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7. Exporting from Lightroom > Opening images in Photoshop
Opening images in Photoshop
I have so far covered the image processing that can be done directly in Lightroom using the Develop module controls. Remember, all Lightroom edits are nondestructive. The master photos are managed by the Lightroom catalog and the master images are always preserved in their original state. If you want to edit an already rendered pixel image outside of Lightroom in an image editing program such as Photoshop you can choose to edit the original or edit a new copy version. If you want to edit a raw image in Photoshop, then Lightroom must first generate a new, rendered pixel image version for you to work with.
One of the reasons why I prefer managing photos in Lightroom compared to Bridge is because the Lightroom policies are much clearer and the user always remains in full control as to how such photos are opened from Lightroom. For example, if the Photoshop/Bridge Camera Raw preferences are configured with the TIFF or JPEG handling set to “Automatically open all supported TIFFs and JPEGs” then such images will open via Camera Raw rather than directly into Photoshop, which is potentially rather confusing.
