Lightroom image import to PSE 11

I have a problem with gettng an image from Lightroom 4 into Photoshop Elements 11 for editing on an iMAC. I select "Edit In Photoshop Elements" and PSE pops up but the image does not. A TIFF image is created in LR4 but is nowhere to be found in PSE. Suggestions?

Make sure your external editing in the Lightroom prefs is pointing to the Editor application in Support Files folder and not to an alias.
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Lightroom Image Import Troubles

Last night, I was importing some images into Lightroom. I mistakenly let Lightroom store them in a sub-folder of a sub-folder in the folder where I wanted them. Usable but not very good.
Attempt 1 - went to the CC Learning centre and watched video on moving files/images. Identifying parent folder didn't work - still couldn't move them.
Attempt 2 - video said files could be re-linked if link was broken. No luck here. This is where I might have made my biggest mistake by thinking that I could delete the images and re-import them.
Attempt 3 - when I clicked the import button, the dialogue started, but showed no images to import. Tried this several times and got same result.
Note: after cancelling the import, confirmed that I can still all images that have previously been imported. Whew! Yes I can.
Attempt 4 - found an SD card with images not previously in Lightroom. Same result-import dialogue starts, but no images showing. Houston, we have a problem!
The question is not if I am doing something wrong - it is what am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated!

The same problem here.
I'm GMT+3, and have local time in my camera.
When I'm impoting images captured after 9PM they are going to folder of the next day, while metadata browser shows them correctly.
IMO this is a bug of LR ingester.
PS WinXPsp2 (Is this Windows only issue?)

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

Is this normal for Lightroom when importing PSE 6 catalog?

I am trialing LR 2.3. I executed the "Upgrade Photshop 6 Elements ..." to bring the PSE 6 catalog into LR. I was looking in the folder with all my pictures and noticed the the timestamp for ALL .JPG and ALL .XMP were changed to about the time I imported the PSE 6 catalog. Also, I noticed that .XMP files were created for ALL raw files even where there were none before.
Is this normal? I wouldn't have expected LR to touch any of the files unless I made some change to them. How could this have happened?
Ray

The files for the images themselves wouldn't be changed except for the date of the file 'creation'. The xmp files will reflect the time of the images being into LR, nothing else, unless you used an Import preset.
I think you'll find all the info intact inside of LR. Only change should be the dates as shown in Finder.

Keywords imported from PSE 5.0 (Poor User Experience)

When moving to Lightroom, I successfully imported my substantial catalog (6,000 images) from Photoshop Elements 5.0. Keyword importing doesn't seem to be quite right, however. I've noticed the following two problems.
1. All keywords appear both in their proper hierarchy AND as separate, top level keywords. For example, I have:
Family
Kids
Nick
as well as just:
Nick
All they Nick photos are tagged with both keywords (just "Nick" and "Nick>Kids>Family.")
These keywords seem to be treated by LR as separate keywords. For instance, if I apply "Nick" to a photo, it does not update the photo count for "Nick>Kids>Family." And vice versa.
This is a confusing situation. So it seems that I should delete all of the standalone, top level keywords, like "Nick." Do others agree? Is this a bug in the importing process from PSE 5.0?
2. The hierarchy tags do not seem to update the photo count properly. When I create a parent/child keyword relationship in Lightroom, the addition of a child tag will of course update the count for the parent ("Family" as well as "Nick"). But this does not seem to work with respect to the keyword hierarchies imported from PSE 5.0. So perhaps I should essentially re-create the keyword structure in LR, which wouldn't be that hard to do. (Select "Nick" photos, delete the existing keywords, and create a new "Nick" keyword with the proper parent/child relationships.)
Again, have others seen this behavior? Or am I misunderstanding how this functionality is supposed to work?
I'm running LR 1.3.1 on Windows Vista.
Thanks.

I'm trying the Lightroom trial version and have had very similar issues on my import from Elements 5.02.
I get a Top level tag and a matching one in a tree, event though it is only in the tree in Element Organizer. Some seem to have the identical set of photos, but others like "Emma" (my cat) have 10 photos attached at the top level and 200+ in the tree.
I'm also struggling with using multiple keywords at once like
Jim + Mexico + Lisa
In the tree view I can only select one at a time and when typing into FIND it sometimes narrows the selection drastically for no apparent reason.
Any pointers for someone happy with their Elements Organizer into Lightroom import would be most appreciated.
Jim Cruickshank

Lightroom PSE6 Import

I wish to move from Photoshop Elements 6 to Lightroom (1.3.1) running on Windows Vista. However I can't get Lightroom to import the PSE6 catalog. From what I can make out PSE6 uses a different catalog format from PSE5 and LR doesn't seem to recognise this.
I find it hard to believe that that the latest version of LR can't import from the latest version of PSE. Does anyone know how to make this work (even if it involves exporting the PSE6 catalog first)
Note: I've 20,000+ photo's in PSE6 and make use of the Album's feature to sort them, hence the need to import the catalog rather than simply importing the files
Regards
Mike

i have a real problem with your advice .
i took it and when i opened LR all my images had gone !!!!
the good side of this is that my back up was up to date.
any other suggestions ?>????????

Lightroom 4 importing causing program to crash.

Lightroom 4 will not import files. Windows 7 pop-up states; "there is a problem with this program that is preventing it from running correctly will check for solution". "Windows failed to find a solution must shut down program now".
This prevents the import page from loading or working and no images can be imported using usb or SATA connections. Was able to use computer's built-in card-reader to read from Sd and compact cards, those were able to run in the import window only because of preference setting. "when a Memory card is installed import files" (preference-setting). Any other means of importing files, the out-come is the program crashing and being shut down. All other functions outside the import menu seem to be working. Deleting all catalogs and then using the default catalog setting, failed to clear issue.
System info: Windows 7 64-bit, Intel i7 cpu, 16 gigs of ram, 4 one terabyte hard-drives.
Solutions tried. Removing Lightroom 4, all catalogs, then running defrag, registry cleaner, before attempting to re-installing lightroom 4. Removing lightroom 4 and installing lightroom 3.6 fails to fix issue. Removing all Lightroom products from hardrive,Including the windows program folder, windows programs data folder. Then rebooting re-running defrag, registry cleaner and re-installing lightroom 4 fails to fix importing issue. No way to contact support and links to user group fail to take me to correct user group. Question with the lead as lightroom 4 importing causes program to crash. Takes me to everything but lightroom solutions! Now this takes me to photoshop user group which has nothing to do with lightroom. With lightroom 4 in the question itself, I get everything but lightroom solutions!

Camera raw is built into Lightroom. It is the engine that makes the corrections within an image. You might not see as a seperate program, like earlier versions of Lightroom. Or having to launch it in a new window to work in camera raw. In version 4 of Lightroom it was made seamless and built into Lightroom.
Lightroom 4 was installed in the admin log-in window. I have all useage rights to any file lightroom creates or adjusts. I am thinking that the Photoshop CS6 beta created some working problem within Lightroom 4. Now that the beta-test program is over, I think the problem is a result of removing Photoshop's last build, before the public beta was released. I do hope, Adobe is working on a solution for people experiencing importing problems with Lightroom 4. I am just grabbing at straws here, trying to find something that will work. I think the problem will go away once computer has the new camera raw build 7.0 that ships in Photoshop CS6. With so many versions of camera raw installed on the computer, I think Lightroom is having issues as a result. Let's hope a patch is in the works, Lightroom 4 is useless if importing files doesn't work correctly.
B&H photo is taking pre-orders for the creative suites, right now. The only way to get support is by purchasing a subscription. Otherwise it is a $35.00 per issue fee. So, I am not sure of what upgrade path I will take. Not loving the cloud at all, with this year of Hackers, I seriously doubt that any cloud will prove to be safe to use. Why would, I want to post my hard work to a cloud where anyone can steal it? But that is a different topic.
For right now the only way to import is by creating an empty folder on the same hard-drive that Lightroom resides on. Setting up auto-import in Lightroom Pref. file to check that empty folder. Folder has to be empty to set up. Then dragging image files into that empty folder. I discovered that Lightroom 4 will not open or look in sub-folders for images. Which means you lose keeping a day's worth of shooting seperate from other folders. Where Lightroom version 3.6 you could.There was a second auto-import that worked, with my built-in memory-card reader. Where in the Lightroom pref.file you can tell Lightroom to auto-import, when a memory-card is detected. ( this is the least viable option, because more memory card become damaged removing and reinstalling them). These were the only two methods, I could get images into Lightroom 4 and prevent Lightroom from crashing. Might have to go back to using Nikon NX to import my images and using Bridge to catalog them.

Database import from PSE -half success

Hello,
I've just finished a mid-size database import from PSE to LR (32.000 mixed images).
First observations:
1. Unsuccessful migration of TAG hierarchy : some of the tags keep the hierarchy structure of PSE, most become flat. a given tag is divided sometimes in tow keywords (same keyword title!). a part is flat keyword, a part is child keyword
2. complete disappearing of the PSE collections ! Oops
3. Successful migration of the favorites(stars)
4. Issues with dates (Creation date, capture date, etc.) - OOPS
Overall for me this is a failure !
Dommage as french are saying :(
LR can be very useful, but only if it understands other Adobe application wihtout faults !
overall comparison on performance : PSE is unsupportably slow at this size for basic file action (delete from catalog, file delete), LR performs better, meanwhile the on-the-fly preview generation is slower.
Br. Kadosa

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Originals lost - anyway to extract the Lightroom images as working files

I work on a Mac, OS 10.4.11
Somehow, I must have unknowingly complettely deleted the Canon 5D .CR2 RAW images from a very important job before I backed them up, as the original files have completely disappeared from my computer.
However, those images still appear in Lightroom, but since the originals cannot be found, the Lightroom screen images cannot be opened in Photoshop.
However, I can go into the develop mode, pull up one of the Lightroom images and zoom in to 1:1 and there is enough information in what I see that if I could somehow extract this image from Lightroom into a workable file, such as tif or jpg or anything that Photoshop can recognize, I could still save myself to a degree. I can never restore the full information of the original files, but I could produce files that my client could make use of, so long as the blowups were not too drastic, and they would certainly be adequate for Power Point presentations. I see enough information in the Lightroom images that I know I could do something even for print, particularly with interpolation software, if only I can extract those images as workable files.
Does anybody have a solution?
Thank you
PS: I have done a thorough data recovery search using Data Rescue II and I found all kinds of deleted images, but not the ones I need.

Close LR.
On your harddrive, next to your LR catalog file, you will have a package named: "XXXXX Previews.lrdata"
(The XXXXX is whatever you have named your LR catalog file to, if your catalog is named "Lightroom.lrcat" your previews package will be named "Lightroom Previews.lrdata".'
Take a copy of this file to make sure you don't mess it up.
(Or don't, but don't blame me if you mess it up ;-)
Right click on the package and choose "Show Package Content".
Now you get access to LR previews.
You can navigate down the folder structure to find files named like "3A0D27C0-AA5A-11DB-B0C5-00112488B2E4-514d8ee17112aeee3852fda5392a8ee8-10.lr-preview.noin dex"
Each of these files can contain a number of jpeg previews.
Drag any of this files onto filejuicer to extract the previews.
Or drag the entire preview package onto filejuicer an it will extract all previews.
It might require a lot of diskspace though.
How do you find the particular previews that belongs to the images you have lost?
I really don't know
/Andreas

Lightroom non importa i video

Da qualche giorno quando cerco di importare dei video dalle mie cartelle del PC ricevo sempre l'errore 'dynamiclinkmediaserver has encountered an error.' e non riesco ad importare i video.
Se accedo al mio MAC OSX 10.8.4 come utente ospite non ho alcun problema e tutto funziona perfettamente.
Cosa posso fare?
Lightroom 4 aggiornato all'ultima versione, ho provato anche acquistando l'aggiornamento a Lightroom 5 installandolo ma con il medesimo problema.

google translation
Thank you for your prompt reply , the details required below : iPhoto 11 9.2.3 . The Mac OS X version 10.6.8 . I wanted to use the Movie and import video to iPhoto , from that moment error of all the thumbnails of the library that have become equal.
With cmd and alt key I selected repair the database of the iPhoto library , rebuild thumbnails of your photos and rebuild all the thumbnails of the photos.
A few days before I have also deleted the files , which are still in the trash, the type Master.apmaster . version- 1.apversion version0 . apversion . These files I deleted them thinking they were mistakes in the folder from the Finder today.
These files are still in the trash and I do not know how to fix them
The video files are in iPhoto and are represented by an empty icon , if I click inside me info on size, on the ' origin , iPhone, room etc, but not ' readable.
If I go on archival matter and I select a file in the movies folder , iPhoto opens a window that says :
1 illegible documents
Can not import the following document : e ' in the library
I hope to find a solution even for images imported from the iPhone that are all upside down.
Thanks and best regards
Fasest solution is going to be to restore your backup of the iPHoto library form before you
A few days before I have also deleted the files , which are still in the trash, the type Master.apmaster . version- 1.apversion version0 . apversion . These files I deleted them thinking they were mistakes in the folder from the Finder today.
These files are still in the trash and I do not know how to fix them
You must NEVER make any changes of any sort to the structure or content ot the iPhoto library - you should not even be looking in it except under experienced direction
I hope this helps
LN

Why does Raw image open in PSE 11 Editor as jpeg instead of as RAW image?

For several years I have been managing my photos in iphoto and using PSE as an external editor for editing images. I currently use PSE 11 on an iMac with OS X Lion (version 10.7.5). My iPhoto Library is divided into a number of sub-libraries via iPhoto Library Manager. I have unexpectedly encountered a problem attempting to edit a RAW image (in this case a .NEF image from a Nikon D200) in a sub-library containing images shot in 2007. When I right click on the image and select Edit in External Editor the image opens in PSE 11 Editor, but it opens as a jpeg and not as an .NEF image. This is in spite of the fact that in iPhoto/Preferences/Advanced/RAW Photos I have checked "Use RAW when using external editor."
As an alternative approach I tried dragging and dropping the RAW image into the PSE 11 Editor icon in the Dock, but I got the same result.
I can't recall having this problem previously and would appreciate knowing what might be the source of the problem along with a suggested fix.

I took a clue from both of your responses. I exported a copy of the original RAW file to my desktop. Then I went to PSE Editor and clicked File/Open and selected the RAW file on the desktop. This automatically changed the Format setting to Camera Raw. I then clicked Open and lo and behold my RAW file opens in Camera Raw!
I’m now where I want to be to edit this image in Camera RAW, but I never before had to go around the horn like this to get there! This is very similar to the procedure I follow when I edit jpegs in Camera Raw.
I’m happy to report that this workaround did the job, but I have no idea why it was necessary in this instance. Hopefully this issue will be confined to this one particular iPhoto sub-library!

Images imported from QT exported image sequence have jagged edges

Hi
I've come across something strange which I'd like to resolve.
I export an image sequence from QuickTime.
I then import this into Aperture.
But the images imported into Aperture now have jagged edges where there has been any movement in the original footage.
The images originally exported from QuickTime look absolutely fine when viewed with preview, they have the expected blurring on moving objects, but no jaggedness.
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The footage I'm exporting from was shot by me and came from a Final Cut Pro edit.
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The jagged edges on movement look to me like the problem of interlaced not being converted to progressive.
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Using Elements 11, cannot get the Star Rating bar to appear under images imported from file, although the intro to the program shows this as happening automatically.
Hope this goes through, as I have also created an account, but the question does not seem to be get a post.
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How do I change the JPEG image size in PSE-12 when opening from RAW

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Uncheck the boxes at the bottom of the dialog Scale styles and resample Image so that only constrain proportions is checked. If you the change the resolution box from 240 to 300 you will get back to your original dimensions.
This is a meaningless thing to do, you still have the exact same number of pixels, you have only changed the metadata number in the file for ppi, and your prints are not affected by this number.
You could also use the same method to change the dimensions to 6 x 4 or 9 x 6 etc.
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Do images imported to Keynote retain their previous color profile? In other words, if the Keynote presentation will be shown using an sRGB profile projector, should the images be converted to sRGB prior to importing?

Do images imported to Keynote retain their previous color profile? In other words, if the Keynote presentation will be shown using an sRGB profile projector, should the images be converted to sRGB prior to importing or can they be batch adjusted in Keynote?

While I feel your comment doesn't directly address my question, why I am worrying is this.
This presentation is to a camera club. Color is important. Images shown in meetings are projected by an sRGB color profile projector. Most serious photographers us a color profile with a bigger space than sRGB (typically RGB1998). If you project an RGB1998 image on an sRGB projector the colors go to crap. More precisely they become dull and lifeless. Thus, I am trying to determine whether I need to convert the images I plan to put into my Keynote to sRGB and boost the saturation PRIOR to importing them or whether Keynote has a way to do this as part of the software.
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