LR3 to CS4 workflow

I'm running LR3 and CS4 on an iMac.
I want to take an image from LR and send it to PS as a smart object to do some local edits.
I tried going to the photo dropdown in LR and choosing edit-in, then open-as-smart-object-in-photoshop.
PS launches but the image I sent over does not appear in PS. I am expecting that it would show up in PS.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? or how to get the image from LR3 to open in PS as a smart object?
Thanks
Greg

David -- when I drag the image from the filmstrip to PS, I get a message that says "could not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognize this type of file".
The type of file is a raw file, CR2, shot with a Canon S90.
CAn you help?
GM

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