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July 20, 2020
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Import as Layers from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop 2020 not working

  • July 20, 2020
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I am using Adobe Lightroom Classic on a Macintosh computer using the most current OS as of July 2020. I would like to import several raw files from Lightroom to Photoshop as layers by right clicking on the selection of images to import, then selecting Edit In -> Open As Layers in Photoshop.  IN all pervious versions of lightroom and photoshop that I have used, this would open photoshop, create a workspace and load all files as layers in that workspace.  If I conduct this process with the most up to date versions of lightroom classic and photoshop 2020 with two images, everything works just fine.  However, if I do this with more than two images, it only imports the last two images, and it imports them as seperate files and not as layers into one working space.  One workspace imports with the name "Background" already assigned to the layer, which is a feauture that never occured in previous versions of Lightroom or Photoshop. The second layer is imported as a .dng layer and it also creates another blank layer titled "Load Layers".  How to I get all files (i.e. more than two files) to import to the same workspace as layers?

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Participant
June 30, 2024

This is also happening with the new update of modern lightroom, can no longer edit HDRs in photoshop. or EXPORT them as HDR. this needs to be fixed ASAP. I reverted update for now.

 

Participant
December 6, 2020

FWIW. The windows version is working as it should.

Known Participant
October 26, 2020

This has been happening for the last several versions, including v22. It's really annoying, and makes for a LOT of rework. I am blending images for real estate imagery and this is costing a fair amount of time to have to keep reloading a group of images from LR Classic into PS.

Participant
August 26, 2020

I just ran into this exact same issue!   I try to load 2+ photos from Lightroom Classic via the 'Edit as layers in Photoshop' command, and bingo... it fails to complete the task. I also get multiple workspaces opened up, and a blank layer 'load layers'... Nightmare!  This has worked flawlessly in all prior versions, and has just killed my workflow.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 26, 2020

File a bug report with as much detail as possible so the team can reproduce the issue on their end.

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/getting-the-most-from-this-forum-reporting-bugs.

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert