Camera RAW editing process

So just a few questions here, I have a process where I go through my RAW D800 photos and do general touch-ups in camera, but have been wanting to do skin touch-ups in photoshop. My problem lies in the photo sizes (45mb per RAW photo to begin with). Is there any sort of way to make a workflow that would allow me to retain the raw photos and seperate photoshop files in a convenient manner?
I'm simply looking to avoid having 2GB folder for just a few images, and wondering if there's maybe some appropriate file formats for that.
Thanks
Mike

I don't know what your specific needs for editing are, but if you could do your various touch-ups entirely in Camera Raw, the edits are stored as metadata (meaning a whole separate file need not be stored). Next time you open the file in Camera Raw it applies the metadata.
I store very few of my edited photos. I just open the raw files up again and do whatever minor additional prep is needed (e.g., sharpening) for use.
A product I don't use, but which is somewhat suited to this strategy is Adobe Lightroom. You might want to look into that.
By the way, this is the day and age of terabytes... A really, really big disk drive doesn't cost a whole lot any more. Even if you DO generate gigabytes of data you could, for example, store 1000 sessions that generate 3 GB of data on a 3 TB Western Digital MyBook external drive. Such drives cost a little over a hundred bucks. Or you could burn DVDs.
-Noel

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What version of PSE and which camera? Normally, if you try to open a raw file into the editor, the camera raw window should pop up automatically.

Camera Raw Edits Not used in Batch

Hey Everyone,
I hope that someone can help me. I made alot of edits to about 100 images in Camera Raw ( ie (de)saturation, exposure adjustments, color adjustments,etc).
I wanted to finish up the images ( sharpening, saving) with an action that i created in Photoshop CS6.
However, when i run the action in photoshop, none of the adjustments that I made in camera raw are visible. In other words, the saved images that were output of photoshop batch were essentially the images right out of the camera. What am I doing wrong?
I appreciate your help in advance.
-Andre

The Action is very simple and does not make much sense to me. The open step is not expanded so I can only guess that its and interactive open step inserted into the action using insert menu item and you selected file>open. Other Since your original question is about RAW files I assume your opening a RAW file that has ACR settings previously set. So ACR should open the RAW file you select with its previously set ACR settings. If this is and interactive ACR step you can use Open as Object or Open Image. Since later on in the action I see select layer "Background" you must be using open image for open object would create a smart object layer not a background layer. You action then dupe the background layer and sharpens the duped layer select the background flattens and save as jpeg. The result would be the same without the dupe and flatten. These are needless steps.
I also don't fully understand your original title "Camera Raw Edits Not used in Batch". Batch actions would normally not have and open step. Photoshop Automate Batch or a Photoshop script like the Image Processor would normally process open document or open files select in the bridge or pointed to in the batch process dialog. If the action has an open step the Batch Dialog has an option that can be used to override open steps. You did not show your bath dialog setting. I have never user that option and don't know exactly that option works. Particularly in this case where you failed to expand the open step. If it is and Open As Camera RAW all image files in the source location will be open through ACR however JPEG and Tiff files may not have ACR settings and other image file formats other the raw may cause errors. I do not know how the open step was recorded or how a open as camera raw steps are overridden. I'm sure Open recent and open file would open raw file through ACR and other image files formats would be open Photoshop where JPEG and Tiff file may be set to open through ACR. Do all image file in you source image location have ACR setting and the file type set to be open via ACR?

Re: Batch function / Preserving Camera Raw edits

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Windows 7 Pro sp1 64-bit
Hi folks - My problem is Photoshop's Batch (via Bridge), nor Image Processor nor a Droplet will preserve my Camera Raw edits. It's as if the .XMP files don't exist, though I store them in the same directory as the .CR2 files.
Here's my workflow:
Copy images via Bridge to a new directory on HDD (.cr2 files)
Make selects, label, move / delete rejects
Run Global Camera Raw edits
Run any Local Camera Raw edits
Convert .cr2 to .psd
The easiest way to convert a bunch of files is to run a Batch command (or Image Processor or a Droplet) but every time I've tried all the Camera Raw edits disappear. I've read the other posts about this issue but the most recent was a year ago and there was no solution in the thread. Maybe someone has figured it out and can help me.
Consulting Adobe's Help page...
(underlining is mine)
"Here are some tips for automating the processing of camera raw image files:
When you record an action, first select Image Settings from the Camera Raw Settings menu in the Camera Raw dialog box. In this way, the settings particular to each image (from the Camera Raw database or sidecar XMP files) are used to play back the action.
If you plan to use the action with the Batch command, you may want to use the Save As command and choose the file format when saving the camera raw image.
When you use an action to open a camera raw file, the Camera Raw dialog box reflects the settings that were in effect when the action was recorded. You may want to create different actions for opening camera raw image files with different settings."
from http://help.adobe.com/en_US/creativesuite/cs/using/WS91C1E0BD-9600-42b2-8EBE-1E012ED61058. html#WS43B6DFCC-DBBE-4a9a-A985-7871DF914288
I don't understand how both underlined sections can be true. If the first bullet point is correct there'd be no problem, unless I'm misreading it. It says quite clearly the edits will be honored provided you choose "Image Settings" from the (teeny-tiny) drop-down menu. When I do that the resulting action (as seen in the steps) is always recorded as if I chose "Custom Settings." But that should work too; either way, "Image Settings" or "Custom Settings," I'm telling the script to read the .XMP files, which are in the same directory as the raw files.
But then the 3rd bullet point suggests we create different actions for every Camera Raw edit. I can't believe that's the case - a different action for every edit? That would kinda kill the idea of automation wouldn't it? Well hopefully it's my fault - user error - and someone can set me straight.
Any thoughts you can share will be greatly appreciated... Thanks!

You have a fair point about the help document, both lines are very contradicting. And indeed, it is kind of ridicule to create an action for each different setting, not helpful for speeding up workflows at all...
Personally I almost never use the Image Processor but it has a setting to 'open first image to apply settings'. When you select this option the first image opens the ACR window and you only have to hit enter or 'open image' this one time to let the processor do its work automatically on the next files to get the results showing the correct settings made in ACR.
The easiest way to convert a bunch of files is to run a Batch command (or Image Processor or a Droplet) but every time I've tried all the Camera Raw edits disappear. I've read the other posts about this issue but the most recent was a year ago and there was no solution in the thread. Maybe someone has figured it out and can help me.
No, not for me. The easiest way for converting my DNG with settings to a PSD (but also as Tiff and jpeg) is to use the save image button bottom left in the ACR window ( ACR CC has a lot of extra options and ability to create presets with amount of pixels, color profile and bit depth). You can select multiple files in Bridge to open in ACR filmstrip mode and cycle through them with tab, shift and arrow keys to apply settings very quickly. When satisfied with the result select all files in the ACR filmstrip and use the save image button to have them all saved as PSD in one go
I also have a lot of custom created actions and never have been able to create an action for open Raw files (in my case DNG) bypassing the ACR window and have the settings applied. My solutions for this is to use the save as command in ACR and save them as PSD to a dedicated folder. Then I have no problem to run the action in PS itself. Or a droplet for that matter.

"camera raw editing is not enabled"

MAC OSX 10.6.2
PS CS4
Adobe Bridge CS4
I have a problem with camera raw: "camera raw editing is not enabled" pops up when i right-click on a picture, in adobe bridge, and I try to open with camera raw :-(((
Could you help me please? i tried many of the solutions on the forum (some of them I did not understand so I did not do it), but they didn't work...

hello,
i have completed all the steps, and it still does not work, here is what i
get when I right click on a picture to open in camera raw (attached pic)
Hélène.
2010/2/3 Omke Oudeman <[email protected]>
Could you check inBridge Preferences under start up scripts if you have at
least checkmarks in front of Adobe Bridge and Photoshop:
>
You should have only ACR plug in isntalled on your system, could you check
if it is in the right place"
>
Here is a copy of the ACR plug in instructions:
>
Mac:
1. Exit Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open the download file and double-click CameraProfiles.dmg and follow
the
on-screen
instructions.
3. Open the Finder.
4. Navigate to the root of the local disk (not the user¹s home folder).
5. Navigate to Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS4/File Formats.
6. Move the existing plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder
on your desktop). Ensure
you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
7. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw, from the download into the same
folder as in Step 5.
8. Launch Photoshop CS4 or Adobe Bridge.
>
>
>
Ok, I just did it, and it is still the same problem.
thanks
Hélène.
>
>

When I choose camera raw in bridge I get a Camera Raw editing is not available!

Hi
When I choose camera raw with the circular icon in the top right hand corner of the bridge CS6 layout I get a warning saying 'Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camerea Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature.' I have tried launching bridge in all the other Adobe products,uninstalling all trial versions from my computer and reinstalling all adobe cloud products, but still this warning comes up and I can't open jpeg and till images with Camera Raw as I did with CC5. Help please!!

I see that this issue was posted in the Bridge forum here http://forums.adobe.com/message/4790707#4790707.

Camera Raw editing is not enabled - ACR5.4 Vista 64bit

When I use Bridge, and right click and select to open a raw file in Camera Raw, I get this message:
"Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature".
There is no problem in Bridge when opening a raw file in Camera Raw when just Open With (PS) or double-clicking
I have seen many have the same problem, and I have tried most of the hints found in forums, but no luck.
I running Windows Vista 64bit. Installed and activated Photoshop CS4 in the standard directories and installed ACR 5.4 manually as described by Adobe by copy the plugin files to folders:
Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats\
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats\
There are no other files in this 2 directories.
I have tried purging cache, and have closed both Brigde and Photoshop and startet Bridge from Photoshop by using -file, -browse in Bridge. And still the same problem.
There are no errors in the files alm.log and amt.log in %temp% directory.
Thanks for any help

I have just upgraded to Win 7 64bit and have had a similar problem with getting "Camera Raw editing is not enabled" in Bridge
I had installed CS4 as a trial whilst I tested that my install of Win 7 was OK
When I activated CS4 I was using CS4 64 bit and never got the "I have deactivated the software from another machine" question
I tried lost of things to get Camera Raw editing in Bridge and all failed.
When I tried CS4 32 bit it wanted to activate the software - it asked the "I have deactivated the software from another machine" question and then rejected the activation as two PC were using the key.
I deactivated CS4 from the 64bit side and removed the key
Then I activated using CS4 32bit - all seems OK now
Hope this works for you

Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature - Can someone help me I'm on a Macbook Pro 2013 with CS6?

I get this error message when I try to use Camera Raw in Bridge - all my other adobe products work fine. "Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature" I have a 2013 Macbook Pro - I have also updated all the know adobe updates online.

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When I highlight photo's in bridge and then click open in camera raw this message comes up... Camera Raw Editing Is not enabled...Camera raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature. I have used cam

When I highlight photo's in bridge and then click open in camera raw this message comes up... Camera Raw Editing Is not enabled...Camera raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature. I have used camera raw a different way but it won't seem to work with bridge.

Have you opened Photoshop or any other Adobe app that Bridge works with? You need to do this if you've upgraded PS or just signed up for CC.

Camera Raw edits are permanent in layered file, therefore "destructive"

I use scanned 35mm TIFF files and DNG digital files, converted from Nikon NEF files. I edit in Photoshop CS3. I use adjustment layers in Photoshop to retain the ability to revise as needed (the "nondestructive" route). To date I have used Camera Raw sparingly due to the fact that I cannot effectively change those edits once the file is converted to a layered PSD file. I say "effectively" because I guess it would be possible to reconstruct the file by editing the original DNG file containing the Camera Raw edits and add the layers added in Photoshop (some of the layers would probably not transfer effectively, e.g. spotting layers). However I do not think that that is a viable procedure.
Much is made of the nondestructive nature of Camera Raw edits. However, this appears to me to be illusory since one cannot open the layered file in Camera Raw. Among other books I have read the Fraser/Schewe books on Camera Raw and sharpening. The advice contained in those books are, in part, directly contradictory, i.e. they advise (1) to make all possible edits in Camera Raw since the edits are "nondestructive" and essential to obtaining the best quality file; and (2) always doing sharpening, except for any capture sharpening done in Camera Raw, on a sharpening layer. Well, one cannot accomplish both of these objectives. Once the file is converted to the layered PSD file say goodbye to the opportunity to change the Camera Raw edits.
So my questions are: 1. Have I missed something? Am I wrong about the inability to change the Camera Raw edits after the file is made into a layered PSD? If there is an effective way to do this, how do I do it? 2. What is your workflow for preserving the ability to undo your edits and how do you balance the workflow between Camera Raw and Photoshop? I find it a bit frustrating that the experts write these books, advocating the glory of nondestructive edits but fail to even comment on the fact that that ability disappears the moment a layer is added in Photoshop (an editing step they also insist is absolutely essential).
I will appreciate any assistance you are able to offer.

Please read carefully:
1. NOTHING is "destructive" if you do not save over your original file.
2. Bearing in mind #1 above, there is no evil in developing input data into an image in which pixel values are set per the controls in Camera Raw. That's what Camera Raw does best!
Learning from others is great, but keep in mind sometimes people have an agenda in what they teach and "rules of thumb" like "avoid destructive edits like the plague" are developed to start you off in the right direction. I'm just saying use your common sense as well.
-Noel

Camera Raw editing not enabled

I had to do a system restore only to find on return that
I get a message saying "Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw
editing requires that a qualiftyjing product has been launched at least once to enable this
feature"
I can open and work on my ORF's via the mini bridge but not the big one, very frustrating. Can anyone help please without me having to reinstall the whole of CS5?
Thank you in advance,
RonB

Hi Curt,
I did the uninstall, run the adobe script cleaner and re-install the whole CS5 suite. I even uninstalled all my other adobe software such as the flash player and the acrobat reader to make sure that there are no other parent application to run but I still get the same error message.
I can also send to you the log of the adobe cleaner if needed. I encountered an error when I run it first but I followed the instructions to manually delete the folder in the path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe/OOBE
Then after I deleted the folder I rerun the cleaner and found no other items related to the CS5 suite.
After that, I re-installed the C5 suite, updated it to the current ones you have in the website. Then I restarted my computer. Then I opened PS first and from there I opened Bridge. When I try to open an image directly to camera raw from Bridge or copy the settings of an image it still gave the errir message indicated above.
I'm sure I am not the only one encountering this problem thus it would really help a lot if we can find a resolution to this issue since the CS5 suite is really a good application, a cut above the rest, except for thisparticular issue.
Thank you very much for your continued assistance.
Regards,
Kio

Camera Raw editing no enabled

I am trying to open an image in camera raw and keep getting an error message that reads "Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing required that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature."
HELP!!

HI Michelle,
I have the same issue. I have CS 4 Extended and have Camera Raw 5.7 installed. I tried all options suggested by various forums.
Tried this KB article http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407945.html as well. No luck.
I am using OSX 10.6.8 and have CS4 Extended Suite.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 11.0.2 (11.0.2x20100519 [20100519.r.592 2010/05/19:02:00:00 cutoff; r branch])
Operating System: Mac OS 10.6.8
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks,
Rakhesh

Camera Raw editing is not enabled.Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been lau

Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature.This appears when the open in camera raw disc is clicked in bridge. any solutions??

Hi,
Open Adobe Photoshop first. Open a Camera Raw file in Photoshop.
Then open Bridge from within Photoshop from File> Browse in Bridge.
Then try to open Raw files in Bridge. That should work.
We need to launch the parent product of Bridge first ( in this case Photoshop). Then we need to open the images in Bridge and it should work normally.
Thank you,
Dipanjan Das

"Camera Raw Not Enabled" Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature.

I upgraded my computer yesterday to a Mac Mini 2014 from a Mac Mini 2011. Restored the drive from Time Machine. The message I received when trying to use Photoshop was I had to many computer enabled. The option was to disable the other two and use this one, which I did. I tried to open a JPG in ACR and got the message "Camera Raw Not Enabled" Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature". If I open a Canon RAW file Adobe Camera Raw opens normally. Stumped.
Jack

The problem cleared itself. Don't have a clue why.
Jack

Camera Raw Editing is not enabled strikes again

Hello everyone, I've always open raw files from bridge in ACR, since last evening, suddenly, while I am trying to open an image in camera raw I keep getting an error message that reads " Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing required that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature." At last I cannot open files in ACR from Bridge at all. After a search in the net I've seen that it seems to be a rather common trouble but none of the solutions I've found (I've read of all in this forum) works for me. Did someone found a final solution to it? Im going crazy traying to understand what is that qualifying product in the message.
Regards
Marco

FWIW, this has happened to me twice as a result of a nightmare computer upgrade. I had to change my motherboard and CPU several times and twice, these different combinations caused Adobe activation to become confused. I got an error about number of activations exceeded and also this error about Camera Raw editing is not enabled. How I solved it:
a) Called Adobe Support who were able to reset the number of activations, activated Creative Suite.
b) Exit all open Adobe applications and restart them, it worked.
This is a minor varation on the previous user's comment, where deactivation/activation worked. I believe that Adobe Support did the deactivation.
It would be nice if Adobe activation were smarter; I've only ever had one computer, never two and certainly never three.

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