From Lightroom to Photoshop Then Back to Lightroom

In this video I'll explain and demo my Lightroom to Photoshop then back to Lightroom workflow. I'll explain the advantages and disadvantages of using a TIFF file or a PSD file and how for some operations, you should use a Smart Object.

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Gear and Settings Used for Image in Video

Handheld
Aperture Priority Mode
Spot Metering Mode - metered on gray clouds
Single Point Focus Mode - focused on opposite bank
Auto-white Balance
1/80sec, F8.0, iso: 64 at 14mm

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[AnthonyMorganti]

In this video I'll explain and demo my Lightroom to Photoshop then back to Lightroom workflow. I'll explain the advantages and disadvantages of using a TIFF file or a PSD file and how for some operations, you should use a Smart Object.

Please follow me on Instagram:


Gear and Settings Used for Image in Video


Handheld
Aperture Priority Mode
Spot Metering Mode - metered on gray clouds
Single Point Focus Mode - focused on opposite bank
Auto-white Balance
1/80sec, F8.0, iso: 64 at 14mm

See my recommended gear list:


If you're interested in Photoshop, Lightroom, and the Creative Cloud, you can find more info here:


Unsure of how to price your photography? Check the 2019 Guide to Pricing Your Photography:


I use this software to record my screen:


All product links shown are my Affiliate Links. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement:


Thank you!

[ГлебТ-бт]

Anthony, thanks for sharing the workflow!
to the problem of not being able to use content-aware fill on a smart object: you can copy the smart object layer, rasterize it and then apply the content-aware fill. You can also mask the filled-in parts so that you can always go back to the smart object layer and make adjustments to it

[aantiles]

Awesome tutorial! Anthony speaks clear and very slowly. Especially for a foreigner as I. Truly appreciate the tremendous effort in putting this video tutor together.

[alcantey]

This is fantastic. Just trying to figue this workflow out now. Really enjoy all your content Anthony 😎👍🏼

[lorrainewright]

Just beginning with LrC so this was huge. I took a leap from CS5 to LrC & PS 2023!! LOL. Thank you!

[jophermans]

Thanks mate, needed that little extra information to change the setting from .TIFF to .PSD to save space on hard drives. Cheers

[marktomlinson]

A little advanced for me right now but really enjoyed understanding the differences between to the two programs...made copious notes especially the great tip about maximising the capability in Photoshop preferences

[sumiyyarahman]

Hi thanks for making this easy to follow video. I have a problem though which is that my images, after editing in PS and saving them, are no longer automatically showing up in LRC. They used to but I can't figure out why it's stopped. Any idea?

[mazinio]

Where do the PSD files automatically save to or can you save the file anywhere? If yes then will it automatically reimport to LR? In Classic on a PC it seems to work but on LR Mobile on a Mac they don’t auto reimport when I choose to save my Photoshop edit in a specific location.

[BobG-ehfc]

Thanks for going over the details on moving pictures back and forth to PS. Finally got one answer as to why you don't want to make every object in PS a smart image.

[carolbell]

Anthony I am so very glad I found you. I have been sitting here all morning trying to find out how to get my photo back to LR after merging them... and not been able to do so. Discovered my file handing was not set to always .. so hopefully got it right now. By the way am new to PS and am trying to learn about it. (Hard). I live in the bush in SA on the boarder of Kruger where I spend most of my time. Am now trying to learn about wild flowers and using macro merging them. Just see that my tiff file is too big to send back to LR so going to start again and put into a PSD file.

[Rene-cmgo]

subscribed... clear explanation and simple..

[armodel]

Hello. Thank you for the video. I am having trouble with the slow saving when bringing back the file to Lightroom. I have tried only with adding one layer, no filters, no changes, to see if ti takes long and it does as if the file had a bunch of layers. Is there anything I can reset ? Thanks

[jaredmathews]

Nominal benefit over lightroom edit with additional drawback of enormous photoshop file in my experience.

[jillkltr]

So helpful and well explained! Thank you Anthony!!

[photonsonpixels]

Thank you for making this tutorial, Anthony. I really appreciate it!

[yalemiller]

Thank you! Exactly what I have been looking for!

[thehouseofkai]

thank you for making this video this is new for me :)

[ajoychakraborty]

Hi Morganti,

This is Ajoy Chakraborty from Kolkata, India. Please let me suggest the chronological order by which one should start editing photos in photoshop. Like should I start with crop tool first and continue further with adjustment layers and finally apply Filter or else. I want to the order from basic editing point of view.
Thanks

[matthewhoult]

Thank you for this video! I am doing exactly the same thing, going from Lr to Ps to remove branches with the Content Aware fill tool. However, when I return to Lr, all the colours of the edited image are off. I can't figure out why this is. I would appreciate any help offered!