Resolved: export psdt from lightroom classic to a windows directory as a jpg

[davids75404240]

I submitted one like this before but could not find it to make a change.

Instructions to export a psdt from to a jpg are shown below.

"To export a .psdt file as a .jpg from Lightroom Classic, select the PSDT file in the Library, go to File > Export, then in the dialog box, set the File Settings to JPEG format and adjust the quality, and finally click Export. Lightroom will create a new JPEG file based on your edits, leaving the original .psdt file untouched. "

Process:  I open a JPG file in LRc and immediately move it to Photoshop.  Change sky, do some removals and cleanup and then save as a psdt file.  In LRc I run a synchronize to load the psdt file and finish making picture updates.  When done, I export the PSDT file to another directory.  The JPG is created correctly but the PSDT is dropped from the ribbon below and the picture is lost in develop mode.  In the library mode I can see the picture in main screen  but not on the ribbon.  Also, all metadata is gone.  Going to the windows directory, the PSDT is still there.  I cannot get the PSDT back into lightroom.  

Windows 11 on a Dell Computer with most recent updates installed.

Lightroom 14.5.1  and Camera Raw 17.5

Photoshop Levels 26.11 and 26.10

The key change from previous report is that the PSDT is still in the Library main screen and on the directory even though it is not in the develop module nor is it in the ribbon.  

[Per Berntsen]

LrC cannot import PSDT files (which are Photoshop template files), and you cannot export PSDT files from LrC either.

Do you mean PSD? And is that the format of the original? Your description is somewhat confusing.

Rather than exporting, you should use Edit in Photoshop (Ctrl + E), and after editing the file will return to LrC when you save it, with no need for syncing the folder. Do not use Save As, just Save (Ctrl + S) 

Editing a jpg in Photoshop is a really bad idea because the jpg format uses lossy (destructive) compression when saving, in order to produce small files. You may not notice the quality loss at first, but it is cumulative, and will get worse every time you save the file.

The jpg format is not intended for editing – it's a final format.

[davids75404240 · Accepted solution]

I contacted Adobe help and they resolved this issue by resetting the application settings.  

You can definitely export PSDT files into a JPG format from LrC.  I have done it hundreds of times when creating books.  As for JPG's, when that is all you have, that is all you have.  Unfortunately these pictures were taken in the 2010's before I got involved with Photoshop and thus had no RAW files.  Regardless, I have been able to create some very good pictures from them.  Taking lessons from Ben Wilmore and several seminars has taught me a great deal about Photoshop/LrC which has been useful in managing light and color in JPG's.  However, I would rather be working with RAW files.