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LR is saving files to yesterdays folder!

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June 24, 2021
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I have taken 6 photos today (meta data says 24th June) and when imported into LR from my memory card, it has saved it into the dated folder.

When I had edited the photos, it saved them into yesterdays folder (23rd June)!

Any idea why this happened, and what I can do to sort it please?

Regards

Paul.

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Correct answer Rob_Cullen

(I think some of my keys are not responding haha, sorry for the typos!)

The [Save As] command in Photoshop does NOT necessarily use the folder of the source raw file.

The [Save As] command knows 'nothing' about Lightroom-Classic, or its options.

The [Save As] command, appears to me, to be using the 'Last Used' folder location for a previous [Save As]. (In my test the folders were several dated folders 'apart' !)

If you want the file returned to Lr-Classic in the same folder as the original source file - you MUST USE [SAVE] (and [Close] ). Do NOT use [Save As]. This is one of the RULES of using Lr-Classic 😉

If you insist on using [Save As] then YOU must select the Folder where you want the file saved!

GoldingD

Legend

~~Please post a screenshot of your setting in preferences for external editors showing setting for PS (in LrC)~~

Ahh, rethought that, why was I asking that? My bad, train of thought was off. Oh, that would show what format to edit in PS, and if you are stacking, but that's probably not pertinent to the issue.

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Paul_IddonAuthor

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GoldingD

Legend

In LrC, the original RAW photo you edited in PS, that thumbnail, is it showing stacked images?

GoldingD

Legend

Yep, not sure of what your workflow is. Please be specific. Be wordy.

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Paul_IddonAuthor

Inspiring

Here you can see what is happening:

From LR into PS, then to "save as" and it opens the folder for the 25th June - despite the photo being taken on 27th June - you can see this if you follow the muse pointer to the dates.

I have to change the folder to the current date myslef, whereas before it always saved to the same folder automatically.

GoldingD

Legend

Save As is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Either select Save, or select Close, not Save As.

I see you are starting with a RAW file, so, from LrC to PS then back to LrC, would create a new file that would be imported into LrC, that is if you select Save.

GoldingD

Legend

Where these images RAW or Raster?

RAW should have shown up in PS without any dialog screen about copy, copy with LrC edits.

RAW should have initially appeared as no particular format, until saved or closed. And would appear back in LrC as a new file, of the file type specified in preferences for Edit in PS.

And Save as, via RAW should have resulted in a new file not in the LrC catalog, needing to be imported.

Raster, tyically JOEG, would have triggered that dialog about, copy, copy with edits, would have shown up in PS as a JPEG.

GoldingD

Legend

Hit the SAVE AS button,

So, from LrC, to PS, some edits, then a Save as (apparently intentional as to save as a particular file name).

Stop??

So how did the new image get into LrC? Had you went from LrC to PS, edited, then saved, The resultant file should be in LrC in the folder you started in. Save As should have not caused a straight up import back into LrC.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

I agree with @GoldingD .

@Paul_Iddon Your post stated-

"...exported into PS. Edited, ran NR. Hit the SAVE AS button, renamed the image, and pressed enter to save."

Totally the wrong workflow!

No Exporting is needed, NO [Save As] is needed if you adopt this-

A better workflow -

[Edit In] Photoshop (Use the [Ctrl+E] shortcut), edit the image, then [SAVE]. The new 'original' Photoshop file will automatically appear next to the 'original' master file in the Library.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

Theresa J

Community Expert

Are you using Lightroom or Lightroom Classic? It sounds like you are using Lightroom which doesn't really save photos into folders, but you can filter your photos by creation date. You posted this question in the Lightroom Classic forum. The two different Lightroom's handle file management very differently. The answer to your question depends on knowing which Lightroom you are using.