3 Replies Latest reply: Sep 25, 2014 10:13 PM by Silkrooster RSS

    Saving photos from PS to LR deletes any other copies I have in LR. What to do?

    cteavin Community Member

      To get a feel for what I can do in PS I make several copies of a file with different adjustments. I want to keep everything with the original file in LR. All of the proper boxes are set in preferences so that anytime I save one copy it goes to LR and sits right beside the original but SOMETIMES, I can't figure out the pattern, when I save that second photo it will overwrite the first file already in LR.

       

      1) How do I fix it so I never ever have this problem in the future?

       

      2) Where is that deleted file? It's not in my trashcan. (iMac here)

       

      Thanks,

        • 1. Re: Saving photos from PS to LR deletes any other copies I have in LR. What to do?
          Silkrooster Community Member

          The only time, it should overwrite the original, is when you edit the original and it saves with the same file extension. This can not happen with raw files, but can with tiff, png or jpg files. You can edit a copy or save as and choose another format. When you choose another format, for example a raw file then save as a tiff, you will see two files setting side each other, unless the option to not view duplicates is enabled. (In other words an option to hide other formats of the same image)

           

          When you save over a file with the same name and file extension, no file gets deleted. It just over writes it.

           

          You can either edit a copy, make a virtual copy and edit that, or save as a different file name or format.

           

          If needed, I can go into more detail but I need photoshop and lightroom up and running to verify, so if anything is not quite accurate, its my memory playing me again.

          • 2. Re: Saving photos from PS to LR deletes any other copies I have in LR. What to do?
            cteavin Community Member

            Thank you for the response. You were right, the files were overwriting each other as they became copies with the same name in Photoshop so that when I closed the files in PS one wrote over the other in LR -- thanks for pointing that out.

             

            I've not found a way to edit the name of the file I've imported from Lightroom to Photoshop so that when I close the file it goes back to Lightroom next to the file it is a copy of. I've started Saving As to make sure I don't lose data, so I've fixed that problem. Do you, or does anyone, know if I can save a copy with a different name next to it's original file in LR?

            • 3. Re: Saving photos from PS to LR deletes any other copies I have in LR. What to do?
              Silkrooster Community Member

              The problem I see, is the location of the file may not be next to the original if you change the file name. Generally the sorting order is by filename, by date taken, or custom. But with custom, you would have to physically move the file to be next to the original. By keeping the two files with the same name, not necessarily the same format, you can sort by filename and have them next to each other.