Lightroom CC 2015.8 Edit in Photoshop CC 2017 Not Working Together

I can duplicate what you are seeing but only on JPEG files. I have filed a bug and attached this thread to it.

Thanks Rikk, most appreciated. 

I was running LR CC (2015.8) under macOS 10.11.6. I was having problems with the Nikon D5100 .NEF files.

Rikk, Mine are NEF files and I am having the same prob.
JC

Great solution. Thanks Russell

I'm having that same issue using the latest updates of CC. I have to independently edit in PS, then save, then sync. Very frustrating. I have uninstalled and reinstalled PS CC 2017 and that still doesn't help. Just now, CC shows an update to LR CC, version 10 so I'm hoping this fixes this issue. 

The latest update to LR CC 2015.10 didn't fix the issue. No file formats can be edited in PS via LR. Get this error message: "Some of the application components are missing from the Application directory. Please reinstall the application."

I recently updated as well - now have Lightroom 2015.12 and Photoshop 2017.1.1. Lightroom sends the photos to Photoshop via Control E, or using the "Edit In Photoshop" menu option, but after editing and saving in Photoshop, the photos are not visible in Lightroom. I've also tried the "Open as Smart Object" choice, but it makes no difference.

The only way to get the edited photo back is to "save as" in Photoshop to a new location and re-import it into Lightroom.

I've checked all settings that I see on the Adobe site, including the compatibility settings. Have logged out of Creative Cloud, and relogged in. Have shut down both programs, rebooted, etc. 

I'm using windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit.

I'll see if I can go back to an older version, but wanted to reinforce that this is a current issue.

Scott, 

I would recommend an uninstall of Lightroom and Photoshop, a system restart and then a reinstall from fresh downloads via the Creative Cloud app.  It sounds like the installation of one or the other was a little wonky. I am using both the versions you are and having no issues. 

Let us know how it goes. 

I did exactly that 3 times and still the same result. The only version of PS that opens from LR now is the 2015.5 version. 

Patricia, those instructions were addressed to Scott's situation. For your situation, I recommend the suggestion posted here and verified as working: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2362366

I did follow the uninstall via CC app several times and did a fresh download/reinstall - still get the same error. 

Rikk, thanks for your reply and suggestions. I had already deleted and reinstalled both programs, which didn't fix the issue, but maybe I should try it again. Before I do that, I will say that after I sent the reply yesterday, I looked further in this forum and found a suggestion to clear out the preferences file from the app data roaming folder, which I did. That did not seem to fix the issue, so tried the next recommendation which was to start LR while holding down the shift and alt keys. That gives you a choice to reset preferences. After resetting, I looked for another folder to try, and when I processed a photo in PS, it actually came back to LR! So I thought that must be the fix.

But in testing a few other folders, what I actually see is that I cannot get the photo back from PS if it starts in a Collection Set. I am able to successfully send photos to PS and back if I use photos from Collections, but not Collection Sets. I can also successfully send photos from imported Library folders, that aren't even in a Collection.

Unfortunately, I can't tell you which step in my process may have fixed the function from the Library folders and from Collections, but maybe others can try the shift-alt way of restarting Lightroom and see if that helps. Just close LR, and restart it while holding those two keys. You then get the choice to reset it to factory preferences.

I also have a feeling that I was able to successfully send photos from Collection Sets before, but I can't prove it. Now that never works, and if that's a new issue, it occurred after my last update. If you never could do that, then I learned something useful at least.

Here's the Collection Set "UK 2012" and the subfolders which are the Collections, to be clear about what I'm talking about. 



Thanks.

Scott, 

Thanks for the detailed information. 

I just tested and I can successfully edit from a collections set:  The file returns to the same folder as the original but does not return to the same collection as the original. If memory serves this is by design. 

If you initiate edit from the Collection Set, the image does not retain any collection membership.
If you initiate edit from the Collection, the image does retain collection membership
If you initiate edit from the Folder, the image does not retain collection membership.

Does that jive with your experience?

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Location of original folder?