Reducing file sizes going from LR to PS

Hi - just wondering how to reduce file sizes when I edit from LR4 into PS 5.
I was working on some jpg files and they are around 5mb but when I open them in PS it shows them to be 50mb. ... Just wondering why and how to open them so they are not 10 times bigger?
Thanks
Rob

What Dde said. I'll add that if you have a new camera supported in ACR 7 or 8 that isn't in ACR 6, I think "Open Anyway" will open Photoshop if it's not already open, but then might not do anything after that becaus PS/ACR can't open the raw file. Figured that out after a lot of confusion about why Photoshop just sat there.

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geekinthegarden wrote:
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(German version below)
Hey,
I got two questions for action wizard in Acrobat XI Pro.
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Hi geekinthegarden- This does not surprise me. There are many variations and reiterations in specifications of the PDF format.
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Suffice to say it is not a perfect science.
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You found your workaround using Acrobat, this is part of the value of having more than one PDF viewer, good computing!

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