Can PSD files saved back to Lightroom retain their layers?

When a file is edited in Photoshop. you can choose a TIFF or PSD. It would seem the advantage to PSD would be the ability to retain layers when saved back to Lightroom especially in a file which remains a work in progress. I have not been able to achieve this result. If this is currently not possible, what is the advantage, if any, to use the PSD format?

Not and be exported as such from LR. LR adjustments will be done to the flattened composite image. PSDs must be saved with 'Maximum Compatibility' to be used at all in LR.
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Ahhhhhhhhhh PSD files saved in TemporaryItems has disappeared.
Hi I was working in Photoshop CS5.1 (OS X 10.7.5) and the original image I started with was saved in TemporaryItems, long story short I spent 4 hours working on an illustration and saving the .psd files\ versions in the same TemporaryItems folder, planning to move all the files tonight. Just came back to it and the files are gone! I may cry pixel tears, desperately running out of swear words.
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Cheers Matt from Melbourne

Silly question, but, are you sure that's where Photoshop was saving? I've had it happen before where I open a file from folder A, then do a Save As, only to find that (for whatever reason) Photoshop has been saving to some other folder entirely.
Have you tried Open Recent Files in photoshop to see if maybe they were saved somewhere else?
Or, try this; go to Photoshop, create a blank document, then immediately Save As and look at where it's pointing. If it is not at the Temporary folder you expect, look there for your files.
Failing that, have you tried a search on your computer?
Silly. But I'm trying to cover all the bases.
--OB

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I've only recently moved to Lightroom from using Photoshop/Bridge together, so I'm not 100% sure how saving files exported from Lightroom should go. But here's what I experience:
Base edit of file within Lightroom
In library view, right click on image -> Edit in -> Open as Smart Object in Photoshop
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Perform more edits....
Shortcut CTRL+S to save, and it saves it as the TIFF file under the location it was originally in within Lightroom
Eh...? Am I missing something. It should just save as the original PSD I created when I went "Save As". I have seen on a few occasions, immediately after "Save As", the file name resorts back to TIFF and not as PSD.
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Color Space: ProPhoto RGB
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Modesto Vega wrote:
Replying to your last 3 posts.
Re Camera Raw being used to pass an image to Photoshop
a) I am assuming this is independent of the Compatibility level in Preferences\File Handling DNG creation.
b) Does the same apply to other photo editing software made by Adobe like Elements?.
Reply: Yes, the principle is the same. Photoshop Elements cannot read raw data either. That's why it has to be converted before it's opened.
c) Assume that I have LR 5.7.1 and CS5. Is Camera Raw is still used to pass an image to Photoshop? If so, why is there a need to get LR to behave differently?
Reply: Camera Raw is used IF you choose the option to open anyway. Then Camera Raw will be used to convert the image that's opened in Photoshop. But since it is older than Lightroom some of the new adjustments might not be transferred to Photoshop. That's why there is a need to let the user make the choice.
d) Sometimes it does seem as if Adobe might be using Camera Raw updates and process version updates to get consumers to change their habits, this includes having to buy subscriptions or having to change workflow to some ideal that somebody at Adobe or working with Adobe might have in mind.
Reply: The fact is that in the past, when a new version of Photoshop is released then all support and updates cease for the previous version. Since the introduction of the creative cloud, at least users of Photoshop CS6 get support for new cameras. They just don't get the new features. Yes, there's motivation to upgrade. Adobe is a business. What do you really expect?
Re stacks
I find impossible to see collapsed stacks on the film strip. Stacks are only visible on the Library module and using a grid view; I don't say clearly visible because they are only recognisable by the label at the top left corner with the image count; I don't even think it is possible to change the colour of that label or the grey colour surrounding an image. Also I cannot name stacks. If I could name stacks, see them as virtual folders underneath a library folder and make them glaringly visible I would use them extensively.
Reply: The only reason I can think of that you are unable to see collapsed stacks on the filmstrip is if you have the filmstrip reduced in size to the point that Lightroom can't display all the icons. I'm able to see the collapsed stacks in the library grid view and on my filmstrip
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Assuming Raw files are negatives and Photoshop files are transparencies or prints, would you want negatives being handled/read on a regular basis? If anything happens to your negatives, you would never be able to produce another print or another transparency again.
Reply: The raw files or the negatives, as you put it, are never modified by Lightroom. They always remain in their pristine state they were in when they were imported. If I have a backup of that raw file then I can do whatever I want to the one in my working folder. Resetting that raw file so that it looks unaltered is just a click away.
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Reply: Well, I won't argue that point. If that's what you really want than lobby for it. It just won't get my vote because I don't see any real advantage.
If you read back through this quoted message you'll find that my replies are included. I don't know how to separate them out so they are highlighted properly. Read through it and think about it. But personally, I don't want to waste anymore time on this discussion because it isn't accomplishing anything in my opinion.

PSD files rolling back to previous saved points on their own

I've been using Photoshop CC for awhile now and I'm quite happy with it except for one problem which I've been noticing. The PSD files seem to roll back to previous saved points after closing and saving them. It's not immediate, but after a few days it happens. Which means I've been losing hours of work across all my files. I'm not sure if it's connected, but it usually happens after every time I update CC, which is very frequent. Either that or Photoshop has never been saving the files properly in the first place.
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Forgive me, but let me add to Noel's comments.
Is the time signature on both computers the same? That is, when you look at the time on either computer, is it correct?
Also, since you are on CC, have you considered saving the images you are working on in you Creative Cloud folder? You can start work on one computer, save and close the image, then when you are on the other computer, open that image directly from your CC folder on that computer and continue right from when you left off.
Here are a couple of points to be aware of and to consider for this to work: CC works just like DropBox, you will have a CC folder on both of your computers and they will contain any file(s) you put into them. When the Cloud notices something new or updated, it will transfer the file(s) up to the cloud. When you are on the other computer, it will notice there is a new or updated file(s) on the cloud and will download them automatically to your other computer. The file(s) are ON you computer, not solely in the clouds. To make this work though, you have to have your CC account be started and running for any work to transfer into or out of your computer. If the CC application isn't running there's nothing to control this mechanism. (E.g., if PS isn't running, you cannot open a PS file, if CC isn't running it can't do the transfer thing. [The CC application is the icon that is red with the interlocking infinity like thing in the middle.]
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In Preferences>Presets you will find a Checkbox for Apply Autotone Adjustments, uncheck this.

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Hi All,
I am have been using Time Machine for about a month. When I say using, I have never had to restore a file; my external drive just sits there doing its TM thing.
Well, last night I needed to restore an important file and it didn’t work. So either I’ve made a wrong assumption about TM or there’s a problem with it. I’ll explain with the timeline:
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Hi -(.)^(.)-
Many thanks – I took your advice but my file was nowhere to be seen.
I have now realised what my problem was – the aliased folder is not backed up as I learnt here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8020960#8020960
So I’ve lost the file, but learnt something important!
Many thanks for your help

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Hi,
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hemmickreef wrote:
Although I can export as PSD from Illustrator - will PS read the layered files though?
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hemmickreef wrote:
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How to reverse a PSD file that's combined layers into one layer...

Hi,
I'm not quite sure what happened but I had a PSD file I was working on with multiple layers and then I saved a PDF of the file and I think I may of accidentally switched up the files somehow because now my PSD file's layers are all combined into one background layer. How do I undo this (somehow release all of the layers again into the file)? I need to send the PSD file with all of it's layers available for editing and I have no idea how to fix this.
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