2008
    I was so late to the party. Sounds like Adobe is on the case. For me the secondary edit will work till the update is available. In the meantime I patiently (not) wait.
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    _GNP_
    Participant
    August 15, 2008
    Another minor irritation I find when selecting Edit in Photoshop CS3 is that if Photoshop is already open full screen (which is the state I always use), the loading of the file into Photoshop forces Photoshop into a windowed state. It is not a big deal to make it full screen again, but annoying nethertheless. It never happened with version 1.x. Nor does it happen all the time with version 2 - I have yet to note the difference between when this does and does not happen. I have not noticed anyone else reporting this, however.

    I run XP SP2. I also have the apostrophe-in-folder-name issue and ghost folders.
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    _Kevin_Tieskoetter_
    Participating Frequently
    August 15, 2008
    Karina - maybe you're hitting the problem where an apostrophe or ampersand in the file path causes problems?

    Also, the secondary editor work-around should still definitely work for you. Once you set that up, are you right-clicking on the image, selecting Edit In, then selecting the second item in the menu? (should be Edit in Photoshop.exe?)

    -kevin
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    Green Destiny MX5
    Participant
    August 15, 2008
    My round trip to PS with LR2 is problematic too. After saving and leaving PS the file ends up in a duplicate drive listing in the catalog library under the folder the file is in. It does not appear in the original library folder. I have to remove the catalog entry from the phantom drive and then sync the original folder. Quite a hassle.
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    Anonymous
    August 15, 2008
    Further to Ben's answer; the question does come up for JPEG or TIFF files, just not RAW or DNG I think. Not so sure about DNG as I don't use them but that seems to be the behaviour on my system.
    I think LR2 sends the RAW photo directly to PS and only creates your TIFF if you decide to save once in PS.
    To be fair, in LR1 I did find myself deleting TIFF files all over the place after unsuccessful edits in PS.
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