LRC to Photoshop .CR3 files opening incorrectly

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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

Community Expert

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

Participating Frequently

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?

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Stuart-LAuthor

Participating Frequently

If you choose the command Photo > Edit In > Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic uses the current Develop module settings to convert the file from raw to RGB (using its own embedded Camera Raw engine), and sends that to Photoshop.

By @Conrad_C

Actually, it's always been my understanding that ACR is opening the file into Photoshop silently, using the settings passed on from LrC.

LrC can process the file fully and then send RGB to Photoshop if necessary (e.g. version inconsistency) - but letting ACR do it is faster and more efficient.

Not that any of this matters in practice, this is all invisible to the user and the end result is exactly the same.

I was looking LRC for this option but not in my list as shown here

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