- [Instructor] A JPEG format file
works a little differently than a PSD or a TIFF
in the Lightroom Classic Photoshop roundtrip workflow.
The difference is
that when you're done roundtripping a JPEG,
the result may not automatically appear in Lightroom.
That's what will happen if you use the edit original
or edit a copy option to hand the photo off
from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop.
So the solution is
to use the edit a copy with Lightroom adjustments option,
and then things will work as expected,
just as if you were starting with some other
non RAW photo, like a PSD or a TIFF.
If you're following along with the exercise files,
go to the folders panel in the library module,
and in the start with JPEGs sub folder,
select this thumbnail of a Beta fish.
What I'd like to do here is drop out that black background
to reveal a different background.
To do that I have to take the photo to Photoshop,
because that's not something
that you can do here in Lightroom Classic.
So I'll go to photo, edit in, edit in Adobe Photoshop.
And this time, if I want everything to work smoothly,
I would choose edit a copy with Lightroom adjustments.
And that's what I recommend you do,
and that you explore that option on your own.
But I want to show you what happens
if you choose one of the other options here,
either edit a copy or edit original.
Let's go with edit original, and then click edit.
The photo opens in Photoshop for editing.
And to change the background,
I'm going to first click on the lock
on the background layer,
and then I'll double-click a blank space on that layer.
And that opens the layer style dialogue box.
I'll move that over so you can see more of the fish.
And then I'll go down to the slider labeled
blend if this layer.
And I'm going to drag the blacks slider to the right.
And look how quickly the black background is knocked out.
I'll move this over, and I'll click OK.
Let's add a different color background
by going to the bottom of the layers panel
and clicking the create new fill layer icon,
and choosing to add a solid color fill layer.
And I'm going to choose the desaturated dark blue,
and click OK.
And then I'll drag that color fill layer
underneath the layer that contains the photo.
And there's the result.
We were able to quickly change out that black background
here in Photoshop.
Now of course, you could fine tune this result,
but let's go with it as is, and save the file.
Before I save, notice that this is a JPEG.
And if I go to file and I go to save,
instead of automatically saving that photo with its changes
back into Lightroom Classic,
I get this save as dialogue box.
And this is the first time we've seen this appear
in this course.
So what should I do?
Well, I'm just going to save this version of the file
with the new background back to the start with JPEG folder.
You can choose any format to save this in.
I'll save it as a Photoshop file.
And I'll click OK.
And I'll click OK again.
And then I'll close the image in Photoshop,
and I'll switch back to Lightroom.
Here in Lightroom the only thumbnail that we have
is the JPEG.
There's no sign of the new PSD with the blue background.
So to get that into Lightroom,
we would have to import it manually.
And that means going to the import button and clicking,
and dealing with the large import window.
Instead, we're just going to synchronize
the start with JPEG folder.
So I'll right-click that folder in the folders panel,
and I'll choose synchronize folder.
And then I'll click synchronize.
And that will automatically import any files
that are in that start with a JPEG folder
that aren't already in this Lightroom catalog,
which is this PSD version of the fish
with the new blue background.
And if I go back to the start with JPEG folder
in the folders panel,
you can see that I now have both the original JPEG
and the PSD with the new blue background.
So the thing to remember is that if you pass a JPEG
from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop for editing,
make your life easier
by selecting edit a copy with Lightroom adjustments,
rather than edit original or edit a copy
when you're passing that file
from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop.