TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

4 min

Edit your Lightroom photos in Photoshop

Start your edits in Lightroom and then send an image to Photoshop for additional creative possibilities.

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What you learned

Take advantage of both Lightroom and Photoshop

After you’ve edited a photo in Lightroom, choose File > Edit in Photoshop to send a copy of the file to Photoshop. Once in Photoshop you can apply further edits to modify or enhance the image. Then choose File > Save and close the file to send the new copy with Photoshop edits back to Lightroom. To preserve the Photoshop layers so you can access them again in Photoshop, do not apply any further adjustments in Lightroom.


Instruction and photography by

Glyn Dewis

May 21, 2025

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