Save a psd file as a new file from PS without importing it, possible?

[Bezinex]

When i open a jpeg from lightroom in photoshop (and edit it) and then i want to save it as a psd file i can just save it and it automatically shows up in LR next to to original jpeg file. BUT when i do this when i open a psd file from LR and after editing i want to save it as a new psd file it does not show up and i have to import it.This really takes the flow out of workflow. Does anyone know of a solution?

[dj_paige]

In Lightroom, select the desired photo and then use the command Photo->Edit In... Then do your editing in Photoshop, and do a SAVE (not SAVE AS) and you should see the photo in Lightroom without importing it.

[Bezinex]

Just to explain it more clear;  i open up LR  -  see a psd file i want to work on  -  open it in PS  -  make changes in PS  -  decide want to keep both, the old version and this new version  (sometimes i do not know beforehand that i want to keep them both, otherwise i would have opened it as a copy in LR).

So now i have an newly edited file (sometimes completely different than the old version) and i want to keep the old version and save this new version (which i did not open as a copy) Is that possible without importing it?

[dj_paige]

Yes, it is possible.

You need to try the Edit In... command as I explained above.

[Just Shoot Me]

Some will say yes, It Will show up in LR.

But my experiences is once you use the Save As option, to save an existing image files using another name, ending up with 2 copies of the same original file, this new file does not get auto imported into LR.

So my answer is NO you have to manually import that new, Saved As, file back into LR.

[dj_paige]

I don't see where the original poster said he wanted to do a SAVE AS.

[JoeKostoss]

The OP wants to save both the originally edited PSD and the newly revised edited PSD, thus having both in Lightroom as separated PSD files.

[dj_paige]

If he does this from LR via Edit In... then he can have the originally edited PSD and the newly edited PSD as separate files in LR.

[JoeKostoss]

(sometimes i do not know beforehand that i want to keep them both, otherwise i would have opened it as a copy in LR).

Only if he opens as a copy; but in his post #2, he states that he has not and now realizes that he wants both copies in Lightroom.

[Bezinex · Accepted solution]

Thank you all for replying. As mentioned 'save' does not work for me because i end up with only the new version and i also want to keep the old one. When i use 'save as' it will be saved somewere in a folder and has to be imported again. So i guess it's not possible?

[john beardsworth]

I don't think it is possible, but that isn't the same as saying that it shouldn't be. There are times when one wants Save As to result in an import, times when one doesn't.

In fact, I was able to repeat the process with jpegs.