Question about LrC and PS Workflow when photos drive is not connected

[sirhawkeye64]

So in the past I had used Smart Previews in my LR catalogs so I didn't need to have the original photos necessarily when I traveled (i could still edit). The one thing i never tried, and was wondering, is if you send a photo from LRC to PS (say a RAW file with some adjustments) what happens when you save the file in PS because usually it just saves it as a TIF file if you don't specify a location or name (as it gets this from LR before it is sent over).

How is this handled when the drive with your originals on it is not present? Does it just prompt you where to save the file and then links it back to that location in the catalog?

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[Zeee]

So in the past I had used Smart Previews in my LR catalogs so I didn't need to have the original photos necessarily when I traveled (i could still edit). The one thing i never tried, and was wondering, is if you send a photo from LRC to PS (say a RAW file with some adjustments) what happens when you save the file in PS because usually it just saves it as a TIF file if you don't specify a location or name (as it gets this from LR before it is sent over).

How is this handled when the drive with your originals on it is not present? Does it just prompt you where to save the file and then links it back to that location in the catalog?

I don’t know how that would work. Maybe try creating a new catalogue just for testing. See what happens.

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[mclewis]

The obvious way to find out is to try it yourself. It would be quicker than asking here and waiting for a response. It would have taken you a few minutes to try.

 

[dj_paige]

Good responses from Zeee and mclewise.