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Stuart-L
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January 5, 2025
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LRC to Photoshop .CR3 files opening incorrectly

  • January 5, 2025
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When opening .CR3 file from within LRC and sending it to Photoshop it bypasses the Raw convertor opening straight into Photoshop. 
I have checked I have latest Raw update, latest LRC and latest PS. 
If I go to the file on the hard drive and open straight to Photoshop it does open the raw convert option.
Any suggestions what I am missing?

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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January 5, 2025

This is how it's supposed to work.

 

When opening from LrC, the settings are transferred to ACR which opens it silently into Photoshop. There is no reason to show the ACR interface. The settings are already made in LrC.

 

Remember that LrC and ACR are identical. They share the same processing engine.

 

 

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Stuart-LAuthor
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January 6, 2025

But when sending a photo across how does it know for example what exposure\contrast\White Balance etc. I want to apply to a specific image?

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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January 6, 2025

Will have to investigate further in LRC as I am not aware of making any Raw adjustments in LRC, the files imported straight from SD card into LRC then right click image and choose send to Photoshop, I have not made any adjustments to the raw file.


You're missing a big part of how this works.

 

You process your images fully in Lightroom. That's where you do everything you need to do to the raw file, before sending it to Photoshop!

 

Lightroom and the Camera Raw plugin (ACR) have exactly the same raw processing engine built in. They have exactly the same sliders and controls. So when you have done all that in Lightroom, those settings are passed on to ACR along with the file.

 

So there is absolutely no need for the ACR interface. It's all done at this point, and the file opens into Photoshop with the settings you made in Lightroom.

 

(EDIT - I'm assuming you open the file in the standard way, no smart objects. Just plain "Edit in Photoshop". Smart objects add another layer to the process where you can reopen the original raw file back into ACR. Just keeping it simple for now so we don't confuse the issue unnecessarily.)

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