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V1972
V1972
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September 30, 2025
Question

EXPORT AS in Photoshop Beta undoes all edits in Lightroom Classic

  • September 30, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Issue: 

  • Photoshop version: Photoshop Beta 27.0
  • OS: Windows 11


Steps to reproduce:

  1. ...In Lightroom Classic make some edits to a photo
  2. ...Press CTRL E to send edited photo to Photoshop
  3. ...In Photoshop do an EXPORT AS. Does not matter if it's JPG or PNG.
  4. ...Once the file has been exported, go back to Lightroom Classic

 

Expected result: In Lightroom Classic, the photo should still have all of the edits that were made to it before it was sent to Photoshop

Actual result: All of the edits have been undone and photo has been returned to its original state. If you look at HISTORY, you can click on the last edit in order to get your edits back for that photo.

Thank you

2 replies

CShubert
Community Manager
CShubertCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 13, 2025

Hi @V1972  there is an issue with this statement:

 

“Expected result: In Lightroom Classic, the photo should still have all of the edits that were made to it before it was sent to Photoshop”

 

This is false.  Edits can only be retained via an embedded Smart Object and would not be avaialbe from within Lightroom in any case. In the Edit Original workflow - which this is not described as, the file must be sent to PS - then returned - then edited in LR then sent back a second time as “Original” then, the edits from in between. the trips are avilable.

 

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

V1972
V1972Author
Participating Frequently
October 16, 2025

Im not sure I entirely understand or maybe I did not explain it well but I have been doing this for years with Photoshop Beta as well as Photoshop regular. It's only recently that this issue has come up. This issue does not occur with the regular version of Photoshop and it does not occur with Photoshop Beta versions prior to September 30th.

Let me try to explain this a little better.

I have 2 monitors side by side. On the right monitor is Lightroom Classic. On the left is Photoshop Beta. 

This is just a basic way to recreate the issue for me. In Lightroom Classic I select an image in the Develop module. I raise the exposure to +5. I then press CTRL-E to send that edited image to Photoshop Beta.

 

Once the image is loaded in Photoshop Beta, I can make more changes or do nothing at all, but I then do EXPORT AS and save the image as a JPG. While that save is occurring I can immediately see on the other monitor with Lightroom Classic that my +5 exposure has been set back to its original setting and I see my image revert back to its unedited state. When I look at the HISTORY panel in Lightroom Classic, I can clearly see the +5 exposure setting I made. It's only when I click that exposure +5 in HISTORY that I see the edits Ive made in Lightoom Classic.

I have no need for the image to make a roundtrip back to LRC. I just want to be able to export my image from PS Beta without it affecting that same image in LRC.

I hope this explains it a bit better.
Thank you kindly

 

 

    V1972
    V1972Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 28, 2025

    Just installed all of the new updates for Photoshop Beta and LR this morning and the issue unfortunately is still there 😞

    V1972
    V1972Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 7, 2025

    Just installed Photoshop Beta 27.0.1 and I see that the issue is still there. Please advise.

     

    Thank you

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