Lightroom 2.4 not converting RAW to TIFF when sending to PS CS4

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Hi,

Hope someone can help.

I recently upgraded from PS CS2 to CS4. And once I upgraded Camera RAW to the latest and Lightroom to 2.4, now when I right click on an image and send it to PS to edit, I no longer get the option to convert to a TIFF and stack it with the existing.

In the preferences for external editing for Photoshop CS4, I have it set to TIFF and 16bit and all that but, when I try to actually do it, it just sends the actual RAW file to CS4 rather than a nice copy of the RAW in TIFF format.

Is there another setting I'm missing? I kind of liked this feature since now I truly can keep the original as opposed to have PS make changes to it I can't undo...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!

Tim
 
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Tim, CS$ gets the raw data and no file is "made" until you save - then the TIFF will show up back in LR. So if you don't wish to save (I sometimes send two files to PS and make a composite then save on which ends up as a TIFF back in LR while the other I don't save, this disappears) no extra file ends up in LR or on your HD.A great feature!! :)
 
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Ah. Interesting. Will have to try this out. Though there are some features disabled in CS4 when I do this such as Lens Blur and such. I assume it's because it's in RAW format and 16bit? Should I convert it down in CS4?

On a similar note, I was wondering if the whole "smart object" thing is something that should be used instead of just exporting?

Thank you for the help!

Tim
 
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Since I added CS4 to the mix, I can't remember not using Export as a Smart Object. It is just too powerful to use a standard export . It takes Non-destructive editing to the next step.
 
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Hmmm...I really don't know anything about smart objects and exporting... I'll have to do more research but I will certainly take a look at this!

Oh, so since I deal in RAW, if I need to do stuff like Lens Blur in CS4, do I have to resample it down to 8bit?
 
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Lens Blur is one of the few filters that does not work with a smart object. You must rasterize the smart object prior to using the lens blur. Lens Blur works on a 16 Bit object but Smart Blur does not.
 
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