"Edit in Photoshop" option is ghosted?

I own LR 1.1 and Photoshop CS3 and have both installed and working fine on the same laptop. In LightRoom I tried editing a photo in Photoshop but no matter what I try that option is always ghosted in the Photo pull down menu in LightRoom and is not selectable.
Bill

That is exactly what I have done and the option remains ghosted. I have tried it with numerous images in my library (including different file formats, although most of my images are JPG). I have tried it with LR 1.0 and 1.1. I have also tried launching PS CS3 (just in case it needs to be running). I also took a look in "Edit/Preferences/External Editing" but nothing in there seemed related to my problem. One thing I do notice in CS3 is that although I have registered my product when I first got it I still get a reminder to register (but PS CS3 always works fine).
Any more ideas?
ps. I notice that LR 1.1 took away the main preset I liked most (Light Tone Curve Default). I was surprised to see that gone. General Punch does seem to do as good a job...

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Hello,
Just upgraded from Lightroom V4.4 to V5. After this upgrade I find that I can no longer select the option "Edit in Photoshop", the option is grayed out and is not selectable.
I have Photoshop CS6 currently installed and don't have plans to upgrade to Photoshop CC (out of my price range).
Anyone know if Lightroom V5 only interfaces with Photoshop CC now?
Thanks!
Bill

I suggest that you try reinstalling either Lightroom or Photoshop, or even both. I have both Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 5 installed on my computer and Lightroom and Photoshop work together as expected. Lightroom 5 does NOT just interface with Photoshop CC. It will interface with any version that you have installed.

New Edit in Photoshop option: copy as psd withouth adjustments

This feature would be a 4th option in the "edit in photoshop" context menu. It creates a photoshop file with the unmodified image data (before any adjustments in lightroom) but as a psd file in 16 bit depth and with the specified colourspace (usually prophoto). The user edits the image in photoshop and saves it. Lightroom copies the adjustments from the source photo and pastes them, as adjustable lightroom adjustments, onto this edited psd file.
This workflow makes sense mostly for jpegs (as raw files always have to be developed in some form when you open them in photoshop). I often need to retouch a couple of fotos from a large collection. When I edit them with lightroom adjustments, I loose the possibility to easily change the colour tone etc in lightroom (of course I can make changes in lightroom but the sliders are reset to 0 because lightroom treats this as an entirely new image). It would be better if I could edit the original image data in photoshop and have lightroom apply the adjustments as metadata, not burn them into the psd file before opening. From an image quality point of view it is often better to do all compositions, retouching etc on the original data, then colour grade them later so that the changes "blend in better" (this is the default way to do it in motion picture film compositing). I would appreciate it if lightroom would offer me this workflow option.

Jeff,
I think you misunderstood the use-case I am talking about. I perfectly understand that this doesn't make sense for raw pictures. It does, however make a great deal of sense for jpegs.
I am not asking photoshop to become a parametric editor or Lightroom to become a pixel editor. What I want is for lightroom to do what it does best (non destructive editing) and photoshop what it does best (powerfull destructive editing) but without having to "chain" these steps together in a given ordern (develop jpeg in lightroom -> send it to photoshop, all non-destructive edits are burned into the new psd file -> edit in in photoshop -> send it back to lightroom, the non-destructive edits of lightrooms are burned into the pixels and cannot be changed anymore (if I had made the image warmer I don't see this in lightroom anymore because the sliders are reset to 0).
What I propose is merely for lightroom to be able to send unmodified jpegs to photoshop and apply the non-destructive edits to the copy. This way, I can do my compositing / editing in photoshop on the original pixels, then keep playing around with the sliders in lightroom.
This is a bit hard to explain just with text, I hope I could make my point clear. Also, the current option of "Edit a copy, without lightroom adjustments" is nice, but only halfway there for two reasons: First, it doens'nt automatically copy the non-destructive edits made to the original image to the new copy, and second, for jpegs, in this case I want a psd file to be created not a jpeg as is currently the chase. Why? Because I will be working with layers in my edit and if I want to be able to save the file and have lightroom notice it. However, if the file in question is a jpeg, I can't save my composite to this file format without loosing my layers, so I have to change the fil format to psd but that changes the filename that lightroom was keeping track of so now I have to rescan the folder in lightroom which is quite annoying form a workflow point of view.
Please let me know if I can explain anything in better detail. I really do think that for a jpeg based workflow this option would make a great deal of sense.

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This has been covered several times and is in the FAQ.
Basically it means an edit to the registry.
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ANy solution to guost folders after editing in Photoshop?

I think I have read only two threads on this problem... But amongst my friends and collaborators, 3 out of 5 experience the "ghost folder" problem when opening a file from LR into Photoshop.
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Thanks Lennart.
The fix you suggested does not fix my Ghost Folder problem.
That said, I finally did find a fix for this problem:
Here's the fix I found, which simply involves selecting Photoshop as an Additional External Editor:
a) go in your LR2 preferences
b) under the External Editor tab, under "additional external editor", click on the button CHOOSE and navigate to your Adobe Photoshop folder. Select Photoshop.exe .
c) ignore LR2 warning that says Photoshop is already configured as your external editor.
d) now, every time you wish to open a photo in PS from LR, right-click on the photo, select EDIT IN PHOTOSHOP.EXE instead of the first choice (edit in photoshop cs3).
This method will now create a duplicate PSD file right away of your photo in the correct folder. No more Ghost Folder problem. OF course, this means that every time you open a photo in PS, you now have a PSD file in your folder (as opposed to LR2's feature which allows you (normally) to open a photo in PS, and it won't appear as a PSD in your folder until you actually save the file in PS). So we could say this "fix" behaves pretty much the same way LR1.x used to handle opening files in PS.

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I apologize if this has been asked before, but I've been searching for a while now and haven't found an answer.
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cjcraze wrote:
ok thanks. Seems strange that Adobe doesn't have a way to convert a preset so that it will work on a rendered image.
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Edit in photoshop is greyed out in both LR3 and LR4

Sudenly the edit in photoshop option has been greyed out in both programs It has always worked and for no apparant reason that I can recall this has happened Can anyone advise what has caused this please

sonsteby,
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After viewing this artical:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/edit-photoshop-command-missing-photoshop.html and completing all options related to the Mac, the "Edit in Photoshop..." still does not appear as a clckable option in my Lightroom 4.3 program which has all the current updates. Also, my Photoshop Elements 11 program also has all the current updates.
Please note that in the interest of time, that all of the "solutions" were attempted in the above mentioned link
Also, was on hold with Adobe Lightroom help phone support for over 1.5 hours without any agent answeing the phone. Also Adobe automatied phone support states that Photoshop Elements is not supported free of charge and it is fee based. How is a consumer suppose to have a problem corrected in Lightroom that stems from Elements when it is suppose to intergrate that way between the two programs but any help to try to correct the way it is suppose to work will cost you an addition fee in phone support for Elements?
And help on fixing this issue will be apprecitated.
Lightroom v 4.3 / Camera RAW v 7.3
Elements v 11.0 / Camera RAW v 7.3.0.71

Did this with Adobe support in LIVE CHAT, what a waist of time. Although this will correct the issue, it is like a work around and not solving why EDIT IN PHOTOSHOP... is not a clickable option (greyed out) in LR.
After the configure as suggested above, does this preclude and editing in Lighroom?
What I want to do is:
Edit the photo in LR except for:
the useage the great Spot Healing Brush Tool that PSE offers, edit that part of it in PSE then SAVE the results back to LR. Any problems or suggestions for this?
Thanks so much

Lightroom and using the Edit in Photoshop CS3 Options

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This is also the situation with files TIFF and PSD.
This is also the situation if I use a different Photo Editor other than PS CS3.
I have read the user manual and if I read correctly, the Two Options which do not work should also work. Or does my thinking need correction?
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James

Thanks to you both. I do appreciate your responses. Please keep them coming.
I think Judith has a point.
I believe I should be able to Import a JPG from somewhere (HD, Floppy Drive, CD Drive)into the LR Library and then call upon Photoshop CS3 to Edit that JPG. If I am not incorrect, when reading the Lightroom Documentation, I see where this action is supported.
The action is: Right-Click a JPG (also TIF and PSD as well) in the LR Libary. From the menu presented, select Edit in the Adobe Photoshop CS3. A new Window appears from which to select either of two Edit a Copy Actions (with LR adjustments or without LR adjustments), I alway receive a Warning Window saying: Lightroom was unable to prepare the selected file at C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\My Documents\My Pictures\photo.JPG (or TIF or PSD) for editing. It will not be opened.
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This action will not work for me.
I do plan to update my version soon.
All replys and suggestions are welcomed.
Regards,
James

My Images won't open in Photoshop CS5 when I click on Edit in Lightroom - even though this option has been selected? To edit in Photoshop I have to export image from Lightroom then import into Photoshop. I have other programmes such as NIK and if I wish

My Images won't open in Photoshop CS5 when I click on Edit in Lightroom - even though this option has been selected? To edit in Photoshop I have to export image from Lightroom then import into Photoshop. I have other programmes such as NIK and if I wish to edit in these everything works fine.

Same here. I've never had trouble with this function before.
It opens the Photoshop application with all the menus/windows, but it never opens the actual image I chose to work on.
I'm on a Mac, using OS X Yosemite, 10.10.1 Lightroom is version 5.7 Photoshop is CS5, version 12.0.4
FWIW, I also can't automate>Photomerge ... . Makes me think Photoshop, not Lightroom, is all wacky. I tried dumping PS preferences

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It has always allowed me in the past to send an image i am working on in LR to PS (I would choose to edit the original) the when saved down in PS it would then update the version in LR with the LR effects added as well. Suddenly it no longer gives me the option to 'edit the original '. I have always worked in RAW

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