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July 13, 2025
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Specifying a location when saving file, but seems to ignore and saves to original location.

  • July 13, 2025
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 Not sure if this is already a known issue.

If I open up lightroom and select to view photos on a external memory card, then select one to edit in photoshop, if I then (in photoshop), try to save the edited file to a different location (my main laptop drive for example), it ignores this and saves it to the original location - in this case my external memory card.


I've never come across this before, this is a fairly new issue for me.

Correct answer Per Berntsen

If you're using Lightroom Classic, Edit in Photoshop will return the edited file to the same folder as the original when you save it. I have never tried to save anywhere else, but it's possible that Photoshop will insist on saving to the original folder.

I'm guessing that the above also applies to the cloud version of Lightroom, which I'm not familiar with.

 

If your workflow involves using the Add option in Lightroom Classic to import from a memory card, that's not recommended. When you disconnect the card, the images will be missing, and you won't be able to do anything with them.

The best practise is to copy the images to your hard drive – either before importing,  in which case you can use the Add option when importing, or use the Copy option when importing to copy them from the camera card to the hard drive.

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Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 13, 2025

If you're using Lightroom Classic, Edit in Photoshop will return the edited file to the same folder as the original when you save it. I have never tried to save anywhere else, but it's possible that Photoshop will insist on saving to the original folder.

I'm guessing that the above also applies to the cloud version of Lightroom, which I'm not familiar with.

 

If your workflow involves using the Add option in Lightroom Classic to import from a memory card, that's not recommended. When you disconnect the card, the images will be missing, and you won't be able to do anything with them.

The best practise is to copy the images to your hard drive – either before importing,  in which case you can use the Add option when importing, or use the Copy option when importing to copy them from the camera card to the hard drive.

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