Adobe 65007312 User Guide - Page 136
Choose an external editor, Create an external editor preset
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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 131 Editing in other applications Choose an external editor You can designate an application to be used as an external editor in the External Editing preferences dialog box. After you choose an application, you can always use Preferences to change to a different application. 1 In the External Editing preferences, click Choose in the Additional External Editor area. 2 Navigate to and select the application to use, and then click Open (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS). Note: You can also select an external editor by choosing Photo > Edit In Other Application from the Library or Develop module. You'll be prompted to navigate to and select the application to use. After you choose an external editor, the name of the application appears as Edit In [Name of Application] in the Photo menu. More Help topics "File formats" on page 31 "Color management" on page 29 Create an external editor preset You can create presets for external editors in the External Editing preferences dialog box. External editor presets allow you to specify multiple applications as external editors and create different photo-handling options for multiple uses with one or more external editors. 1 In the External Editing preferences, choose an application and specify camera raw file options. 2 Choose Preset > Save Current Settings As New Preset. 3 Type a name for the preset and click Create. Lightroom adds the new preset to the Preset menu. Edit an external editor preset 1 In the External Editing preferences, choose an external editor preset from the Preset menu. 2 Change the application or camera raw file options. Lightroom appends "(edited)" to the end of the preset name. 3 Do one of the following: • Choose Preset > Save Current Settings As A New Preset to create a new preset. Type a name for the new preset and click Create. • Choose Preset > Update Preset "[preset name]" to overwrite the existing preset with your changes. Open photos in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements You can perform additional editing to your photos using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements from within Lightroom. You must have either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements installed on your computer for this feature to be available. 1 In the Library module or Develop module, select the photo you want to edit. Then, choose Photo > Edit In Adobe Photoshop or Edit In Adobe Photoshop Elements. If you're opening a camera raw or DNG file in Photoshop CS3 (10.0.1) or later, it opens directly. 2 (JPEG, TIFF, and PSD only) In the Edit Photo dialog box, select one of the following: Edit A Copy With Lightroom Adjustments Applies any Lightroom adjustments you've made to a copy of the file and sends that file to Photoshop or Photoshop Elements for editing. Updated 03 September 2009