Lightroom 2

[KdLaneJr]

From what I've read on LR 2.0, saving your CS3 changes to another location is something you are going to have to put up with. Someone on the development team decided that having your .psd in your LR catalog updated by CS2/3 was not a good thing.

Personally I like having my .psd CS2 changes saved in my LR catalog as that keeps the .psd with the .cr2 file.

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by KdLaneJr

From what I've read on LR 2.0, saving your CS3 changes to another location is something you are going to have to put up with. Someone on the development team decided that having your .psd in your LR catalog updated by CS2/3 was not a good thing.

Personally I like having my .psd CS2 changes saved in my LR catalog as that keeps the .psd with the .cr2 file.

Actually, I just opened a raw file from LR2 to CS3, added a B/W adjustment layer, saved it, went back into LR, and it's sitting right next to the raw file. However, the PSD file was not opened as a Smart Object. I tried that first and couldn't get it to save the same way.

[khatley]

I thought you could open as a smart object into photoshop and edit it all you wanted and then it would update the original lightroom file just as if you had edited it in lightroom? Was I misinformed? What is the benefit of opening it as a smart object from lightroom into photoshop if that is not the way it supposed to work?

[TXhummer2]

http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1335

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by khatley

I thought you could open as a smart object into photoshop and edit it all you wanted and then it would update the original lightroom file just as if you had edited it in lightroom? Was I misinformed? What is the benefit of opening it as a smart object from lightroom into photoshop if that is not the way it supposed to work?

It's a known issue at Adobe, and that's all I can find on it. They will probably fix it with the first update.

[khatley]

Ok, still getting conflicting information! Kelby's post said it made it into 2.0 but it isnt working for me. I would think when you hit save it would just save it back to lightroom? but I get a save as dialogue. Anyone else able to get this to work?

[Valadilene]

On the education discount thing:

Its very unlikely anyone would ever press charges if a pro were using a student version of the product. its highly doubtful that Adobe would force its customers to buy the 'commercial' version, which only is different in price, once they graduated from school just because they are no longer a student. That and they'd be prosecuting constantly and never have time to do anything like release new products considering how many students end up..you know.. graduating..

That said, its still good to know the rules, even if they aren't ever enforced..