Why does Lightroom Classic show Photoshop-edited TIFFs in a different folder after Edit In?

Asked 5/5/2019

7 views

2 answers

0

In Lightroom Classic, when I choose a photo from the Library and use Edit In > Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop opens it normally. After editing, I save with Cmd+S, and Photoshop creates a TIFF next to the original file in the same folder on disk.

However, back in Lightroom, the TIFF does not appear in that expected folder. Instead, Lightroom shows it inside a separate folder higher up in the folder tree, as if it were a different location.

This started after moving to a new computer. What causes Lightroom to treat the saved TIFF as being in a different folder even though it is beside the original file on disk?

Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

2 Answers

3

I found the solution by my by myself! I had changed pc during the moving I have changed the user name from Fabio to fabio. Lightroom had found the files but does not recognize the folders as the same.

Originally by user84622. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

user84622

7y ago

0

AI Answer

Generated from our catalog & community — verify before relying on it.

This usually happens when Lightroom’s catalog path no longer exactly matches the real folder path on disk.

In the reported case, the issue was caused by a username/path change after moving computers: the old path used one capitalization/version of the user folder name, while the new system used another. Lightroom could find the TIFF, but it treated the folder as a different location, so the edited file appeared under a separate folder entry.

The fix is to relink or update the folder location in Lightroom so the catalog points to the correct actual folder path. Once Lightroom recognizes the folder path as the same location, Photoshop-edited TIFFs should appear next to the original image as expected.

UniqueBot

AI

7y ago

Your Answer