Retaining rating for images after PS edit

In LR2, I could rate my images in LR, edit in PS and once done, they reappeared in LR, complete with the rating of the original image. In LR3, once edited and returned to LR, they lose their rating. I find this very frustrating as I have to undo the rating filter, find the edited copy of the image, then reapply the filter. Such a waste of time! I like to filter a shoot and only look at the images I will be working on and I expect the edited version to retain it's star rating.
I hope I have been clear enough. Has anyone struck this issue and more importantly, do they have a fix for it. Interestingly, I had the beta version of LR3 and I didn't have this problem. Trialling LR3 now.
I love some of the features of LR3, but will be returning to LR2 if I can't fix this issue.
Cheers
Beth

It is very frustrating. I tried both options and still no ratings -
and now it froze my Lightroom
It is crazy that this one small thing changed in Lightroom - they
should know better than to mess us up
Thank you for the email.
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I can't help thinking that in the midst of the Apple pro line of tools, where we have tools that edit: video, audio, DVD creation, text effects, and now digital photography workflow, that there's one glaring hole: static image editing, i.e. a direct Photoshop competitor. I went through the Aperture video demos before Aperture shipped, and watched these photo pros talk incessantly about how "now there's an app that addresses how I work -- Aperture". That's great, but Apple has to know the role that Photoshop plays in present photography workflow -- for those pros too. So I'm sitting here thinking to myself, why would Apple roll out such a product with some clear workflow hurdles to common Photoshop usage.
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Re: How do I stop my original photo from changing after I edit then save it in Raw 7created by Noel Carboni in Photoshop General Discussion - View the full discussion Another way to revert all the saved metadata changes back to defaults is to select the Camera Raw Defaults entry in the Camera Raw fly-out menu... http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-6070597-543394/362-482/RevertS ettings.png -Noel

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