Lightroom edit in photoshop

Hello, I have lightroom 3 and photoshop cs4 and cs5
I have a problem, I can open a nikon raw file in lightroom, make adjustments etc, but when I try the "edit in photoshop" option with the right click menu, it just sits there.
Multiple or a single file make no difference, so I uninstalled cs5 (which I just bought) removed all the file for it, and installed cs 4 thinking it was that, but same issue.
Anyone else run into this problem?

There is a tech note from Adobe on this that may help, here
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401629.html

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Lightroom edit in Photoshop not working

I have Lightroom 4 and 5. I also have Photoshop cs6 and CC. Iv tried all combonations beetween the four. Lightroom has the option of edit in photoshop available, but does not do anything when i click on it. If photoshop is not running, the comand launches photoshop, but thats it. the immage wont open, and when photoshop us running in the background nothing at all happenes. this issue started last week, but to the best of my knowladge nothing on the computer has changed since before that.

If configuring it as above didn't work, did you by chance, after doing the upgrade, remove an earlier adobe product? This often happens when people upgrade by installing CS5 and LR, then uninstall CS4, for example. You need to (easiest way) reinstall CS5 and LR should be able to see it.
There are other threads in the archive about it..
If, of course you haven't uninstalled anything, then there are other remedies in the archives as well (including a registry update method).
In any event, good luck!
Cheers!

Lightroom - edit in Photoshop CS3 problem

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I'm running Lightroom 2 on a MacPro. When I first installed it all was fine with 'edit in' function, which I had configured to PS CS3 my primary external editor. Later, as a test, I added an additional editor - Photomatix - just as a test more than anything else. I subsequently noticed that when I then tried to edit in CS3, still set as my primary editor, I was no longer shown the 'edit options' window i.e. 'Edit a copy with LR adjustments', 'edit a copy', edit original'. Instead, the original file would open directly in PS with none of my LR adjustments! I have now had to set CS3 also as my additional editor to get around this - when set as additional it shows the prompt.
Does anyone have any ideas about this behavior and how to reset LR so that it will prompt me again when I try to edit in my primary editor? I'm guessing this must be a bug with the current version. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx.
Dave

>Dabow:They are all RAW files that I'm sending. The fact that I also have PS set as my secondary editor and from there it prompts me with the edit options window proves that it's a fault with the primary editor slot.
The primary editor slot is designed to behave differently than the secondary editor slot. From everything you have said it appears to be acting exactly as designed.
The primary editor slot, which is always photoshop.exe, is designed to send RAW files directly to Photoshop after applying the develop adjustments made in LR2x. Thomas Knoll said it best in another thread discussing this exact same issue:
Thomas Knoll, "LR 2.1RC - Still No Dialog Box w/ "Edit in Photoshop CS3" Option" #3, 26 Sep 2008 7:19 am
When you use the secondary editor slot, even if you select Photoshop.exe, those special hooks built for use with Photoshop.exe will not be used and this is by design. By placing Photoshop.exe into the secondary editor then you guarantee the old, i.e. LR1x, method of accessing an editor is used. That 'old' method activates the options dialog.
To sum it up:
*RAW via Primary Editor slot (always Photoshop.exe) = no options dialog.
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Lightroom Edit in Photoshop (Not Found)... solutions didnt work...,

Lightroom Version 2.2 (523352)
Photoshop Elements 6
MacBook 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 2GB
Max OS X Version 10.5.6
I have Testversions of both products installed, and i intend to purchase both products. The only reason, that prevents me from sepending a few hundret Euro for this Softwaretools, is the following issue:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b61fd6
When i right-click on a photo in Lightroom, the "Edit In Adobe Photoshop" command in the context menu is grayed out. Also, the same command under the Photo menu is grayed out, and in the External Editor tab of the Preferences the upper box is labeled "Edit in Photoshop (Not Found)".
The Adobe Technote was not very helpfull. Both Solutions did not work.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401629
I removed the com.adobe.PhotoshopElements.plist file.
I reinstalled Photoshop Elements.
Has anybody else this Problem?
Is there another Workarround?
I fiddeld about this a whole day... very frustating Cheers - Carsten

Thank you for your reply. Yes there is another Menue-Entry in the context-Menue "open in other Application..." but its also grayed out, even if i have installed PSE or not. That makes no Sense for me.
Hmm... Elements isnt PS, but adobe says that i can use PhotoshopElements and PS with Lightroom in similar manner:
http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/LR/Edit+in+Photoshop+or+Photoshop+Elements+-+Basics
EDIT: I have also removed lightrooms plist file, with no effect.

Lightroom does not create a background layer when editing in Photoshop - on Mac.

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JK

You must have changed a setting in Photoshop because Lr has no influence on how Photoshop treats the background layer.
There is nothing you can do in Lr to change this behavior of Photoshop.
What happens in Photoshop is this: For some reason the image is opened with transparent background.Such an image does not have a background layer and the layer at the bottom does not have the constraints of a regular background layer.
I am not aware of any command or script in Photoshop that would automatically do this on opening a file.
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Edit In Photoshop & Preferences

I must have done something to mangle my preferences because in my Preferences it shows Edit in Photoshop not found. Under additional external photo editor it shows Photoshop.exe.
Yes, Lightroom goes to Photoshop CS2 when I click it "Edit in Photoshop.exe" under the Photo edit pull down. But under that pull down, the "Edit in Photoshop" is not recognized. My issue is that I cannot get my RAW files directly from Lightroom into Photoshop CS2. It only opens files as PSD.
Can someone tell me what I have done and how I can reverse this. I am running 1.4.1
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Frank

Adobe has a tech note that describes a fix for it ; it proposes 2 solutions, but I would try Solution 2 first - i.e the one to generate a registry key. The link to the article is:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401629&sliceId=1
Also, this describes the same thing, and has a downloadable .reg file, that you can easily merge into your registry without the need to use regedit (but it is for CS3 and you will need to edit it first)
http://blog.rrdphoto.com/2007/05/how-to-fix-lightrooms-edit-in-photoshop.html

Lightroom Not Regonising Photoshop CS2.

Hi all
Just selected an image and others in Lightroom 1.3 and when you right click my option to edit in Photoshop is no longer their. I only get the option to use Windoes Explorer. When I go into Edit> External editing, it states Photoshop is not found. Huh
So what do I need to get he Photoshop options back.
Thankyou josel

What shows up in your preferences under External Editing TAB. (shortcut to get there is CTRL, (CTRL comma on Windows). The top entry should show "Edit in Photoshop CS2".
Adobe has an article for fixing this for Photoshop CS3, but it should work for CS2 as well, if you substitute references to CS3 with CS2:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401629
That article recommends two steps for Windows (and Mac). For Windows it recommends firstly reinstalling Photoshop. However, if Photoshop is installed and working, you should follow step 2. It involves registry editing. If you do not want to edit the registry, then you may try the registry export described here:
http://blog.rrdphoto.com/2007/05/how-to-fix-lightrooms-edit-in-photoshop.html
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After like 30sec an error message pop out saying "The file could not be edited because Photoshop CC could not be launched".
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Images that are edited in Photoshop will be displayed automatically in Lr only when the image-file saved in Photoshop is the same as the one opened from Lr.
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Message was edited by: web-weaver; PS added

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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

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Today, I installed Lightroom v1.1 and Photoshop CS3 v10.0.1 I have an issue...Using Lightroom, I import a photo (JPG) into LR Library. Then, I right-click the photo and select the option to Edit In Photoshop CS3. This opens a window within Lightroom and there are three available options concerning What to Edit. Two Options reference Edit a Copy and One Option references Edit the Original. The two referencing Editing a Copy always says Lightroom cannot prepare the file for editing and that the file cannot be opened. If I select the last option to Edit the Original, that photo is brought into PS CS3 for Editing.
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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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.
If I select Edit the Original, the photo is brought into CS3 for editing. This selection is the only one which work. I wish to point out that the Copy File Options are grayed-out with the Edit Original Selection. And, the Copy File Options are NOT Grayed-out with Copy Options.
In summary, if Copy File Options available, the JPG (or TIF or PSD) will not be prepared by Lighrooom for editing in CS3. My Copy File Options show TIFF and PSD pnly; no JPG. If I read correctly, I cannot Copy a JPG for editing into CS3. What I do not understand is if I have a TIFF or PSD in the Library, the Copy Option still fails to execute. The point John has made about RAW requires me to look into that aspect. I need to know more about that.
Can anyone right-click a JPG in the LR Libary. Then select Edit in CS3. Then use either of the two Copy Functions Selections for the action of that JPG being prepared by LR and brought into CS3 for editing?
This action will not work for me.
I do plan to update my version soon.
All replys and suggestions are welcomed.
Regards,
James

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