Elements Organizer and Lightroom Catalog

When using Lightroom 5 and Elements 12 how are the calalog and organizer synced? And how should files be saved.
In Lightroom I chose to edit a  photo in Elements when I saved it and went back to Lightroom I could not locate it. It was saved as a .psd file.
When found it in Finder I could not Import it into Llightroom.
Larry

Perhaps you made the mistake of using Save As rather than Save. So you will have created a new file which Lightroom knows nothing about.
You need to start the round trip from LR as follows and use the save command (Cmd+S) not save as:
1) Cmd+E in the Library to export selected image with develop settings (I choose PSD)
2) Edit in Photoshop Elements; then Cmd+S to replace (overwrite) Lightroom export copy
3) Cmd+W to close in Photoshop Elements and update Lightroom thumbnail.

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