ACR 9.0 Menu

I can't open any of the toolbar menus in ACR. Bridge and PS are up to date (Using CC).
Anyone?

A lot more information about your hardware and software is needed.
BOILERPLATE TEXT:
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CC", but something like CC2014.v.2.2) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
a screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too,
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster, who is not a Windows user).
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

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After my 5D2 custom profiles were in place I noticed that the image preview in Bridge CS3 was "bad." The Bridge preview is very blurry and does not update when changes are made to the DNG file via ACR. For example, if I change exposure in ACR and click "Done" or "Open in Photoshop, the change is saved OK in the DNG file but the Bridge preview remains the original blurry image.
Took a long time to figure this out because I did not immediately associate the problem with the creation of custom profiles. Older 5D2 DNG files previewed OK in Bridge, as did DNG files from my other cameras. I even re-converted some old camera raw files to DNG and they previewed OK in Bridge. There are custom profiles in place for those older cameras.
I spent a lot of time on the usual suspects - purging cache, reseting preferences. All to no avail. Then I removed all my custom profiles and deleted the index.dat file. Ran DNG converter again to make new DNG files from the 5D2 raw. Now the Bridge preview was OK. Then I restored my custom profiles and converted raw to DNG again, getting bad Bridge previews again. Yet the previous converted files would still preview OK in Bridge.
My conclusion: The DNG converter is using camera profiles during the conversion, and in the case of 5D Mark II raw files is creating an error. I'm guessing it is putting an embedded jpeg in the DNG file that somehow confuses Bridge.
I've repeated the tests many times now. I've changed the DNG Converter "jpeg preview" preference to none, medium and full. For the 5D2 files I get bad Bridge previews on all settings. But I get good Bridge previews on my Canon 20D and Canon 1Ds DNG files regardless of any settings. Regardless of the presence or absence of custom profiles, regardless of the jpeg preview size, regardless of the ACR default settings.
So I'm hoping the Adobe team can take a look at this. Or anyone willing to confirm or deny my tests. I don't have an easy way to post a DNG file, but could email one of my "bad" ones to anyone willing to take a look.

The lack of response to this post forced me to keep testing. Now I've more closely pinpointed the problem and found an easy work around. First some background.
ACR camera profiles are stored in two places. The Adobe supplied profiles are in:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles
and your custom profiles are in:
C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles
Adobe Camera Raw, and it turns out the DNG Converter, both build an Index.dat file in this last folder. Apparently this index is built by scanning both camera profile directory trees and building a list of all the profiles it finds. It then sorts that list alphabetically by the profile name that is embedded in the file, not the Windows file name.
The "Adobe Standard" profile for a camera has a file name like "Canon EOS 5D Mark II Adobe Standard.dcp", but embedded in that file is the profile name of just "Adobe Standard". That's why only "Adobe Standard" shows up in the drop down list of profiles in ACR. And that's why "Adobe Standard" appears before "Camera Faithful", which appears before "Camera Landscape". It's alphabetical order.
Now, when you create a custom profile with the DNG Profile Editor, the "Export" function puts "Canon EOS 5D Mark II" on the front of the name. If you are an idiot, like me, you type over all that with something simple like "5D2 Bouce Flash" for the profile name. But wait, "5D2 Bounce Flash" sorts alphabetically before "Adobe Standard" and appears first in the ACR drop down menu. Sounds OK so far.
But then the magic occurs. The DNG converter uses the camera profiles. It actually accesses that Index.dat file, and if it does not exist, the DNG converter will rebuild it, just like ACR. Why it does that I can't imagine. Seems to me that the DNG converter should be simply converting raw to DNG and passing the EXIF and embedded camera jpeg along as is. What need does it have for camera profiles?
Anyhow, if that 5D2 profile is first in the list due to its alpahbetical name, the resulting DNG file will confuse Bridge. Bridge will display a fuzzy preview and will never update that preview, or the thumbnail, when you make adjustments in ACR.
But if you name the 5D2 custom profile such that it sorts alphabetically after "Adobe Standard", then all is OK. The DNG files can be previewed and thumbed OK by Bridge. So I named my custom profile "My 5D2 Bounce Flash", a simple workaround.
Now I can move on to more important things. Like generating a good custom profile for the 5D2. So far the Adobe Standard profile beats anything I've generated. Especailly if I remove that curious Point Curve which can sometimes muck up the shadows.
And now that Bridge previews are "OK" I can work on the mystery of why Bridge Previews of 5D2 DNG files do not match the previews of their equivalent TIF or PSD files. If you're curious you can see samples and read more about that here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=30748423

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I've requested access to the SDK as it may help me further but thought that in the meantime, I would post my query here.
Would anyone know if (and how) it is possible to "add" a camera calibration from within the ACR pull-down menu (which typically says: "embedded", "ACR 2.4", or "ACR 3.1")?
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Hi,
I've requested access to the SDK as it may help me further but thought that in the meantime, I would post my query here.
Would anyone know if (and how) it is possible to "add" a camera calibration from within the ACR pull-down menu (which typically says: "embedded", "ACR 2.4", or "ACR 3.1")?
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I use Lightroom 4.4 to adjust/convert my camera images (Canon CR2) to TIFF 16 Bit colour files. In Elements 10 when I try to use some of the tools to adjust these 16 Bit files I get a window stating :- "Could not perform the requested action because Photoshop Elements provides only limited support for files with 16 Bit colour depth. Do you want to convert the image to 8 Bit colour depth." When I convert I can use all the tools. This is similar to Corel P.S.P. X3 - but in Corel P.S.P. X3 when you have finished adjusting the image and just before you save it - there is a tool that allows you to convert the image back to 16 Bit colour depth. Question:- Is there any way you can convert files back to 16 Bit colour depth in Elements 10 before saving.

[email protected] wrote:
... This is similar to Corel P.S.P. X3 - but in Corel P.S.P. X3 when you have finished adjusting the image and just before you save it - there is a tool that allows you to convert the image back to 16 Bit colour depth. Question:- Is there any way you can convert files back to 16 Bit colour depth in Elements 10 before saving.
Converting back to 16 bits gives no advantage, as Barbara said. You don't bring back the information again. It has been said that if you want to apply heavy edits afterwards, starting with 16 bits should 'theoretically' yield better results... I have tried to show a difference, but I have been unable to provide conclusive practical examples, even with drastic edits.
Note that it is easy to convert an 8 bits jpeg or tiff to 16 bits in Elements via the ACR raw conversion module. Open your 8 bits file in ACR, set the menu to 16 bits (in the middle of the bottom bar) and click 'open' to get it in the editor. From there you can edit in 16 bits and save as tiff or psd if you want.
To open a jpeg or tiff in ACR , use the menu 'open as' and select the 3rd option 'raw...'

Smart Object Sampling Technique.

Hope I named this topic aptly. I'm pretty new to the whole up/downsampling technique thing. In years of web design, I just never had any real need of it.
However, I ran into the following scenario:
We have a big PS file full of pixel art & photographs, some of both are smart objects. We'd like to resize a bunch of them, but need bicubic for some, nearest-neighbor for others.
Is there any way to set sampling techniques for each smart object?
(If not, where does one post feature requests? ;D)
Cheers!

First you need to know th all smart objects are not created equal. An embedded smart object is a copy of something "Photoshop" can be just about anything Photoshop supports. A Raw with Raw settings, A PSD file, A Layer, A layer set etc. Smart Objects can resized two ways.
The first way is the re adjust the transform associated with the Smart Object Layer (Ctrl/Command+T). Transform I believe uses your user id Photoshop preference for interpolation. When a smart object is resized this way Photoshop first renders the pixels for the smart object the resize those pixels like a raster layer using your default interpolation method. Even if the embedded smart object is a vector or text graphic. I guess you could set your Photoshop preference interpolation before doing each transform.
The second way to resize a smart object is by editing it in Photoshop and use Photoshop Tools. You do this be double clicking on the smart object icon in the smart object layer in the layers palette. When you do this Photoshop or ACR will open the embedded smart object in Photoshop as a temp work document in ACR the raw file with its current ACR settings applied. Use the tools approbate to resize. For example if the embedded smart object was a PSD file use menu Image>Image Size. Check resample the size and interpolation. Text and Vector layers will be resized using vector graphics or change font size raster layers will be resized using the method you set. When you commit the resize In ACR or use menu File>Save in Photoshop the embedded object in the smart object layer doubled clicked on will be update with the changes you made.

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Clearly from what I am reading online, there are all sorts of horrors resulting from this latest ACR upgrade.
Mine is that the option to open a file in ACR has disappeared from the right click menu in Bridge.
Raw Nef's still open in ACR by default, but I cannot open any other file type in ACR
Is there a way to uninstall ACR 8.4 and reinstall an older version?

There's a fix coming.... don't reinstall CS6 yet, although that would be hours of fun
I just received a replacement file to test for the camera raw plugin. This fixed the problem on my installation of CS6 that had updated to 8.4 and was not able to launch Camera Raw from Bridge, and also Bridge was not able to view or alter any Metadata.
There was no need to reinstall PS, just a direct replacement of the file. I don't know how Adobe will be supplying the fix, but as of now, I would not recommend updating to Camera Raw / DNG 8.4 if you are using CS6 until the new file is available.
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Thank you.

3js@adobe wrote:
Nothing like you said on the menu bar.
Right you are using CS6. Sorry.

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If you installed ACR it in the right place, and are targeting the kind of file that ACR can handle, it should be there.
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I am currently running the trial of CS4 to see if its worthy of my hard earned cash. I normally run CS3 and an old version of ACR (4.4.1) specifically for the reason that I can mass process a group of images by using the Custom Settings option in the flyout menu. (Select a file, adjust it, export it, select another or 10 from the same group, hit Custom Settings, and viola, all now have the same adjustments)
Every ACR 'update' since that one took this option away from me.
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here's some essential reading for you [CLICK HERE] .
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phfx wrote:
Is there a way to update this menu with custom crop ratios?
Nope, the listed ratios are hard coded and can't be changed or altered. You have a single "custom" ration you can set, but that's it.

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Camera Raw 7.1 puts columnar color artifacts like this into images, for example:
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Hi Jeff,
You're absolutely right, it should show as 4.6, and it does. My error. The initial inquiry should have read, 4.6.0.30 (and yes, that was the last version for PS 10.0.1).
However, you have helped me solve my problem. I changed the ACR Preferences to, "Apply sharpening: to all images" instead of "Apply sharpening: Preview images only". I'm not sure exactly what that means, but it must have been the default each time I reloaded 4.6. Or perhaps I changed that without remembering, preventing the developed ACR version being applied to the psd.
I have no idea why Bridge Prefs crash as soon as I select them in the menu. Camera Raw Prefs accessed from Bridge don't crash when selected. I'll try to figure that out separately.
Thanks very much for your assistance.

How can I transfer my camera photos in PSE9 or ACR like in PSE8 ?

When I had PSE8 when I loaded my camera into the computer Bridge would open up and then If RAW, when I opened the file ACR would open.
If Jpeg then it would go right to PSE8.
With the RAW file a double click would open PSE8.
Now with PSE 9, bridge is gone and I cannot figure a way to load my camera into PSE.
I now have to use my Nikon transfer into Nikon View NX2.
Two Problems :
(1) I cannot find a way to have PSE 9 load from View NX2, I have to drag and drop onto my desktop and then drag and drop into PSE 9.
(2)
If I make any changes in NX2, the drag and drop into PSE 9 does not have the changes the Original RAW file (negative) opens in PSE 9.
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I want a program that can edit RAW and transfer the adjusted RAW file and Jpeg into PSE if I need further corrections without a lot of hassle.
I am a MAC user and Aperture is on sale for $80.00
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I just received the following from the Apple Aperture Forum :
Exporting Images to an External Editor
Aperture provides an easy way to transfer images to another application for changes and then bring the revised images back into Aperture. You can specify an application as an external editor in the Export pane of the Preferences window. For example, if your image editing sometimes requires one or more of the specialized tools available in Adobe Photoshop, you can select Photoshop as your external editor. You can then select an image and choose Photos > Edit With > [application name]. Aperture makes a new master and version of your image and opens it in Adobe Photoshop. After you make your changes and save the image, the revised version automatically reappears in Aperture. The external editor doesn’t change the original master.
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This is the file format Aperture uses when opening files in external editors.
Tip: It’s a good idea to choose the 16-bit option for the External Editor file format because the larger bit depth provides an exponentially higher number of colors each pixel can express, and the higher bit depth option helps reduce color clipping and banding.
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Select an item in the Browser.
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The saved file is automatically updated in Aperture.
I have asked the question about 16 bit.
I tried to use PSE 9 with 16 bit from some scanned slides that were 16 bit and certain adjustments were not allowed like the brushes.
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I have a raw file opened up in photoshop, duplicated it, made them smart objects, when I click the smart object icon on the file, i get another copy of the file in photoshop, the file doesn't open up in acr, is there a setting i'm missing?
Message was edited by: Rodwf

If you dupe that smart object layer you still have one smart object change one the other also changes. If you want two smart object for the save image so you cab have two versions of raw conversions you need to use menu Layers>smart Object>New smart object via copy..

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