Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When you take a photo from Lightroom over to Photoshop for editing, by default,
Lightroom makes a copy of the file (in TIFF format), embeds it with the ProPhoto
RGB color profile, sets the bit depth to 16 bits, and sets the resolution to 240 ppi.
But if you want something different, you can choose how you'd like your files sent
over to Photoshop—you can choose to send them as PSDs (that's how I send mine)
or TIFFs, and you can choose their bit depth (8 or 16 bits) and which color profile
you want embedded when your image leaves Lightroom.
Choosing How
Yo u r F i l e s A r e S e n t
to Photoshop
Step One:
Press Command-, (comma; PC: Ctrl-, )
to bring up Lightroom's preferences, and
then click on the External Editing tab up
top (seen here). If you have Photoshop on
your computer, it chooses it as your default
External Editor, so in the top section, choose
the file format you want for photos that get
sent over to Photoshop (I set mine to PSD,
because the files are much smaller than
TIFFs), then from the Color Space pop-up
menu, choose your file's color space (Adobe
recommends ProPhoto RGB, and if you keep
it at that, I'd change your Photoshop color
space to ProPhoto RGB, as well—whatever
you do choose, just use the same color
space in Photoshop so they're consistent).
Adobe also recommends choosing a 16-bit
depth for the best results (although, I per-
sonally use an 8-bit depth most of the time).
You also get to choose the resolution (I
leave mine set at the default of 240 ppi). If
you want to use a second program to edit
your photos, you can choose that in the
Additional External Editor section.
Step Two:
Next, there's a Stack with Original check-
box. I recommend leaving this on, because
it puts the edited copy of your image right
beside your original file (more on this in
the next project), so it's easy to find when
you return to Lightroom. Lastly, you can
choose the name applied to photos sent
over to Photoshop. You choose this from
the Edit Externally File Naming section at
the bottom of the dialog, and you have
pretty much the same naming choices as
you do in the regular Import window.
 
 
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