At what point do you save your PP in Photoshop?

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Lawrence

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Let me try and explain my question - it's kinda jumbled in my mind.

My PP starts with importing in LR and doing as much as I can there and then I jump over to Photoshop.

In PS I may do one thing or I may do several and my question is before going back to LR with the PS adjustments when do I save those adjustments so that I can come back to them later?
Do I "Save as" with any layers/masks/steps open then flatten image and save again before closing PS and returning to LR?

What I have been doing until now is "Flatten image". Save image (although I have no idea where it is saved to in PS???) and close PS. The new version is then automatically opened in LR and I can finish it off there or export as required.

It's still jumbled in my head but hopefully someone will know what I am trying to ask.
 
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Blacktop

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What I have been doing until now is "Flatten image". Save image (although I have no idea where it is saved to in PS???) and close PS. The new version is then automatically opened in LR and I can finish it off there or export as required.
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That's exactly what I do. I have looked all over my computer and can't find it where PS saved anything, so I'm thinking it doesn't. Good question, and I would also like to know the answer.
 
hark

hark

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Did you do a search for the file name/number? Whenever I save something in PS, I use the Save As option so I can select where I want it saved.
 
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Lawrence

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hark said:
Did you do a search for the file name/number? Whenever I save something in PS, I use the Save As option so I can select where I want it saved.
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No I don't but that isn't really what I am after. I guess what I am trying to say is how and where do I save the steps so that I can revisit them if I want to?
 
Vixen

Vixen

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With PS save BEFORE you flatten the image. That was you get the layers saved and can then go back and delete those layers if you wish to, or change stuff. You can't do that after you have flattened.

I have no idea about LR coz I don't use it

As for saving in PS...if you use "save as" you get to choose where to save it, otherwise it saves to the last folder you saved to. Hope that makes sense. :D
 
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Geoffc

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If you're in Lightroom, launch the file into Photoshop by right clicking the file and selecting "edit in photoshop" from the drop down list. In PS make the edits you want. Only flatten if you don't want the option to edit the layers in the future. When finished just click the X in the top right of the file window to close the file. It will save it to the same place as the original but as a Tif. You can then make future edits by right clicking in LR and following the same process. You have the choice of editing the Tif and overwriting it or editing a copy so you get version 2 in Tif format.


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egosbar

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depends on the image imo , really special images i save as a tiff with all layers and also as a flattened tiff , with normal images i post process to where im happy then save as flattened image and done , i always save as to pick where i want it
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Photoshop doesn't catalog images like Lightroom does, that's more or less what Bridge (one of the BEST and most under-appreciated Adobe apps EVARRR in my opinion) is for, so your images are saved in their originating folder or the last folder you saved to when using PS.

If you do a "Save As" a new file will be created, saved with the file-name you give it and be saved wherever you tell PS to save it.

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Lawrence

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I found the answer to my question.

I have just completed the Lynda.com LR course (highly recommend as videos are short and sweet and easy enough for ME to understand) explain it all.

Essentially I have been flattening the image in PS once I have made my adjustments and then saving the file. I now understand that this is now saved in the backroom by LR and then when PS is closed Lr will open with the adjusted and saved PS image.

What I should be doing is saving without "Flattening" image. This saves the file exactly as before except keeps any adjustment layers available for any potential adjustments I may want to make later.

The procedure is therefore:
Complete adjustments > save image without flattening > close photoshop

The image will open with the adjustments in LR.

If I want to make more adjustments in PS at a later date I simply open the edited image in Light Room select "Photo" > Edit in Photoshop CC and (this is the important part) you then get 3 options to open the image with. Select the bottom one "edit original" which will open the original PS image with the layers.

Make any adjustments and reserve without flattening.

Hope that helps someone.

I do recommend Lynda.com as there tutorials are simple.
 
Vixen

Vixen

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That's right Lawrence....and I can say a couple of us did say that about not flattening if you wish to re-use the RAW file again :D
 
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ShootRaw

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The answer to your question is to hit save in ps..Choose to save as a Tiff..This will save all your layers so you can come back to it..I do this even if I save for web..This way I can come back to ps and adjust if need be without being destructive..Not sure why you send back to LR to export..You can do that from PS..
 
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FastGlass

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Lawrence said:
I found the answer to my question.

I have just completed the Lynda.com LR course (highly recommend as videos are short and sweet and easy enough for ME to understand) explain it all.

Essentially I have been flattening the image in PS once I have made my adjustments and then saving the file. I now understand that this is now saved in the backroom by LR and then when PS is closed Lr will open with the adjusted and saved PS image.

What I should be doing is saving without "Flattening" image. This saves the file exactly as before except keeps any adjustment layers available for any potential adjustments I may want to make later.

The procedure is therefore:
Complete adjustments > save image without flattening > close photoshop

The image will open with the adjustments in LR.

If I want to make more adjustments in PS at a later date I simply open the edited image in Light Room select "Photo" > Edit in Photoshop CC and (this is the important part) you then get 3 options to open the image with. Select the bottom one "edit original" which will open the original PS image with the layers.

Make any adjustments and reserve without flattening.

Hope that helps someone.

I do recommend Lynda.com as there tutorials are simple.
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I've done it this way but, My adjustments are not there when it's back in Lightroom? Can't figure out why.
 
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Lawrence

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FastGlass said:
I've done it this way but, My adjustments are not there when it's back in Lightroom? Can't figure out why.
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Not quite sure what you mean by the adjustments aren't there. The adjustment layers won't be visible but the results of those adjustments should be.

When sent back to LR (by saving the image in PS) the image that appears in LR should be the image you adjusted in PS as if you had flattened it in PS.

Now if you take the new adjusted LR image and go to Photo > edit in Photoshop CC (as you did when you first took it into Photo Shop) then it should open in PS with the previous adjustment layers visible.
Hope that makes sense.
 
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FastGlass

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Lawrence said:
Not quite sure what you mean by the adjustments aren't there. The adjustment layers won't be visible but the results of those adjustments should be.

When sent back to LR (by saving the image in PS) the image that appears in LR should be the image you adjusted in PS as if you had flattened it in PS.

Now if you take the new adjusted LR image and go to Photo > edit in Photoshop CC (as you did when you first took it into Photo Shop) then it should open in PS with the previous adjustment layers visible.
Hope that makes sense.
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When needing to do more I just choose "edit in" and choose Elements. When finished, I choose save. When doing it this way on the laptop, the image doesn't look any different once back in lightroom. Which I don't care because I never really use the laptop for adjustments. Although when doing the same thing with the desktop. The adjustments made in Elements do appear once back in Lightroom. The whole software thing is foreign to me. I've watched countless video's but they don't seem to explain exactly what the issue or question I have. And when they do, it's so vague It doesn't really answer my question. I need to find someone to sit down next to me and go over all the scenarios. Another thing is when they explain something. They never explain why and what happens when you don't. I have both CD's on Lightroom and Elements. Have the Phil Steele training videos. I do find that Phil Steele does a better job explaining.
 
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