Unable to Open Picture from Lightroom Classic in Photoshop (Beta)

[Kjenson]

I just updated Photoshop (version 26.6.0), (minutes ago) and now when importing a photo from Lightroom Classic, I can't get the photo to open in Photoshop. HELP I'm in the middle of editing wedding photo's and don't have time for this. 

I've tried Cntrl-E, and right clicking-open in Photoshop. It opens Photoshop, but doesn't bring the picture in. 

I am using Windows 11.

[CShubert]

Hi @Kjenson it sounds like something became corrupt or did not intall correctly.  The solution is to uninstall Ps beta and then do a clean install.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

[oidvoid]

The same happened to me today, but with both beta and stable versions of Photoshop. It works fine with my secondary external editor which is Topaz Gigapixel. Also, I tried opening it as a smart object and it did open, but when I went to save it an error was thrown. I uninstalled Lightroom Classic and reinstalled it. Same issue. I decided that instead of troubleshooting any further I would just restore my Acronis backup from 2 days ago when it was working. I will report back on the outcome.

[Kjenson]

Thanks! I’ll have to try that when I get back home and I will let you know if it’s successful.


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[oidvoid]

I restored my entire system drive to its 03/25/25 state and it's working again. I am back on Photoshop Beta 26.6.0. Creative Cloud is once again telling there's an update to it but it just says v26.6 with no incremental number shown after it. I checked the "What's new?" info but it doesn't mention a fix for this problem. As such I will leave it on 26.6.0 for now. Does anyone know if there will be some sort of notification that this particular issue has been fixed?

[KlausR20]

Be careful! I encountered the problem after updating to PS v26.5 (not beta) today, not with the PS v26.6 (beta) update. I updated to PS v26.6 (beta) later, but it didn't solve the problem. The workaround is still working fine, but I hope there will be a proper solution to the problem soon.

[Kjenson]

I noticed this morning that there was another update but like you said it had the same number 26.6.6 or something like that. I updated and nothing changed.

I haven’t had a chance to uninstall and reinstall, but I’m not really wanting to waste the time since others have done that and it didn’t change anything.



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[oidvoid]

FYI I uninstalled and reinstalled Lightroom Classic and it made no difference. I realized then that I could either go down the rabbit hole of troubleshooting all the related apps or just roll my system back a couple days. I chose the latter. No regrets.

[ag1010]

Hi, I didn't install anything and still have the same problem. If I want to edit an image in PS beta opened from LR Calssic, it just doesn't work. It still worked a few days ago. It was on March 30, Sunday, when I encountered with this issue. Ps beta opens but the image doesn't show up.

I tried PS 2024 too, but the same thing happened.

Please fix it!

Thanks.

[Jumajan]

I'm in the same boat.  I updated to PS Beta version 26.6.0.  I then changed my preferences to PS 2025 and it still won't open.  I sure hope a fix is around the corner!

[KlausR20]

Today I had the same problem after installing PS v26.5 on my Mac running Sonoma 14.7.4. Under LR clasic v14.2 with Camera Raw v17.4, files transferred from LR to PS (beta) v2.6. would no longer open. Reinstalling PS (beta) did not help. Obviously the file name is no longer transferred correctly to my registered default editor PS (beta). As a workaround I have now entered PS (beta) as secondary editor in LR. This means that the transfer of the file from PS (still) works and the result edited in PS (beta) is also returned correctly in LR.

[Kjenson]

Good to know I'm not the only one having this issue. Hopefully they come up with a patch soon.

[lschaerer]

Same issue here.  Running Windows 10.

[nga_kim2793]

I just updated Photoshop (version 26.6.0), (minutes ago) and now when importing a photo from Lightroom Classic, I can't get the photo to open in Photoshop. HELP I'm in the middle of editing wedding photo's and don't have time for this. 

I've tried Cntrl-E, and right clicking-open in Photoshop. It opens Photoshop, but doesn't bring the picture in. 

I am using Windows 11.

[saitejagopi2894]

@nga_kim2793 Thank you for posting. Reinstalling Photoshop should fix the issue. However, before you proceed with the reinstallation, we need to collect some additional information to understand the problem, as we haven't been able to reproduce it in-house. Please let us know if it's okay to direct message you for more details. Thanks!

[ag1010]

I have the same issue. Right now I export the file as PSD and choose from "after export" the "Open in PS" option. 

[Carlos_Oliveras]

I assume it's related to this issue:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-release-14-2-cannot-open-lightroom-ed...

It looks like the solution is to uninstall PS and LRC, then reinstall PS first, then LRC. This appears to be a recurring issue (not being able to edit in PS from LrC) after some updates.

[katja_0738]

Bug-Report: Lightroom kann Dateien nicht mehr in Photoshop Beta öffnen

Seit Ende März 2025 funktioniert der direkte Workflow zwischen Lightroom Classic und Photoshop Beta auf meinem iMac nicht mehr wie gewohnt.
Wenn ich in Lightroom auf „Bearbeiten in > Photoshop Beta“ klicke:

• Photoshop Beta öffnet sich,

• aber kein Bild wird geladen,

• und das übliche Dialogfenster („Eingebettete Einstellungen verwenden?“ etc.) erscheint ebenfalls nicht.

• Das Bild ist auch in Photoshop Beta nicht sichtbar oder geöffnet.

Die Verbindung mit Photoshop 2024 (nicht Beta) funktioniert weiterhin problemlos – das Dialogfenster erscheint, das Bild wird korrekt geöffnet und kann bearbeitet werden.

System:

• macOS [Version, z. B. „Sonoma 14.4“]

• Lightroom Classic [Version, z. B. „13.2“]

• Photoshop Beta [Version, z. B. „25.x“]

Bitte um Prüfung – danke!