Lightroom 3 importing photoshop actions

hi guys,
i'm quite new to lightroom, changing over from photoshop. I have set new actions in lightroom, and thats all working perfectly. However, i have actions in photoshop cs5, which i want to import to lightroom 3. the actions involve a blur and soft focus etc, so i can;t recreate it in lightroom. Is this even possible? any help would be greatly recieved.
thanks in advance
kas

You cannot import / use actions of CS5 in Lr.
CS5 and Lr are fundamentally different in the way they work. CS5 is a pixel editoe whereas Lr does not touch the pixels of an image and stores everything in the catalog (= non-destructive editing).
Also, CS5 and Lr have different tools.
Since you are new to Lr I would recommend that you make yourself familiar with the completely different way in which LR does edit. Please make yourself familiar with the important concept of the "catalog".
If you don't you will sooner or later (probably sooner) into serious trouble particularly if you are assuming that it works like CS5. Lr is not a program to just jump into; you have to learn it.
I recomment that you watch some of the tutorials on Adobe's website:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-lightroom-3/
A good source for info is Victoria Brampton's website: http://www.lightroomqueen.com/
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