There’s some confusion over a dialog box which has reared its head again in Lightroom 2.2. It appears when you try to edit a raw file in CS3 rather than CS4, and warns that you need ACR 5.2 for complete compatibility.
Are Adobe saying that you have to upgrade to CS4 in order to use Lightroom? No! So what are they saying?
Render using Lightroom will create a Tiff or PSD file and open that file into Photoshop.
Open Anyway tries to pass the raw data to Photoshop, and ACR opens the file directly into Photoshop without an interim Tiff or PSD file.
So…
CS3, ACR 4.6, and a camera that is supported in ACR 4.6 – you can press either. At this point in time, the rendering appears to be the same.
CS4, ACR 5.2, and a camera that is supported in ACR 5.2 – you can press either. They are fully compatible.
However…
CS3, ACR 4.6, and a camera that is NEW since 4.6 – you have to press Render using Lightroom as ACR wouldn’t know what to do with the data.
Once you’ve made your decision, you can check the ‘Don’t Show Again’ checkbox to bypass the dialog in future.
With future versions, the gap between Lightroom’s processing and older ACR versions will widen, and Open Anyway may not be able to process new Develop adjustments that you’ve made in Lightroom, however pressing Render using Lightroom will always create a Tiff or PSD version WITH all of your Develop adjustments rendered correctly, so even then, Adobe aren’t holding you over a barrel.
Paul Indman says
January 4, 2009 at 8:36 amThank You!!!!
I just installed Photoshop CS4 on a quad core Xeon with 8GB Ram. Now lightroom gives me the error you described (never did before). Now I know what to do with it!
BTW, CS4 does not like Windows XP 64-bit. Runs like it’s on a the first PC with 640 Kb RAM! I’ll either need to go back to CS3 or install Vist 64-bit.
[CS4 shouldn’t actually be giving you that error, so make sure you’ve updated ACR to 5.2 unless you’re working with a camera that’s too new for it. XP – not a clue why it’s running quite so slowly, but XP-64’s not on the System Requirements list I’m afraid. – VB]
Pat Young says
February 8, 2009 at 7:50 pmHi,
I was just wondering how I might change these preferences once I have selected ‘Don’t show again’. I cannot seem to find it in any of the option or preference menus. I’m using OS X and Lightroom2.2.
Thanks!
Pat Young says
February 8, 2009 at 8:02 pmOops! Just found it: ‘Reset all warning dialogues’ under preferences>general. Thanks though!
[Well done Pat! – VB]
David says
November 4, 2009 at 12:34 pmI am using LR2.5 fully updated with ACR5.5 and I just updated to CS4 and updated to ACR5.5 for that as well (verified with about dialog). I am too getting this message box. Is this correct? I suppose that I should select Render with LR so that my edits will appear within PS? I am using a NIKON D200.
Thanks,
David
David says
November 4, 2009 at 12:46 pmUPDATE: After a restart of both, the message box no longer appears!!
[I love things that are easily solved!! – VB]