I want to manipulate/edit images in Photoshop. They're in Photos but click/drag to Photoshop 2019 only opens a large 1024 x 768 thumbnail.
What the...?
How can I quickly and expeditiously open shots in Photos directly into Photoshop's latest version (May 22, 2019)?
The shots were made with an iPhone 10S Max in HEIC compression.
Which system version do you have installed? Have you also tried to use the menu "Image > Edit with ..." in Photos?
This menu is available in Photos 4.0 in MacOS 10.14 Mojave. Photoshop may not be in the menu, but you can access it from the last item in the list "Other ...".
But do not use drag and drop from Photos, because dragging will pass the current preview and not the original image to an application. You have no control over the quality of the image you are passing to the image.
Which system version do you have installed? Have you also tried to use the menu "Image > Edit with ..." in Photos?
This menu is available in Photos 4.0 in MacOS 10.14 Mojave. Photoshop may not be in the menu, but you can access it from the last item in the list "Other ...".
But do not use drag and drop from Photos, because dragging will pass the current preview and not the original image to an application. You have no control over the quality of the image you are passing to the image.
First does the latest version of Photoshop recognize the HEIC format of the images? If they do then you can edit them from inside the Photos library with this menu:
Arrow #1 is the button that will bring up certain image editors that are in the Applications folder.
I don't know if your version of PS will show up. My 2019 version of Photoshop Elements does not so I had to purchase the 99¢ External Editors For Photos (Arrow #2) from the App store and that lets me use any image editor in the App folder.
As long as you save the edited version in the same format as the file you're editing it will work seamlessly with Photos.
Léonie,
"do not use drag and drop from Photos, because dragging will pass the current preview and not the original image"
Does this same condition apply when dragging within the Photos window? Such as, the dragging of images from the main window to a "Sharing Albums" folder?
Added Data: MacOS 10.14.5 Photoshop 20.0.4 iMac Retina 5K, 27 inch late 2014
Hello, OT. Thanks for your response. That menu looks promising. Where did you get it? Photoshop? Photos? I can't tell you how many clicks I've made looking for it.
That menu in Photos is due to using the 99¢ External Editors For Photos from the App Store.
Open an HEIC image directly into Photoshop (from Photos)/
