After studying ACR completely ...

After studying ACR completely, there are some points I could not solve the mystery about them  ... so need your helps.
My platform is Windows 7 64-bit ...
1. "Apply auto tone adjustments" option in the preference dialog is not same with the "auto" option on the basic tab. When I check "Apply auto tone adjustments" option, "auto" button on the basic tab is always active and I always get slightly different results when I click it.
2. There is "ignore sidecar .xmp files" in the DNG file handling section on the preferences dialog. From the Photoshop forum, I learnt that it may be used with the read-only DNG files for writing xmp metadata to the sidecar .xmp file if this option is unchecked. But, this usage is not so relevant what the name of option says ... and there are some different explanations in the Photoshop CS6 Reference. Is there any other usage for this option ... like the information mentioned in the official reference document?
3. In the settings panel, there is an option called "clear imported settings". What is the function of it? Indeed, I have never seen it as active.
4. And lastly, as I mentioned in another topic, it seems to me that the saturation sliders on the camera calibration tab need more testing ... in Lightroom, I even get more unnatural results.

#1: As far as I know, Apply Auto from prefs does an auto adjustment as the image is is rendered when making the initial "default" rendering for Bridge. Once the full raw image is loaded, if the full raw data results in a slightly different Auto analysis, the Auto button will be enabled and the Auto is run on the full raw data and you'll get a similar but different result. I've seen images that come in with the Auto prefs enabled where the Auto button is dimmed meaning the initial and full res analysis is the same.
#2: If a native raw and a DNG of that raw file are in the same folder, ACR will use the .xmp sidecar file as the image settings–even if there are xmp settings in the DNG. Setting the prefs to ignore side car files means there will be no conflict.
#3: primarily used when some other application has made image settings to the raw image. Principally useful for clearing settings from raw files touched by ACR hosted in Elements (as far as I know) because Elements ACR only has a small subset of all potential ACR settings.
#4: The Camera Calibration settings are designed for adjusting the sensor calibration for sensors whose color rendering differs from the sample tested by Adobe. The calibration sliders are actually depreciated now because they predate DNG profiles. Thomas was ready to rip them out (back when DNG profiles went in-ACR 4.6/5.0) but was persuaded to keep them for creative purposes by Martin Evening (and me) because they could be used for color FX like cross-processing. There is very little likelihood there will be any changes forthcoming because, well, DNG profiles offer superior color calibration rather than manual slider adjustment. So, I suspect you'll just have to learn to live with what is there now-unless you have some evidence that DNG profiles don't provide a superior calibration.

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