LR3 edit in CS5

[ernie.grimes]

<p>When using LR3 it defaults to CS4 when trying to edit to Photoshop. How do I get LR3 to edit to CS5?<br>

Thanks for your help<br>

Ernie</p>

[Carl Stone]

<p>In the LR hierarchal menu go to "Photo", then scroll down to "edit in", then choose Photoshop CS5.</p>

[howard_m]

<p>You first off need to go into LR3's Preferences and tell it that you have/want to use CS5 as an external editor.</p>

<p>Then Mr. Stone's suggestion will work.</p>

[digitaldog]

<p>You may need to install CS5 first, then LR for it to “see” CS5 instead of CS3 as the <em>default</em> app. You can of course make an external editor preset and force the issue. But I suspect you want the key command and menu to properly default to CS5. The order of install has been an issue here, if you install LR 3 prior to CS5 when an older version of CS was available, LR doesn’t find the newer version of Photoshop and use it as a default. Reinstalling fixes this issue. </p>

[Carl Stone]

<p>Let me see if I understand you correctly, Andrew. If I have CS 3 installed, then upgrade LR 2 to LR 3, then upgrade CS 3 to CS 5, LR 3 will not see CS 5, but CS 3 instead? So, if that is correct, I need to install CS 5 twice in a row to get around the issue? </p>

[digitaldog]

<p>The order of the updating is the issue in many cases. Say you have LR2 and CS3 and you decide you want to upgrade to LR3 and CS5. If you upgrade LR first, it doesn’t “know” about the CS5 upgrade. Many users who do this find that LR doesn’t detect CS5 even after updating to that version. The fix is to update (reinstall) CS5, then update (reinstall LR3). </p>

[Carl Stone]

<p>Okay, now I've got it, thanks. </p>