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January 31, 2020
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Previews not updating after edit on Photoshop

  • January 31, 2020
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Hi guys, I was wondering if someone here could help me with this mini headache. 

I have an issue that when I edit photos from

lightroom classic on photoshop cc and saved back, the previews on Lightroom cc mobile doesn't update. On LR classic they are fine, but not on mobile. 

To make it more clear, this is my workflow: 


upload photos to Lightroom classic > creat collections and sync (with smart previews)  to Lightroom CC / mobile > on Lightroom classic I do "edit image in photoshop 2020" > finished editing on PS 2020 and saved back. 

 

On lightroom classic the previews are updated nicely, however on Lightroom CC mobile the new previews doesn't update. The old one remains. 

I have tried to delete smart preview and then creat them again via library but nothing. 

the only work around it's to delete the collection (or sync) > delete smart previews > creat smart previews > creat collection and sync over and over again everytime I edit in photoshop. 

I mean, it's a complete nightmare 😞 

Does anyone have this issue? 
thank you in advance and sorry for my English 🙂 

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Do you use 'Edit in Potoshop' while you are in the synced collection? If you are not in the synced collection, then the returned Photoshop image will not be added to the synced collection and so you will still only have the original online.

4 replies

Known Participant
November 29, 2024

This bug still exists....

 

The preview updates in Library mode, but not develop...

Participant
October 19, 2023

Hello Leonel,

 

Not sure if you found the solution or not, but I came accross the same issue and I found the solution eventulally.

 

When you hit "Edit in Photoshop" and edit your picture make sure that you save the RAW file with the original file name. Photoshop/Lightroom often adds "-Edit" at the end of your file name (See image 1 below).

If the file name stays the same Lightroom will add a version to the original file and stack them together, so you will be able to see the Original file and the edited. (See image 2).

Hope this helped.

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2020

Please show a screenshot of Lightroom Classic (your entire screen, don't cut off anything), showing the selected image just before you do 'Edit in Photoshop'. Then show a second screenshot of the result (in Lightroom Classic) after you have done editing in Photoshop.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Known Participant
February 2, 2020

Heyyy! 

well... well... well... Lightroom decided to make me look like a fool this time 🙂 

 

while doing the screenshots, it actually worked! Just took awhile to synch. Very happy now. 

sorry for making you waste more time on this. And again thank you so so much for your help. 

Participant
March 4, 2020


I am having exactly the same problem. My photos are not syncing with Lightroom Mobile after making adjustments in photoshop. I am making adjustments directly from the collection in Lightroom Classic (current version) and I'm adjusting the original image.  The adjustments appear in Lightroom, and Lightroom says it is syncing the image, but the changes are never actually synced.  The changes are not syncing in the cloud, so they are not reaching LR Mobile.

 

Does anyone have a solution for this?

 

thanks very much.

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 31, 2020

Do you use 'Edit in Potoshop' while you are in the synced collection? If you are not in the synced collection, then the returned Photoshop image will not be added to the synced collection and so you will still only have the original online.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Known Participant
January 31, 2020

Hi Johan! 

thank you so much for this fast reply. 

and no 😞 I do "edit in photoshop" from the "album" and not from sync collection. 

gonna try your advice and see if that solves my lil workflow nightmare. 

Will let you know ASAP. Thank you again!