smart photo editor vs lightroom exporting image ?

[Redfordl2002 Profile]

In exporting an image(s) from lightroom to SPE,and after setting up SPE as an external editing program(preferences) in lightroom with .tiff as the file format,why does it keep on exporting image(s) to SPE in the .psd format instead of the .tiff format as set up in lrm5 ext.editing? At one time it did,but not now. Thanks!!

[DennB Profile]

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Make sure you have .tiff set as the file format on the export page in LR.

[Redfordl2002 Profile]

Dennb thanks for this tip on exporting lr images to spe(in .tiff) and it worked well!! But still having problems in the reverse direction sending spe processed images back to lightroom. It seems that my images are being(saved) sent to the hard drive picture folder,but not the lightroom catalogue. I have followed
the posts on this,but it does not seem to work for me. Maybe you can give me a step by step procedure on how to save an sbe processed image back to lightroom with a screenshot. I must not be following one small step?

[DennB Profile]

The plugin is not an .lrplugin, it's a photoshop type plugin .8bf.

[admin]

Hi,

Have you seen this support page: How do I get Smart Photo Editor Studio to work as a plug-in to Lightroom?.

Tony

[DennB Profile]

How weired. It didn't work for me yesterday but it does now??? I see what I did. I sent it to SPE by mistake not SPE Studio. In fact I've used it before this way. Forget everything I said before Redford, about it not working as it certainly does bring you back to LR with the SPE Studio image now in the LR catalog. Are you using SPE or SPE Studio?

[Redfordl2003 Profile]

Denn B i have regular spe and not studio. What is the difference between the 2/. In order to save my processed SBE image to lr5 catalogue i have to hit save,but also check synchronize this folder to move it to the original folder. This works for me. Is it worth it to upgrade to sbe studio and does it work with lr5 as a plugin. Thanks!!

[DennB Profile]

SPE Studio includes the plugin, regular does not. It was worth it to me because I routinely load my image in another image editor first, LR, Sagelight etc etc and this allows the image to be bounced back and forth.

[Redfordl2003 Profile]

DenB SPE(studio) does include two plugins, one for photoshop and the other for photoshop elements, but no plugin for lightroom. Is this correct?

[DennB Profile]

Read the above posts. It does. It's not a .lrplugin where it shows up in LR manager, but can be used by exporting from LR (edit in) > SPE Studio, edit, > then save. You are then back in LR, with the edited image and it is now in your catalog.