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5. (Optional) Save your export settings.

To save your export settings for reuse, click Add at the bottom of the Preset panel on the left side of the Export dialog
box. See

Save export settings as presets

.

6. Click Export.

Edit Lightroom photos in Photoshop or Photoshop
Elements

Lightroom allows you to open and edit your photos in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, or another
photo-editing application. Lightroom automatically uses Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as the external editor if
you have either application installed on your computer. You can also specify an external editor in Lightroom
preferences.

When you open a photo from Lightroom directly in Photoshop CS3 or later, you have several options. You can edit the
photo in its current format, or open it as a Smart Object. You can also merge a series of shots into a panorama, merge
to HDR, or open two or more photos as one layered image in Photoshop. When you save edits to a photo in Photoshop,
Lightroom automatically imports the new photo into the catalog.

To edit a photo using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements from within Lightroom, you must have one of those
applications installed on your computer. Then follow these steps:

1. Set or check your external editor.

1

In Lightroom, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac OS).

2

Click the External Editing tab. If Photoshop or Photoshop Elements is installed on your computer, it appears as the
designated external editor.

3

If desired, under Additional External Editor, click Choose and navigate to and select a program or application.

See

External editing preferences

for more on the options in this dialog box.