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dbruno
dbruno
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December 20, 2020
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Replicating Lightroom command "Open as Layers in Photoshop"

  • December 20, 2020
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In Lightroom, you can choose files and select "Edit >> Open as Layers in Photoshop". Can this action be replicated with a series of steps in Photoshop Elements? Thanks!

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MichelBParis
MichelBParis
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December 20, 2020

@dbruno 

There is a Lightroom plugin  'Elemental' from Dawmat which offers this option (donationware):

https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/mdawson/tpgelemental/

 

 

    dbruno
    dbrunoAuthor
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    December 20, 2020

    Michael - Thank you for the link. It looks like something I will try.

    Greg_S.
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    Greg_S.Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2020

    Are you asking whether you can open multiple images in Lightroom as layers in a single image in Elements?  I don't think there is a way to do that in the same way you can open them with a Lightroom command into Photoshop CC.  But you can add Elements as an external editor in Lightroom preferences and open multiple images into Elements.  It is then a simple click and drag from the Elements Photo Bin to create a single image with multiple layers from each Lightroom library image.

     

    dbruno
    dbrunoAuthor
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    December 20, 2020

    Greg - Thank you for responding. My question stems from a Real-Estate photography tuorial I watched, where the photographer was explaining his method of blending three different shots of the same room (but this was not HDR). He took three photos (ambient, flash, and "window pull"), brought them into Lightroom, made a couple of adjustments, and then used the "Edit >> Open as Layers in Photoshop". When he did this, everything was just how he wanted and I *believe* whatever was going to be the "background" was converted to a layer. He then went on using tecniques with the brush to blend in the ambient and flash. It's the "Open as Layers in PS" that I would like to replicate with Elements, as there isn't an option to do this directly from LR. Unless of course there is some way to add that in for an option. BTW, I do have Elements listed in the "Edit" dropdown, but it's not the same as opening as layers. Thanks.

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