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Chapter 2
Jump
Jumping From Lightroom to Photoshop (and Back)

As soon I thought of jumping back and forth between Lightroom and Photoshop, I knew this chapter’s title had to be “Jump” by Van Halen. And, by Van
Halen, of course, I mean the “real” Van Halen with lead singer David Lee Roth, which to many of us is the only incarnation of Van Halen that will ever be
“real,” because when they replaced David Lee Roth with Sammy Hagar, they became something else—a great band with a really good guitar player…and
Sammy Hagar singing. But, that my friends is not Van Halen. Honestly, at that point, I think they should have changed the band’s name to Van Heusen.
That way, fans would instantly know that: (a) this is not really Van Halen, and (b) this would make a great name for the world’s best-selling dress shirt
brand. By the way, since I mentioned Van Heusen, did you know that “Van Heusen has been associated with stylish, affordable, and high-quality shirts
since introducing the patented soft-folding collar in 1921?” Well, it’s true because I read it on the Internet, and as you know, the International Council That
Ensures Everything You Read on the Internet Must Be True (or the ICTEEYROTIMBT, for short) stands 100% behind this assertion. Now, if you’re
thinking that mentioning Van Heusen is a sneaky way for me to somehow introduce paid product placements into my chapter openers, well that is just
absurd (by the way, did you know that “Today, Van Heusen has grown into a 24/7 lifestyle brand known not only for dress shirts but for both men’s and
women’s dresswear, sportswear and accessories”?). This is clearly just another baseless charge probably concocted by marketing folks at Calvin Klein or
Kenneth Cole or One Direction, who feel threatened by Van Heusen’s “fit, fabric, finish and innovative fashion—at a fraction of the cost of luxury brands.”
Just preposterous! I would never stoop to such levels (www.vanheusen.com), and frankly I’m a bit taken aback by such baseless allegations. So much so, in
fact, that I’ve done a bit of research, and I’ve uncovered an astonishing conflict of interest, which I believe is the real reason Sammy Hagar was kicked out
of Van Halen and replaced by the original, and only true, lead singer of Van Halen, David Lee Roth. It seems that Mr. Hagar just happens to own a rather
large company that makes men’s slacks (www.haggar.com). Shocking! Well, at least finally, now, the truth is out!
Opening/Saving: Going From Lightroom to Photoshop (and Back)
When you’re in Lightroom and you get to a point where there’s something you need to jump over to Photoshop for, the process is really simple, and having
that “edited in Photoshop” file come right back to Lightroom is just as easy. Here’s how to make the round trip:
RAW Photos:
To take a RAW image over to Photoshop, press Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E). There’s no dialog, no questions to answer—it just opens immediately in
Photoshop. (Note: If Photoshop’s not already open, it will launch it for you automatically.) By the way, you can also send your image over to Photoshop
the slow way by going under Lightroom’s Photo menu, under Edit In, and choosing Edit in Adobe Photoshop CC (as shown here), but I’d only do it that
way if you’re charging by the hour.

JPEG, TIFF, or PSD Photos:
If your images are JPEGs, TIFFs, or PSDs, then it’s slightly different. It’s the same keyboard shortcut (Command-E [PC: Ctrl-E]), but a dialog will appear
asking you to choose how this image is going over. The three choices are: (1) Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments (this is what I would normally
choose, as I want anything I’ve done to the photo in Lightroom to still be there when it heads over to Photoshop). (2) Edit a Copy (I’m not sure I’ve ever
chosen this one, because none of my changes would be included in the copy). Or, (3) Edit Original. I only choose this one in one very specific scenario:
when I’ve taken an image over to Photoshop, then saved the file with all its layers still intact and let it go back to Lightroom. In Lightroom, if you want to
reopen that same layered file in Photoshop again and have all those layers still intact, choose Edit Original, and when it opens back up in Photoshop, those
layers will all still be there. Outside of that, I wouldn’t risk messing up my original file, so I wouldn’t advise Edit Original outside of that very specific