Opening a picture in Photoshop on second screen

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September 25, 2022
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Hello Community!

I was wondering if it's possible, that when I am in Lightroom working on a picture on my main screen and want to do some adjustments in Photoshop, that Photoshop will open on my second screen instead of my mainscreen so that I don't have to move it manually to the second screen?

I am using Windows 10 and the latest version of LR &PS.

Thanks for the help!

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Correct answer Conrad_C

This type of feature is usually provided by the operating system, not individual applications, so you might want to see if Windows 10 has a setting somewhere that would let you do it. The picture below shows an example of what kind of feature you want to look for in Windows, if it exists — the picture is on a Mac which is what I use. In the example, when right-clicking any app icon in the Dock (the Mac equivalent of the Windows Taskbar), you can assign the display where that application will open. The picture shows Photoshop being assigned to Display 2. So see if Windows has a setting like that somewhere.

One workaround, and it’s definitely only a workaround, is to open Photoshop in advance, at the same time you open Lightroom Classic, and leave it running on the second display. That way, any images you open into Photoshop appear on that second display where Photoshop is already waiting. It’s not great, but it might help.

Conrad_C

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Community Expert

This type of feature is usually provided by the operating system, not individual applications, so you might want to see if Windows 10 has a setting somewhere that would let you do it. The picture below shows an example of what kind of feature you want to look for in Windows, if it exists — the picture is on a Mac which is what I use. In the example, when right-clicking any app icon in the Dock (the Mac equivalent of the Windows Taskbar), you can assign the display where that application will open. The picture shows Photoshop being assigned to Display 2. So see if Windows has a setting like that somewhere.

One workaround, and it’s definitely only a workaround, is to open Photoshop in advance, at the same time you open Lightroom Classic, and leave it running on the second display. That way, any images you open into Photoshop appear on that second display where Photoshop is already waiting. It’s not great, but it might help.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

AFAIK, Photoshop does not have such an option. You'll have to move its windows manually.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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R.E.DietrichAuthor

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Thanks for your quick response! Looks like I will just have to live with it 😞

Cheers!

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R.E.DietrichAuthor

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I just found out, that when I don't use the PS as fullscreen window, I can use alt + enter, move the window of ps to screen 2 (opend it almost to fullscreen, but it's still windowed) use alt + enter again and close the window, the next time I open a picture through LR in PS, the window from PS opens on the second screen.

So it works, just not with a fullscreen PS window 😄

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