Lightroom to AF round trip

[afusernew]

I'm SURE this has been asked, but using Affinity as an external editor to Lightroom, It can't save back to Lightroom without saving it as a new file.

 

Am I missing something, or is that simply the way it is?

 

Thanks so much!

[Callum]

Hi Afusernew,

 

Welcome to the Forums!

 

What type of file is it that you are editing from Light Room?:)

 

Thanks

C

[MEB]

Hi afusernew,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

We are aware of this issue. Affinity Photo 1.5 (not released yet) will let you overwrite PSD's so Lightroom and other DAM/editors can pick the file again when you hit Save.

There's some Tiff improvements planned as well but i don't know yet enough details to give you a proper answer regarding this format.

[mconn]

Hi afusernew,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

We are aware of this issue. Affinity Photo 1.5 (not released yet) will let you overwrite PSD's so Lightroom and other DAM/editors can pick the file again when you hit Save.

There's some Tiff improvements planned as well but i don't know yet enough details to give you a proper answer regarding this format.

 

Is there still work being done on the efficiency of round-tripping from Lightroom to Affinity Photo 1.5.1 and back to Lightroom? I'm seeing a lot of lag in Affinity edited files being updated in LR. Is anyone else?

 

I am exporting from LR as 16 bit, TIFF Prophoto RGB files at 300 resolution. Affinity Photo has no issues creating the new TIFF file in LR's catalog and opening the file upon export. After editing in Affinity I flatten the image and save (⌘-S) it. The changes do make it back into LR, but the recognition of those changes in the tiff file by LR is very slow. Often up to a minute. At times clicking off of the thumbnail to another non-Affinity edited photo and back to the new tiff file will help speed the process.

[Fixx]

I think it is a LR problem and it happens to me often with Photoshop edits too.

[mconn]

I think it is a LR problem and it happens to me often with Photoshop edits too.

Interesting. I don't see the lag at all using the latest versions of PS and LR together. Only with Affinity.

[fotizimo]

I am new to AP, so am still getting used to work flows, so I apologize if this has been asked and answered but I see a lot of reference to round trip saving being fixed as of version 1.5, but I am finding when I instruct Lightroom to edit in AF, the PSD file gets created and saved to the same folder location as the original RAW file. But when I edit the PSD in AF and click save, I see no options for overwriting the PSD that Lightroom created.

 

 

I am using Affinity Photo 1.5.1 on Windows 10.

[mconn]

I am new to AP, so am still getting used to work flows, so I apologize if this has been asked and answered but I see a lot of reference to round trip saving being fixed as of version 1.5, but I am finding when I instruct Lightroom to edit in AF, the PSD file gets created and saved to the same folder location as the original RAW file. But when I edit the PSD in AF and click save, I see no options for overwriting the PSD that Lightroom created.

 

 

I am using Affinity Photo 1.5.1 on Windows 10.

 

In my workflow on a Mac, there is no "option" to overwrite the PSD file in LR really. After saving changes in Affinity Photo, when you return to LR the PSD file should automatically update itself with changes made in AP. It is at this step (the tiff/psd file updating with changes) that I am seeing a long lag. 

[fotizimo]

In my workflow on a Mac, there is no "option" to overwrite the PSD file in LR really. After saving changes in Affinity Photo, when you return to LR the PSD file should automatically update itself with changes made in AP. It is at this step (the tiff/psd file updating with ch

See, when i open a file from Lightroom into AF, i can then edit it, and i do not see changes reflected in Lightroom. In AF,when i choose save, I receive the save dialog asking me to save in a new location and in the AF format. I see no option to save the photo being sent from Lightroom and in either TIFF or PSD.

[fotizimo]

I found a setting stating to "enable save over imported PSD file". This seems to be a manual setting for the Windows version to allow a save back or sync like functionality as my AF work is now showing in Lightroom when I hit save. The description of the setting doesnt really make sense, but I tried it, and now can get full round trip saving with Lightroom and AF.

[mconn]

See, when i open a file from Lightroom into AF, i can then edit it, and i do not see changes reflected in Lightroom. In AF,when i choose save, I receive the save dialog asking me to save in a new location and in the AF format. I see no option to save the photo being sent from Lightroom and in either TIFF or PSD.Ok

Ok. I don't see a dialogue like that upon saving in AP. Maybe it's an operating system difference - I haven't run a Windows machine in a long time. But here is my rough workflow:

 

When I export from LR to AP I do it using the "edit a copy with LR adjustments" setting in the dialogue box (this only appears when editing JPEG files however, not RAW. Those just produce the duplicate file and open in AP). I've attached a screen shot of my LR External Editing settings – maybe they'll help.

 

I also make sure to flatten my layers in AP before I save back to LR. When I don't I do get a dialogue box asking to either save with "layers" or  "Save As". But I rarely save unflattened.

 

Good luck. Maybe someone else can give better advice for you.