The first pop-up, File Format, determines the file type that’s passed to the external editor. (You’ll find Update and Delete in the same pop-up, if you want to clean up old external editor presets.) In the Preset pop-up, select Save Settings as New Preset and give your editor a name.If your software is fully color-managed, select ProPhoto RGB. We’ll go into more detail below, but TIFF is a good choice for file format, and 8-bit vs. The top half of the dialog sets Photoshop’s file settings. In the bottom half of the dialog, click Choose and navigate to the program’s exe file (Windows) / app (Mac).To create your own external editor, go to Lightroom’s Preferences dialog, under the Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac) and select the External Editing tab. How do I create my own external editor preset? If they’ve been automatically installed, they can usually be found under the File menu > Plug-in Extras, Photo menu > Edit in or File menu > Export as Preset.īut what if your software didn’t come with an automated solution? Don’t worry, Lightroom can automatically prepare a TIFF, PSD or JPG and pass it to the alternative software. But what about other external editors? How can you automatically send photos from Lightroom to On1, Topaz, Luminar, Nik Collection and other photo editing software?Īs Lightroom is so popular, many editing tools come with plug-ins or external editor presets that automatically installed for you.

If Photoshop is installed, it should automatically be available under the Photo menu > Edit In or in the right-click menu.

Lightroom software