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External Editors Photoshop edits not showing in LR

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helen_2

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Lightroom Version Number
14.0.1
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  1. macOS 15 Sequoia
For some reason, when I go from LR to PS (edit in Photoshop), the edits I make in Photoshop are not coming back in to LR. The changes have definitely been saved, as if I open said file in Preview, I can see the changes I’ve made.

I’ve uninstalled both, then reinstalled Photoshop, followed by LR, but same problem.

Any idea how I can fix this issue please? Thank you!
 
Solution
Johan Elzenga
Is the edited image not showing in Lightroom Classic at all? Double check that by selecting ‘All Photographs’, set filters to ‘None’ and sort by file name. Do you see the image now next to the original? Or do you mean the image does come back, but you do not see the edits you made in Photoshop? In that case the preview is not updated for some reason. Zooming in to 100% usually solves that, or else making a very small edit to force Lightroom to rebuild the preview.
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Is the edited image not showing in Lightroom Classic at all? Double check that by selecting ‘All Photographs’, set filters to ‘None’ and sort by file name. Do you see the image now next to the original? Or do you mean the image does come back, but you do not see the edits you made in Photoshop? In that case the preview is not updated for some reason. Zooming in to 100% usually solves that, or else making a very small edit to force Lightroom to rebuild the preview.
 
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Johan Elzenga said:
Is the edited image not showing in Lightroom Classic at all? Double check that by selecting ‘All Photographs’, set filters to ‘None’ and sort by file name. Do you see the image now next to the original? Or do you mean the image does come back, but you do not see the edits you made in Photoshop? In that case the preview is not updated for some reason. Zooming in to 100% usually solves that, or else making a very small edit to force Lightroom to rebuild the preview.
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Zooming in did the trick! How strange.... Thank you for your help :)
 
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helen_2 said:
Zooming in did the trick! How strange.... Thank you for your help :)
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Zooming in to 100% forces Lightroom to build a 1:1 preview. In the process it will also rebuild the smaller previews, because it will see these are outdated.
 
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