LR4 interaction with Photoshop?

I've just upgraded Photoshop from CS4 to CS5 and got much better interaction between the programs due to the different engines. Will there be any lack of performance between LR4 and Photoshop CS5 or can i expect the same performance as CS5 and LR3?

I've not noticed any significant differences to date, and suspect that the engineers will continue working to improve any any that do exist. In the emantime, you might find installing a copy of the beta is more informative.

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Long time PS user trying to make LR4 cooperate with Photoshop CS5

How can I "Edit in Photoshop" (ctrl+E) without having Lr4 dump the PSD in the middle of my raw files? Why is it even doing that?
I have everything tightly organized on disk, with strict separation between raw files and PSD master files, so this is really the last thing I need. All I want is a rendered file from Lightroom opened into Photoshop, and staying there, so I can save it from Photoshop. Is that at all possible?

Normally you don't get any message on editing in PS from Lightroom. It simply passes the file to PS to render (behind the scenes) using ACR. You get the warning if LR thinks the version of ACR in PS is older than the one built-in to LR. In this case, the safer option is to get LR to convert to TIF or PSD (whatever you've set in the edit option), and PS then opens this. Technically it will need ACR7 (with Photoshop CS6) to be fully compatible, but ACR6.7 is supposed to work (though with the RC version you still get the warning for some reason).
However, provided the version is compatible, or you choose "render in Lightroom" then the LR edits get through to CS.
As others have said, LR is pretty good for managing all versions of your files, and for that it makes sense to keep all the versions in the same folder. By default, the Photoshopped version is "stacked" alongside the raw.
In LR you may often have only one version of an image - the raw. If you need multiple LR-edited versions, Virtual Copies mean you still need only one file. If you use photoshop you get another (PSD or TIF) file (more if you have multiple edited versions), but I keep them all stacked together so I can see them in one place in LR. However, I don't have multiple further versions for web export, print export, an export for a gallery, another export for an album... Lightroom's "Collections" and export presets make it very easy to create temporary exports for a specific purpose (e.g. for the web). Then I delete the exported version once it's on the web (or whatever). If I need that web set again, I recreate it in LR from the originals - only takes a few clicks - which means I benefit from any further editing I've done.

LR4.1 : "Edit-In" "Open as Smart Object with Photoshop..." feature doesn't work with 32bits

Hi there,
I am running LR4.1/CS5/ACR6.7 on a Win7 64bits system.
The feature "Edit-In" > "Open as Smart Object with Photoshop..." does work Ok with raw files (.NEF).
However, when i do try to use the same feature with 32 bits .TIFF files (which are output of the LR4.1's "Edit-In" > "Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop..." other feature), nothing does happen (the Photoshop application windows does open but w.o the image that i've just selected).
I've used search engines and Adobe online help to see if there was any limit preventing the usage of this feature with 32 bits .TIF files but couldn't see such note.
Thanks for your help !
Albert

Thanks Rikk,
That did work with a DNG file :-)
I am working with very huge .TIF files (400MB), so i am wondering if size could be the main issue (although my PC has lots of HW resources).
I will explore the DNG way, a format which seems anyways to be very promising now with LR4.
In case anyone has an idea why it doesn't work the .TIF files, please shoot !

Help with add file name problem with Photoshop CS4

Frustrating problem: Help with add file name problem with Photoshop CS4. What happens is this. When I am in PS CS4 or CS3 and run the following script it runs fine. When I am in Bridge and go to tools/photoshop/batch and run the same script it runs until it wants interaction with preference.rulerunits. How do I get it to quit doing this so I can run in batch mode? Any help is appreciated. HLower
Script follows:
// this script is another variation of the script addTimeStamp.js that is installed with PS7
//Check if a document is open
if ( documents.length > 0 )
var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;
try
var docRef = activeDocument;
// Create a text layer at the front
var myLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
myLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
myLayerRef.name = "Filename";
var myTextRef = myLayerRef.textItem;
//Set your parameters below this line
//If you wish to show the file extension, change the n to y in the line below, if not use n.
var ShowExtension = "n";
// Insert any text to appear before the filename, such as your name and copyright info between the quotes.
//If you do not want extra text, delete between the quotes (but leave the quotes in).
var TextBefore = "Lower© ";
// Insert any text to appear after the filename between the quotes.
//If you do not want extra text, delete between the quotes (but leave the quotes in).
var TextAfter = " ";
// Set font size in Points
myTextRef.size = 10;
//Set font - use GetFontName.jsx to get exact name
myTextRef.font = "Arial";
//Set text colour in RGB values
var newColor = new SolidColor();
newColor.rgb.red = 0;
newColor.rgb.green = 0;
newColor.rgb.blue = 0;
myTextRef.color = newColor;
// Set the position of the text - percentages from left first, then from top.
myTextRef.position = new Array( 10, 99);
// Set the Blend Mode of the Text Layer. The name must be in CAPITALS - ie change NORMAL to DIFFERENCE.
myLayerRef.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;
// select opacity in percentage
myLayerRef.opacity = 100;
// The following code strips the extension and writes tha text layer. fname = file name only
di=(docRef.name).indexOf(".");
fname = (docRef.name).substr(0, di);
//use extension if set
if ( ShowExtension == "y" )
fname = docRef.name
myTextRef.contents = TextBefore + " " + fname + " " + TextAfter;
catch( e )
// An error occurred. Restore ruler units, then propagate the error back
// to the user
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
throw e;
// Everything went Ok. Restore ruler units
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
else
alert( "You must have a document open to add the filename!" );

you might want to try the scripting forum howard:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.ef7f2cb

"Does Bridge come with Photoshop if I buy the CC single app?"

Question from a Customer…"Does Bridge come with Photoshop if I buy the CC single app?"

Actually whether you consider the Suite a unified concept or not, if you are using a variety of Adobe products Bridge does the job well. Here's a great testimonial of what it does according to one user:
Bridge is the coordinating hub of the Creative Suite. Synchronizing color management settings for all suite programs is done from Bridge, and can only be done from Bridge, to take one important use.
Bridge displays actual thumbnails of many more file types than Finder or Explorer. It also allows instant play of sound or video files more readily than the native OS file managers.
Bridge allows direct access to file metadata, to embed copyright information and keywords where appropriate (e.g., for corporate logo vector and raster files). It also displays the fonts used in an InDesign file, the swatches in an INDD or AI and the output plates (including spot color plates) they use.
When managing the assets for a design project, Bridge allows quick and simple sorting, rating and custom labeling (with color flash indications) of assets. I can rate images according to whether they are rejects, possibles, for review by client, or approved. The filters built into Bridge allow instant isolation of only the approved images or designs in a folder, only the rejects (for deletion) or only files with certain ratings, no matter how many files it contains. It recognizes aspect ratios, so if I only need a landscape or a 16:9 image in a folder of hundreds of images, I turn off the aspect ratios I don't need.
Once filtered, the remaining visible files can be selected and copied, moved, or deleted without affecting the rest of the contents of a folder.
Collections are a massively useful feature. One of my clients is a performing arts center, and in a season we turn out dozens of ads, flyers, brochures, web banners, playbills, billboards and other collateral using the same assets over and over. These assets are organized by artist and/or show on disk, but I set up each season's repeating assets as a Collection in Bridge, so that I just have to open the collection and drag and drop these assets into new INDD, AI, PSD, HTML (in Dreamweaver), FLA or AE projects without having to navigate from folder to folder picking up individual files.
Bridge's Favorites is another place I stack frequently-accessed folders, such as stock photography, backgrounds, and top-level folders for active projects.
Assets can be divided into subfolders, but a quick toggle of "Show items from subfolders" exposes all of the assets in a single view while maintaining their organization. I will typically keep AIs, PSDs, EPSs, stock photography and client images in separate subfolders within a project. When I'm ready to start pulling assets into an InDesign layout, I toggle this on and simply drag what I need into the layout.
Bridge comes with Adobe Camera Raw built in, which is many times faster than using Photoshop to adjust jpegs or tiffs for things like tonal range, white balance, cropping, spotting and sharpening, and is non-destructive.
One tremendously useful Bridge function for InDesign CS5+ users is the "Show linked files" feature, which opens all the linked files in a layout into a single view, regardless of where they are physically located. I often use this when doing alternative layouts from a client-approved mockup for a campaign, to be certain the same assets are used in each piece, or when creating a motion graphic or interactive piece for the campaign in After Effects or Flash.
The batch and image processing scripts built into Bridge automate things like creating web-ready small jpegs from multiple images, renaming large numbers of files in place or by copying to an alternative location, creating sets of PSD, png, jpeg or other file types from an assortment of image files, and so on.
Bridge is so much a part of my daily workflow that on my main workstation I have one monitor dedicated to it almost 100%. Bridge just sits open 24/7, ready for use. I would run at half speed without it, no question.
Not bad for an old file browser.

Mouse not interacting with panels.

I have CS6 wich I just DL a few weeks ago for school, I use no plug-ins or other add on software. The problem is my mouse will not interact with the panels, (ie layers, swatches, and the such) in InDesign. So far Photoshop Illustrator, and Bridge all work just fine it is only ID that I am having issues with. On the panels I can get it to open the group but it has no interaction with the fine details, selecting layers, double click name to rename locking viewing and open layer options, create new layer button will also not work, I can use the options button at the top right of the panel for some things but it leaves me limited on what can be done. I can not even use my mouse to switch between layers. Any idea on what may be causeing this and what I can do to fix it. (yes my mouse works, it is charged and interacts with other software and games with no problem)

Bob thanks so much for this. I had been using IdCS6 on Win7 without issues but recently got a new larger screen so had increased font size. BTW I did several searches on Adobe forum using various combinations of "indesign CS6 mouse will not work in layers panel" and did not manage to find your helpful reply.I eventually found it on about page 10 of Google search results! Have spent half a day on this search and found nothing so not a lot of info on this issue out there...I would not have found this information anywhere else. Glad I persisted! Again many thanks.

A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows

I try to run Photoshop.exe, but it doesn't respond. I get this error message. How to fix it? I have no idea where is a problem? I had no problems with it earlier.
ERROR MESSAGE:
Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: Photoshop.exe
Application Version: 8.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 3fce5708
Hang Signature: 1875
Hang Type: 0
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1063
Additional Hang Signature 1: 3732c99c21cdca196fbfee3cc7094b85
Additional Hang Signature 2: 848c
Additional Hang Signature 3: 5c7261f725b6a443e8327138a3fe0208
Additional Hang Signature 4: 1875
Additional Hang Signature 5: 3732c99c21cdca196fbfee3cc7094b85
Additional Hang Signature 6: 848c
Additional Hang Signature 7: 5c7261f725b6a443e8327138a3fe0208
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I suspect a RAM or hardware problem.

FAQ: What cameras are supported in ACR 7.0 with Photoshop CS6?

See this link for full details on camera support in Camera Raw versions:
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/03/raw-support-in-lightroom-and-camera-raw.ht ml
Snip taken from link above:
You’ll also note that ACR7, available with Photoshop CS6 beta, is lagging the most in updated camera support. This is based on when we lock down or “bake” the code for each release. Even though ACR7 was only released last week it was “baked” before Lightroom 4.0 and Camera Raw 6.7. Similarly, Lightroom 4.0 was finalized before Camera Raw 6.7. We’ll get Lightroom and Camera Raw in sync soon but in the interim, here’s the latest incremental support list for each product, relative to Camera Raw 6.6 and Lightroom 3.6:
Photoshop CS6 beta with ACR7
Canon PowerShot S100V
Fuji FinePix X-S1
NOTE:
ACR7.1 will have the superset of all currently supported cameras in ACR6.7 and LR4.1 plus a few extras.

I was just curious and hunting around ACR 7.1 and Photoshop trying our the features. Also I have found that LR4 RC2 has follows ACR 7.1 as far as lens profiles go working with RAW images, so there is some consistency.
Wonder what the difference is between a RAW rendered image in ACR versus a Photoshop rendered image. Given, I could be wrong here, that Lens Correction is based on the optics of the lens, focal length, and the characteristics of the sensor, so would they not be the same in ACR and Photoshop?
I think I need to go check out a lens profiler
Cheers
Mike
There is one reason that I may go back into the Lens Correction Filter and that might be to fine tune some of the persective tools. With a large panorama much easier to see what needs to be done rather than view seperate images, and i have done that in the past. did not come to me until after I had hit the Send Button

An AppHangXProcB1 issue with photoshop

I've been having a strange problem with Photoshop.
It just suddenly stopped working. It says it is missing a component, the component is called : MSVCRT10.dll
and then in the details it says this:
Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:    AppHangXProcB1
Application Name:    Photoshop.exe
Application Version:    10.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:    4601eae8
Hang Signature:    c98e
Hang Type:    128
Waiting on Application Name:    csrss.exe
Waiting on Application Version:    0.0.0.0
OS Version:    6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:    1033
Additional Hang Signature 1:    4a2f12a7fe77e77fb6141a3d61b9459e
Additional Hang Signature 2:    4b5d
Additional Hang Signature 3:    4eef02526d9ff7884337d2bc11be1dc2
Additional Hang Signature 4:    c98e
Additional Hang Signature 5:    4a2f12a7fe77e77fb6141a3d61b9459e
Additional Hang Signature 6:    4b5d
Additional Hang Signature 7:    4eef02526d9ff7884337d2bc11be1dc2
I tried everything I could think of to fix it. I restarted the computer first. Then I tried to unstall and reinstall the whole suit.
I tried to download the adobe updates that keep poping up on my computer, that didn't help, since the updates never get downloaded for some strange reason.
The program was working just fine last week. Now its not working at all. And then the other adobe programs are working just fine tho.
I have no clue what to do. Need help!!!!
And I have no clue why it started working like this. Could it be because of Corel painter???

This Knowledge Base article might help:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/329/329782.html
If not look at this page:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=MSVCRT10.dll

How do I add 3D text to an existing scene so that it interacts with the lighting and environment effects of that scene?

Hi guys -
I have quite a bit of experience with photoshop and illustrator, but am only beginning to dig into the 3D capabilities. I'm using Photoshop CC 2014.1.
I'm working on a product for a client, and would like to add text to the foreground of the image below. The text will be extruded and slightly reflective. The problem is: I can't find a way to get that text into the same scene with the cubes. I seem to have to create a separate scene...and then none of the cubes interact with my text. It's probably a simple fix, but I can't figure it out.
Thanks!

Hi guys -
I have quite a bit of experience with photoshop and illustrator, but am only beginning to dig into the 3D capabilities. I'm using Photoshop CC 2014.1.
I'm working on a product for a client, and would like to add text to the foreground of the image below. The text will be extruded and slightly reflective. The problem is: I can't find a way to get that text into the same scene with the cubes. I seem to have to create a separate scene...and then none of the cubes interact with my text. It's probably a simple fix, but I can't figure it out.
Thanks!

Closing Bridge CC with Photoshop CC

Why doesn't Bridge CC close with Photoshop CC as Bridge closes with Photoshop CS6? When I close Photoshop CC I now have to also close Bridge CC - just another steip but I'd like it to close automatically with Photoshop CC. Thanks

To explain a bit more because I think you are confusing some things: PS CS6 uses Bridge CS6 and PSCC uses Bridge CC. Bridge is version specific and uses dedicated start up scripts per version.
In CS5 (I believe, can't check myself) there was an option bar with a bridge icon to start Bridge from PS. The command 'Browse in Bridge' in PS file menu has been there as long as I can remember. It either switches to the Bridge application itself or if it was not active already this starts Bridge also.
While you can have multiple versions of Bridge installed on your systems you can have only version active and open at the time. Yet you are able to have both PSCS6 and PSCC open and working as you can with other Adobe apps like LR (e.g. both LR4 and LR5 can open and active at the same time) yet Bridge allows you to have only one version open.
I don't know why this is (can't think of a valid reason other then 'as designed') but it is a fact. You can try your self, have Bridge CC open and try to start BridgeCS6, the focus switches to the already open Bridge CC
MiniBridge is a panel in PS designed for a shortcut to Bridge itself so you don't need to switch between applications to reach your content. However the panel only works when Bridge itself is also active. MInd you, CS6 connects with BridgeCS6 and so on.
It works more or less like the other panels, you can change its size and location (dock it to others or use it floating) like you can with panels like layers, history etc. You can also create your own workspace with or without the MB panel. Like other panels you can select it in the PS menu Window, only it is under the submenu 'extensions'.
Mini Bridge could be a great feature but they screwed it in CS5 and beyond, it is hard to use nowadays (only as a floating panel you can have multiple rows and columns for the thumbs to name an important flaw). If you want to use the combination of LR, Bridge and PS for your own reasons then I would suggest to start with LR and export those files to a particular folder.
Then open Bridge to point it to this folder and take a few moments to let Bridge cache its content. Meanwhile create a collection of those files (select them all, click on the new collection button in the collection panel and name it properly.
Then in PS open MB panel and choose collections and select your newly saved collection name. just my 2 cts btw

Major problem with Photoshop unexpected end of file...

Every time I save a file in Photoshop, I have to save it twice per format (psd, jpg, etc...). That's because if I've ever saved the file before, I get an unexpected end of file error and the file disappears until I do a save as. I downloaded the latest update today and it claimed to have fixed major errors with Photoshop. I wonder what major errors exactly were fixed; and why not this one? As far as errors go, it's pretty effing major. It adds significant time to all of my projects and frankly, if I'm spending exorbitant amounts of money for "industry-leading" software, I expect to be able to save my work painlessly. Oh well, I guess it'll only be another couple months before I have to shell out another $1200 bucks for the CS6 right? Maybe then I'll be able to actually save my work.
p.s. CS2/3/4 did not have this issue - sweet upgrade Adobe, thanks.

Again, this is not a known issue. You are the first person to bring this up without a bad disk drive, and it is probably due to something on your file server.
Yes, other people get the same error message - because they are dealing with corrupt files for one reason or another. You are getting the message because the files are corrupt, probably because of an issue with your file server.
Photoshop CS4 and earlier used the Carbon framework on MacOS. Photoshop CS5 is written to the Cocoa framework/APIs and uses different OS code paths for many things. We have seen many cases where the Cocoa APIs had problems that the Carbon APIs did not. Unfortunately, if we cannot work around those API issues, then they are up to Apple to fix.
But in this case, I doubt it is an OS API bug as such. I suspect it is a change in the way the OS APIs interact with the file server.
And cases like this are high up on the list of why we say NOT to open or save from a file server -- you can get a lot of odd, difficult to diagnose errors because of problems on the server or network. Those problems have nothing to do with the application, but may appear to because of the complexity of file servers and networking.
Some Photoshop users do open and save off a file server all the time - without problems. When we test with file servers here inside Adobe, we rarely have problems (and the rare problem was due to a bad disk on the server). But we can't guarantee that everyone's network and everyone's file server is going to work perfectly - and evidence suggests that many of them don't work perfectly.
In short: you probably have a bad file server. It is highly unlikely that this is a bug in Photoshop.

How to create a modal dialog, which I can still interact with document when the dialog is show.

HI,
    Now, I am developing an automation plugin, and want to create a modal dialog, which I still can interact with document when the dialog is show.
    I find photoshop has some modal dialog have this function, such as the dialog of Customize Proof Condition and the dialog of Color Settings. Are these dialogs not modal dialog?
     Thanks!

The whole point of a modal dialog is that you cannot interact with other things while it is active.
And Photoshop does not support plugins accessing the rest of Photoshop while any plugin UI is active.

I am unable to open my Photoshop program after installing the entire Creative Suite: Premium Production 6. All other programs work, but with Photoshop it says that the program is "locked or in use by another user". I need this fixed immediately.

I am unable to open my Photoshop program after installing the entire Creative Suite: Premium Production 6. All other programs work, but with Photoshop it says that it "Could not open a scratch file because the file is locked, you do not have necessary access permissions, or another program is using the file. Use the 'Properties' command in the Windows Explorer to unlock the file." Then I select "OK" and the next message comes up "Could not initialize Photoshop because the file is locked, you do not have the necessary permissions, or another program is using the file. Use the 'Properties' command in the Windows Explorer to unlock this file. I installed all of the programs on the same day from a CD. I need this fixed immediately.
I am not interested in switching to Creative Cloud, so don't even suggest it. I spoke to Mashmi (or something to that effect) on the "Support" Chat and there was absolutely no support. Useless actually.
Thanks in advance.

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Problem with Photoshop CS4 after migration to new Mac

I just migrated from an old Mac to a new Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I'm having a problem with Photoshop CS4. Specifically, two things:
1) When I open an image in Camera Raw, I get this error:
Fatal error - missing component
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS4/Client/4.0.0/VersionCue.framework
2) When I try to save anything, it tells me it can't because of a program error.
I've looked around for a solution. Apparently I had to install Java, but that hasn't solved the issue. A couple of people mentioned that reinstalling would work for a similar problem. My problem with that is that my disk is on the other side of the world and my new macbook doesn't have a disk drive anyway. So I logged into my Adobe account hoping to see a download link for software I have licences for, but there isn't one.
So my question is firstly, whether there is a simpler solution to the errors I am getting and, if not, if there's a solution to reinstalling Photoshop CS4 without the disk.
Thanks!

Did you use Apple's migration tool? It misses a lot of support files, especially in the Application Support directories.
You'll have to copy those files manually, or reinstall the app.

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