Saving edits from External Editors for Photos to Mac Photos not working

I am currently using the command "Replace with Image from Disk" in External Editors to save the edited version in Photos. I let my editor write the edited version to the Desktop, then use External Editors to bind the new edited version to the image I have been editing. This is still working well.

This has the added bonus, that I can save the edited version as a HEIC instead of TIFF and save plenty of storage. My external editor Luminar Neo tends to return 50MB TIFFS when I edit a small JPEG of just 3MB, which is wasteful.

It is in the External Editors photo editing extension - I am using this a lot, Richard.

What I am doing:

• Edit photo using an external editor, either with "Image > Edit with" or using a photo editing extension. When I want to edit a RAW file and pass it as RAW, I am calling the external editor using the "External Editors" extension.
• When finished editing I export the result from this app as a new file, in the format I want.
• Then I select the image in Photos and open it in Edit mode, then call the external Editors extension.
• Sometimes I am getting a warning, that the image is in use, when I want to open it again, but I confirm, that the editing is finished.

At the bottom of the External Editors panel is the command "Replace with Image from Disk".

• Here I click the "Choose file" button. The External Editors extension will now open the folder in the library where the externally edited versions are stored. I ignore this and navigate to ma Desktop, where I have saved the edited version I want to use.

This will pair the file from the disk with original image in Photos as an original and version pair.

I purchased External editors many years ago from the App Store for just 1€. I am not sure, if it is still available. But it has been worth its money. And it is still working in the current system version.

Well, drat!

I'm following with Graphic Converter, since that is in the list: Extensions -Photos Editing

Apparently with Edit (•••) Photos saves a TIF file in GC Library folder. Then if I do Save as or Save Copy as with the same name, but jpg, then Photos reloads the TIF file, and I get no chance to choose a different replacement file. Same in Lightroom.

Does your "Replace" option only occur with Luminar? or have I missed a button somewhere?

léonie wrote: … I am currently using the command "Replace with Image from Disk" in External Editors

Where is this command-- I haven't seen it! Is this in Luminar Neo, or in Photos?