How to Return Luminar 4 Edit Back to Lightroom Catalogue

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Lowell Herr

• July 08, 2020 21:23

I use Luminar 4 as a Lightroom application.  In the prior version of Luminar 4.x, a Luminar edit had the option, when completed, to return the edited photo to Lightroom so it was in the Lightroom catalogue.  That option or radio button no longer exists in the most recent Luminar version.

Is there a simple way to return an edited image back to the Lightroom catelogue?

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  Angela Andrieux

  • July 08, 2020 23:53

  Hi Lowell,

  The recommended way to invoke Luminar 4 as a plugin is to right-click on an image > Export > Luminar 4 > Open Source Files/Edit Copy with Lightroom Adjustments.

  See the screenshot: https://prnt.sc/s65yje 

  After you hit Apply, the photo should appear under Catalog>All Photographs in Lightroom. See the screenshot: http://prntscr.com/neybu8

  Let me know how it goes.

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  Lowell Herr

  • July 09, 2020 00:00

  The Apply button is not longer available in the latest Luminar 4 version.

   

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  Angela Andrieux

  • July 09, 2020 16:34

  Hi Lowell,

  Please make sure you are using the Export option to take your images from Lightroom to Luminar, rather than Edit In. That should take care of the issue.

  If the problem persists, please reach out to us at www.skylum.com/support so our techs can take a look at your particular case.

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  Craig Scott

  • July 19, 2020 11:27

  Hi, this is the exact same problem as I'm encountering. There is no APPLY button to send the image back to lightroom. Sending image to lightroom as always have been Export > Luminar 4 > Open Source Files/Edit Copy with Lightroom Adjustments.
  
  

   

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  Kate Williams

  • July 19, 2020 15:35
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  Hi Craig,

  Please try reinstalling the plugin this way: 

  1. Launch Luminar 4.
  2. In the top menu click Luminar 4 > Install Plugins.
  3. Click Uninstall next to LR
  4. Reboot your Mac and launch Luminar 4.
  5. Click Luminar 4 > Install Plugins.
  6. Click Install next to LR

  You may be prompted to enter your Mac user password at some point, please do so.

  If the issue remains unsolved, let's try to install the plugin manually:

  1. Make sure Lightroom is closed.
  2. Open Finder, click Go > Go to Folder and paste the following path: /Library/Application Support/MacPhun Software/Luminar4/Plug-Ins/. There will be a bunch of files in there, the ones you're interested in have the following extensions: .lrplugin and .lrtemplate.
  3. Open a new Finder tab or window and click Go > Go to Folder one more time and navigate to the following path: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/
  4. Copy the .lrplugin into the folder that you opened in Step 3.
  5. Click Go > Go to Folder one more time and navigate to the following path: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/External Editor Presets/
  6. Copy the .lrtemplate file into the folder that you opened in Step 5.
     You may be asked whether you'd like to overwrite the existing file in the folder or keep both, choose to overwrite in all cases.
  7. Access Luminar in the following way: right-click the image file > Export > Luminar 4 > Open Source Files/Edit Copy with Lightroom Adjustments.

  Here is the video tutorial that may also be helpful: https://www.loom.com/share/43f4bb5a3e264ea5ab29434ad3f04083 

  If the issue still persists, kindly contact our team at https://skylum.com/support

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