How To Open Camera Raw

Procedure, compare, and rate multiple images

The nigh convenient way to work with multiple camera raw images is to employ the Filmstrip view in Camera Raw. Filmstrip view opens by default when you open multiple images in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge.

The Filmstrip view is non available when importing multiple images into After Furnishings.

Images tin have three states in the Filmstrip pane: deselected, selected (but not active), and active (as well selected). In general, adjustments are applied to all selected images.

Yous tin can besides synchronize settings to apply settings from the active image to all selected images. You lot can speedily apply a set of adjustments to an entire set of images—such as all shots taken under the same conditions—and and so fine-tune the individual shots later on, after you've determined which you'll use for your final output. You can synchronize both global and local adjustment settings.

To select an image, click its thumbnail. To select a range of images, Shift-click 2 thumbnails. To add an image to a selection, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac Os) its thumbnail.
To change which image is active without irresolute which images are selected, click a navigation arrow at the lesser of the preview pane.
To apply settings from the active image to all selected images, click the Synchronize button at the top of the Filmstrip pane and choose which settings to synchronize.
To employ a star rating, click a rating nether the image thumbnail.
To mark selected images for deletion, click Mark For Deletion.
A carmine X appears in the thumbnail of an image marked for deletion. The file is sent to the Recycle Bin (Windows) or Trash (Mac Os) when you close the Photographic camera Raw dialog box. (If you decide to keep an image you marked for deletion, select it in the Filmstrip pane and click Mark For Deletion again, before you shut the Camera Raw dialog box.)

For a tutorial on synchronizing edits across multiple Camera Raw photos, meet Synchronizing edits in Adobe Camera Raw pastDan Moughamian.

Automate image processing

Yous can create an action to automate the processing of prototype files with Camera Raw. Y'all can automate the editing process, and the process of saving the files in formats such as PSD, DNG, JPEG, Big Document Format (PSB), TIFF, and PDF. In Photoshop, yous can besides use the Batch control, the Image Processor, or the Create Droplet command to process one or more image files. The Epitome Processoris peculiarly useful for saving epitome files in different file formats during the aforementioned processing session.

Here are some tips for automating the processing of camera raw image files:

When you record an activeness, first select Image Settings from the Camera Raw Settings menu in the Photographic camera Raw dialog box. In this style, the settings particular to each paradigm (from the Camera Raw database or sidecar XMP files) are used to play dorsum the action.
If you program to apply the action with the Batch command, yous may want to use the Salvage As command and cull the file format when saving the camera raw image.
When yous employ an action to open a photographic camera raw file, the Camera Raw dialog box reflects the settings that were in upshot when the activeness was recorded. You may want to create dissimilar deportment for opening camera raw image files with unlike settings.
When using the Batch command, select Override Action "Open" Commands. Any Open up commands in the action will then operate on the batched files rather than the files specified past proper noun in the action.Deselect Override Activeness "Open up" Commands but if you lot want the action to operate on open files or if the activity uses the Open up command to retrieve needed data.
When using the Batch control, select Suppress File Open Options Dialogs to foreclose the display of the Photographic camera Raw dialog box as each camera raw image is processed.
When using the Batch command, select Override Action "Save As" Commands if you desire to utilize the Save As instructions from the Batch control instead of the Salve As instructions in the action. If you select this option, the activity must contain a Save As command, because the Batch control does not automatically save the source files. Deselect Override Action "Save As" Commands to save the files candy by the Batch command in the location specified in the Batch dialog box.
When creating a droplet, select Suppress File Open Options Dialogs in the Play expanse of the Create Droplet dialog box. This prevents the display of the Photographic camera Raw dialog box as each photographic camera raw image is processed.

To process raw images in Camera Raw, select one or more camera raw files in Adobe Span, and and so choose File > Open In Photographic camera Raw or press Ctrl+R (Windows) or Control+R (Mac OS). When you finish making adjustments in the Camera Raw dialog box, click Done to accept changes and close the dialog box. You tin can besides click Open Image to open a copy of the adjusted image in Photoshop.
To process JPEG or TIFF images in Camera Raw, select ane or more JPEG or TIFF files in Adobe Bridge, and then choose File > Open In Camera Raw or printing Ctrl+R (Windows) or Command+R (Mac Os). When you finish making adjustments in the Camera Raw dialog box, click Done to accept changes and close the dialog box. Yous tin specify whether JPEG or TIFF images with Camera Raw settings are automatically opened in Photographic camera Raw in the JPEG and TIFF Handling section of the Camera Raw preferences.
To import photographic camera raw images in Photoshop, select one or more photographic camera raw files in Adobe Bridge, and and so cull File > Open With > Adobe Photoshop CS5. (You tin also cull the File > Open control in Photoshop, and browse to select camera raw files.) When yous finish making adjustments in the Camera Raw dialog box, click Open Image to take changes and open the adjusted prototype in Photoshop. Printing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac Os) to open up a re-create of the adjusted paradigm and not salve the adjustments to the original epitome's metadata. Press Shift while clicking Open Epitome to open the prototype as a Smart Object in Photoshop. At any fourth dimension, you tin can double-click the Smart Object layer that contains the raw file to adjust the Camera Raw settings.
Tip: Shift-double-click a thumbnail in Adobe Bridge to open up a camera raw paradigm in Photoshop without opening the Photographic camera Raw dialog box. Concur down Shift while choosing File > Open up to open multiple selected images.
To import photographic camera raw images in Afterwards Effects using Adobe Bridge, select one or more camera raw files in Adobe Span, and so cull File > Open With > Adobe Afterward Furnishings CS5. (You tin can besides choose a File > Import command in Later on Furnishings and browse to select camera raw files.) When yous finish making adjustments in the Camera Raw dialog box, click OK to have changes.
To import TIFF and JPEG files into After Effects using Camera Raw, cull the File > Import command in After Effects, and then cull All Files from the Enable carte du jour (Mac OS) or Files Of Type bill of fare (Windows) in the After Effects Import File dialog box. Select the file to import, choose Camera Raw from the Format menu, and click Open up.
To import Camera Raw images into Later on Effects as a sequence, choose File > Import in Later Effects. Select the images, select the Camera Raw Sequence option, and click Open. Camera Raw settings applied to the first camera raw file upon import are applied to the remaining files in the sequence unless an XMP sidecar file is nowadays for any subsequent file in the sequence. In that example, the settings in the XMP file or in the DNG file are applied to that specific frame in the sequence. All other frames use the settings that the first file in the sequence specifies.

Save a camera raw image in some other format

You tin save camera raw files from the Camera Raw dialog box in PSD, TIFF, JPEG, or DNG format.

When you use the Save Prototype command in the Camera Raw dialog box, files are placed in a queue to exist processed and saved. This is useful if you are processing several files in the Camera Raw dialog box and saving them in the same format.