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External Editors
Last updated 4/20/2015
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.
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.
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Open photos in Photoshop Elements
Open Lightroom photos in external applications
Open photos in Photoshop Elements
You can perform additional editing to your photos using Photoshop Elements from within Lightroom. You must have
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 Elements.
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 Elements for editing.
Edit A Copy Edits a copy of the original file without Lightroom adjustments.
Edit Original Edits the original file without Lightroom adjustments.