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Hello All-

 I don't understand how to go back & forth between ACR and PS with  Raw (Nef) files. From ACR (after basic edits) I open to PS as  "smart  objects" having saved the last ACR settings before so, as a "snapshop"  in ACR. This 1st snapshot is always available to the end. Once in PS I  create a new Levels adjustment layer (for color correction) then return  to ACR for further edits. After my final edits in ACR I take a snapshot.  I now hit the OK button to return to PS for any final edits and "Save  As" from there.

It doesn't matter if layers are merged or flattened before the save to  Tif from PS, but when I go back into ACR I don't have a snapshot of the  last edits I made within ACR, only the very first snapshot of the  basics.

Why can't I save my last edits from ACR as snapshots within ACR before going to PS to save?

I would like to toggle between the two programs and save the edits in  ACR  snapshots within the original Raw file, yet be able to access the  first snapshot that is the untouched raw file. I would like to do the  edits, keep them, and retain an original raw file. I don't see how to do  it going between ACR & PS.

   This was a horribly confusing question to write, I did my best to explain it. Thanks for any suggestions at all....  :cool2:

**:mrgreen:** iMac 27" - Mavericks 10.9.5;  Photoshop CS5 Extended - ACR 6.7;  FCPX 10.1.4;

Robes-