Why does Lightroom 4 open my RAW file in Photoshop without my Lightroom adjustments?
Asked 4/14/2012
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On a Mac, using Lightroom 4.0 with Photoshop CS5.1, RAW files from a Canon EOS 5D Mark II open in Photoshop as the original image instead of reflecting the edits made in Lightroom. In Lightroom 3, choosing "Edit In > Photoshop" appeared to offer an option to open with Lightroom adjustments applied, but that no longer seems to happen. Is this a Lightroom 4.0 bug, an Adobe Camera Raw compatibility issue, or a setting that can be reset?
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According to the Lightroom blog from Adobe, there are problems with "Edit In..." in LR4, and these are fixed in the release candidate of Lightroom 4.1. http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/03/lightroom-4-hot-issues.html
There are also bugs in the "Tone Curve" functionality, which is what you use in the example above (for details see the same page I mentioned above).
I don't know for sure that 4.1 will fix your problem, but it's worth a try (though don't forget, you should keep your main catalog in LR4.0 until 4.1 is properly released).
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This was a known Lightroom 4.0 issue, especially around Edit In and some Tone Curve behavior. In normal operation, if Photoshop/Adobe Camera Raw can’t directly interpret Lightroom’s newer edits, Lightroom should warn you and render a TIFF/PSD with the Lightroom adjustments applied.
What to try:
- Update Lightroom 4.0 to 4.1 or later, since Adobe listed fixes for Edit In problems there.
- Update Adobe Camera Raw for CS5.1 (users reported the ACR 6.7 release candidate fixed it).
- If Lightroom no longer shows the usual compatibility prompt, you may have dismissed that dialog previously; resetting Lightroom preferences/settings may bring it back.
So the most likely cause is a Lightroom 4.0/ACR compatibility bug rather than your workflow being wrong.
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