Linked Smart Object (dng from LR Classic CC) Not Updating in Photoshop CC

Ok, I've posted this in the LR forum like Warunicorn suggested (Thanks!) and have done several testing and this is the result:

The workflow is not seamless as I've seen on a tutorial video from Chris O'Donnell where he makes changes in LR and it automatically updates in PS, but It's working.

This is happening and what I'm doing to resolve the small annoyances:

1) After linking and replacing the SO (with the exact same name and location) in PS, I have to double click on it to open in ACR and them click OK.

2) This opens a lager canvas than the photo. I have to transform it to fit the canvas. Not a deal breaker, but annoying. Do you  know how to fix this?

3) When making changes in LR, I have to go to Metadata > Update Previews and Metadata. Again, not a deal breaker, but not how I've seen it done and not what I believe Adobe's intention was.

It then updates live in PS.

Hi

The -1 name is the name of the PSD file.

When you open as a smart object in Photoshop, then a copy of the dng raw file is put into the smart object. You can double click to use Camera Raw on the raw file in that smart object. When you save the PSD it saves as a separate file to the original dng file and will appear in the Lightroom catalogue.

If you decide to link the smart object from Photoshop - then you are replacing the contents of the SO with a link to an external file. You can link that back to the original dng. If you do, and make adjustments in Photoshop camera raw,  then when you go to open the file in Lightroom you will get a warning that another program has made adjustments do you want to use those or overwrite from the Lightroom catalogue.

Similarly if you make a change in Lightroom to the dng then open  the PSD in Photoshop the SO will have a warning triangle to let you know the linked contents have been changed.

What does not happen is a live update while both documents are open i.e. change the dng in Lightroom and watch the change in Photoshop.

Personally I stick with the top method - i.e. make my initial adjustments in Lightroom. I then open in Photoshop as an SO and make subsequent adjustments to the RAW file in that PSD using Camera Raw in Photoshop. If I want to adjust again then I open the PSD from Lightroom to Photoshop and click on the SO to use camera raw if the raw file needs further tweaks.

Dave

This is why I love the Bridge/ACR combo so much; it does what I tell it to do when it comes to opening in Photoshop.    (However, it's understandable where some would want the catalog features LR has.) Since I'm not a Lightroom user, I'm not sure what's going on there. If you haven't already, be sure to post this in the Lightroom forum too. There may be someone there who can repro.

If you close the document and reopen, does the "-1" suffix disappear?

When you open an image though LR, it tries to keep a reference of that image. Opening a normal image - not a smart object will open and keep the name of the original file, as it might be saved as the same type of image. I'm not sure why smart objects are appended with the -1, but it might be to create a file that won't overwrite an existing file, because the save state will most likely be a PSD. Once you import the image as a SO, you converted it to a linked SO. This actually requires overwriting the original file if you choose the same location and file name as the image you imported. Once you save as a linked file, you should be able to go to LR, make an edit to the DNG, and save the metadata to file, and it should update in PS.