Ctrl/Cmd-U Actions

I just today looked into this shortcut. It has advantages, at least for a look-see, but it also has a problem.
When choosing multiple images to open in ACR, "Select All and Synchronize", the process does not synchronize when selecting the shortcut. Each image is corrected on it's own, and all the slider values from Exposure to Contrast go blank. Checking the settings of each image separately shows that they are not equally set, as now all the slider values are visible.
There is a workaround for this by simply picking the frame best suited first, hitting "Select All", then "Synchronize" again, and now all the values are the same, and the info in the sliders are shown.
I suspect this is a bug, because I can tell you that if the set of images to be corrected are part of a stitch, it will be strange. You may as well have the camera on auto when running the set in the field, then not even use ACR before the stitch.
Now, when the individual images are not intended for stitch, as perhaps in a series of wedding photos, that individual setting for each frame might be of value, but not being informed of the auto function applying different settings when in Synchronize is not any sort of advantage from my POV.

Since the weather is so bad and a problem with Win7 yielded to a solution faster than expected, I decided to amuse myself by messing more with all the sliders in ACR.
For my defaults, all the sliders are set at the basic defaults existing when I first opened ACR, except that I set the Clarity to 10. Camera Calibration is set at camera Standard, all the rest of the control panels are at neutral or 0.
So I ran some images using Auto or Ctrl-U as a starting point. Without exception, the Brightness and Contrast were the most commonly moved sliders. Seems I simply cannot get it right in the camera. (What a dufus! )
One particular image grabbed my attention as virtually all the sliders had moved. I hated the result, so I proceeded from that point to readjust to my taste. A few minutes later, I was reasonably satisfied. All the sliders were at some point other than default and other than Auto. One would expect that. So I unchecked Preview. Whut? No change! Try again.Yep the tiniest of change was noted. So watching the Histogram, I set the system back to Camera RAW defaults, and sure enough the barest shift in the histogram was noticed, mostly a shape change in the blue channel, and the image looks the same as the adjusted image.
The point I am trying to make is that the sliders, when set by eye for best results, were way off the defaults yet the image and histogram matched. So, why all the sliders? I recall that a person asked why as well since the Exposure slider and the Brightness apparently do the same thing. The current writer for the ACR manual said they actually were different yet it seems that I can neutralize the Exposure slider with Brightness, and visa versa.
FAPP, other than test, I never touch the Brightness slider, sometimes the contrast slider. I can always get very close with the rest available. The Black slider is offensive past about 9 or so as the image saturates to the extent that I have to resort to the Sat and Vibrance controls to balance it out. If Luminosity was a choice for blending in ACR, I would definitely use it to kill off the excessive color shift just to get a good black. So I reserve this for PS where I do have this control.
Anyway, this is one person's perspective on ACR, which is a wonderful app so far as I am concerned.
If I had my druthers, here are a few changes to be made:
Introduce Blending Mode
Provide History (important when using the Adjustment Brush)
Be consistent with how functions operate, and allow the departures from expected to be the exception, not the rule (Auto in multiple image correction)
Fix the Adjustment Brush so that the size change key works all the time (Same for several brush modes in PS, like The Burn, Dodge and Sponge tool)
Ok I can hear it now. "That's not a bug, it's a feature!"

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