Preferences in ACR

How to set output to ProPhoto RGB and 16 bit Tiff when converting RAW files in ACR? Using PS6.

Click on the Workflow Options "button" that actually looks like a faint blue link right under the ACR preview.  That wil take you to the actual Workflow Options dialog box:

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    Where are the preferences for Adobe Camera Raw located on Mac OSX 10.5 CS3 ACR 4.5?
    I want to trash them...

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    You can also just hold down the option/alt key when bringing up the preferences dialog from the Bridge menu to reset all the preferences.

  • Purge, Resize or change ACR cache in Elements

    " 1. In Adobe Bridge, choose Edit > Camera Raw Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Camera Raw Preferences (Mac OS), or, with the Camera Raw dialog box open, click the Open Preferences Dialog button .
    2. Do any of the following:
    To change the cache size, enter a Maximum Size value.
    To purge the camera raw cache, click the Purge Cache button.
    To change the location of the camera raw cache, click Select Location."
    This is from the help for CS3.
    When I open the preferences for ACR in PSE6 there is no button to Purge the Cache, resize the cache or change its location.
    How can I make any of these changes for ACR in PSE6?

    Thank you Thomas , however
    Why then does the ACR cache fill up when running Elements; mine is at its 1GB limit. If it is not being used should it not be empty?

  • Adobe Edit in ACR stopped working.

    Hi,
    Can anyone help ? I have been running Russell Brown's excellent 'Adobe Edit in ACR' script for some time now through version 1.1.5 and now 1.1.6 and for some reason it has now stopped working. I have made no changes to anything that I am aware of (running Photoshop CS6 Extended) but now when I attempt to run the script I get the following script error:
    General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.
    The object "current document' is not currently available"
    The script worked 100% before (both 1.1.5 and 1.1.6) - I have uninstalled and re-installed to no avail.
    When I run Adobe Edit in ACR it creates a Raw Smart Object layer and then the error message pops up - but ACR does not open. And yes - TIFF preferences within ACR have been set as per Russell's instructions.
    Anyone got any clues - I e-mailed Russell himself but guess he will be too busy to respond.
    Regards,
    Richard

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    @@@BUILDINFO@@@ Adobe ACR Editor.jsx 1.1.7
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        app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name = layerName;
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        executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "placedLayerEditContents" ), new ActionDescriptor(), DialogModes.NO );
        if(app.activeDocument.bitsPerChannel != BitsPerChannelType.SIXTEEN) app.activeDocument.bitsPerChannel  = BitsPerChannelType.SIXTEEN;
        if(app.activeDocument.mode != DocumentMode.RGB) app.activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB);
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        app.activeDocument = doc;
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        selectComponentChannel();
        mask.name = '7d358230-8855-11de-8a39-0800200c9a66_Alpha';
        var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
        var reference = new ActionReference();
        reference.putClass( charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ) );
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        desc.putString( charIDToTypeID( "Nm  " ), app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name+" restored" );
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        var recoveredBlueChannel = calculations( "Bl  " );
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        app.activeDocument = doc;
    }catch(e){};

  • How to stop CS4 opening JPEGs in Camera Raw?

    Hi guys,
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    And before anyone states the obvious yes, I have deselected "Open JPEGs in Camera Raw" under Camera Raw prefs.
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    Generally, once a JPG has been opened in ACR and has an embedded adjustment
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    and PC versions of ACR are different.
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    Disable JPEG Support instead of Automatically open JPEGs with Settings to
    make it ignore the settings in JPEG and/or TIFF files.

  • Photoshop CS3 tries to open tif and jpgs as RAW?

    While the problem looks like a PS3 issue, I believe it is somehow related to LR, so I will ask here.
    When I try to open some of my saved TIF and JPG files back into Photoshop CS3, it often brings the files into the Adobe Camera Raw converter instead of just opening them. The JPGs look terrible, with a huge color and tone shift. I can open the same file using "Open As" JPG and it opens fine directly into Photoshop. Same for opening problem files using the TIF extension.
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    M. Jackson

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    These files are older ones that have been added to the LR catalog through the Sync Folder command.
    At least now I have the workaround, but wouldn't mind changing a setting in either LR, PS, or ACR to eliminate the problem altogether.
    Any additional suggestions would be appreciated.
    M. Jackson

  • Camera Raw objects convert to "2010" if opened

    My workflow involves DNG’s that have had basic corrections and sharpening applied with Lightroom 2.x. I open these as object layers in Photoshop, giving me the flexibility to still make adjustments to Camera Raw settings if needed. With PS12 and ACR 6.x, the simple act of opening these smart layers immediately converts their “process” (under the “Camera Calibration” tab in ACR) type from LR 2.x-compatible “2003” mode to “2010 (current).”
    “Process” changes how sharpening and noise reduction behave, and is meant to provide compatibility with the “older” “2003” settings, which are still very much alive for users of PS10-11 and all LR (production, not beta) users.
    PS12/ACR6 automatically applies the “2010” process whenever the ACR dialog is accepted, whether during file open or layer open, even if you never open the tab that “process” lives in. While ACR changes the mode, it leaves sharpening and noise settings unchanged, resulting in significant over-sharpening of the raw images. I can go to this tab and manually reset the mode to “2003,” but I really shouldn’t have to.
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    That's a bug and should be fixed in the release version of ACR 6.1.

  • + Camera Raw Feature Requests +

    UPDATE:
    We're interested in what changes you would like see in our products. Do you have an idea for a feature that would help your workflow? Is there a small change that could be made to make your life a little easier? Let us know!  Share an Idea, Ask a Question or Report a Problem and get feedback from the Product Development Team and other passionate users on the Photoshop Family product Feedback Site on Photoshop.com.
    In future it would helpful if you could use this thread as a means to add
    "Features" that you would like to see in future releases of Adobe Camera Raw.
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    b If you're asking that a particular camera is supported in a future release or just taking the opportunity to carp that yours isn't then please do so in another thread!
    IanLyons
    Forum Host

    Here's my wishlist for ACR. I'll list the feature first and then in a separate section afterwards, I'll explain why I want it.
    1) Shadow/Highlights
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    3) The ability to open one image into PS and keep the rest going in ACR when you have multiple images open in ACR.
    4) The point locator feature for curves like curves has in PS so you can find out what tone area on the curve a given area in the photo is, just by clicking/dragging over an area on the photo.
    5) White balance assist to make it easier to get skin tones right when there are no good grayscale references in the photo.
    6) An ACR pref to have a suffix automatically added to each filename when it goes into PS so after editing it in PS, I can just hit Ctrl-S and not have to manually add a suffix onto every single image I edit in CS.
    7) A drag/drop bin for recently used saved settings in ACR and shortcut keys for cycling through a preview of those settings (described in more detail below).
    8) A pref to allow the Save Images folder in the Save dialog in ACR to default to the directory of the RAW files rather than the last directory used.
    9) More sophisticated sharpening in ACR (like smart sharpening).
    10) Ability to set label or rating when only one image open in ACR.
    11) Ability to delete and close when only one image open in ACR.
    12) An easier way to see how a rotated image looks. There is no way in ACR to see the straight version of an image you've rotated slightly.
    13) Shortcut keys to cycle through saved curve settings.
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    1) Shadow/Highlights. A significant percentage of my images need no other adjustments in PS except shadow/highlights and it's a big workflow savings to be able to finish a picture in ACR instead of having to take it into PS.
    2) Multi-instance and modeless. The CS2 behavior is better than it was before because you can set it up for Bridge to host ACR and still be able to use PS. But, I often open many images in ACR and the current design still forces me to serially finish all those images in ACR before I do anything else becuase I'm blocked from going back to either Bridge or PS (depending upon who's hosting ACR) and I can't open any other images in ACR. This forces a serial workflow when sometimes I'd like to be able to be in the middle of one workflow (a hundred images open in ACR), but go do something else in Bridge and PS for a short period of time. I can't do that today.
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    6) I add a suffix of "-edited" to ALL images that I open in PS from ACR. That means I have to type that suffix on every image when I hit the Save command in PS. I'd like a preference in ACR to automatically append a suffix onto the filename when it goes into PS to save me that typing on every single image. I've even tried to figure out if I could write a script in PS to do this for me (if file extension is a RAW file extension when user hits save, then add default suffix to the filename before Save dialog comes up), but I haven't figured out whether it can be done via script or not. I know that others save their PSD or JPEG files to a different directory than their RAW files (I keep all of mine in the same directory so this isn't an issue for me), so I imagine they'd like the ability to specify a default relative path also to save having to point every PSD they save in PS to a new directory.
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    8) When I hit Save Images in ACR, it remembers the previously set directory. In my workflow, I want it to default to the directory of the first image I'm saving. The way it is now, it is NEVER the right directory so I always have to change it. It could be smart enough so my normal workflow never has to change it. Even better, I'd get to set a pref that was a relative path from where the first image is located. So, when I'm saving JPEGs, I could have a default path of ./JPEG (a sub-directory under where the RAW files are located). Other people would want ../JPEG (a sub-directory at the same level as where the RAW files are stored).
    9) In the spirit of getting as much of my work done in ACR as possible, I'd like to see a unification of the sharpening functionality so that ACR can do smart sharpening with all the same features. That would again keep many of my images out of PS and drastically improve my workflow.
    10) I'd like the ability to set a label or rating when there's only one image open in ACR. Because you can do this when you have multiple images open in ACR, I'm programmed to set this in ACR, but that workflow programming is busted when I only have one image open.
    11) I'd like the ability to delete an image from ACR when there's only one image open in ACR. Just like with labels and ratings described above, I'm programmed to want to delete a ruined image when I see it up close in ACR and determine it's no good. In this case, I think I'd like to just hit the trash can icon and have the ACR window close and have the image deleted in one single step.
    12) When I straighten an image in ACR, there's no good way to see how the rotated version looks at full size. All you get to see is a thumb in ACR (if you have multiple images open) or a thumb in Bridge. To see whether it rea

  • Thumbnails not updating

    I am using Photoshop cs4 on a Windows Vista PC.  I shoot everything in RAW, import it into bridge as dng files and convert them in Adobe Camera Raw.  Normally, once I have finished making adjustments in ACR the thumbnails update but this last few days that has stopped happening.  The same goes for the previews.  I get an icon on the thumbnails to show that adjustments have been made but the thumbnails remain as they did when they were imported.  If I open the images again in ACR the adjustments are there.  I have tried purging the cache but that makes no difference.  I have forced Bridge to create new application data but that too makes no difference.  This is really annoying.
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    Well I searched under Tools - that only gives me options for Batch Rename, Device Central, Appending or changing metadata etc, purging the cache and batch processing with Photoshop.  I've also looked under Preferences but the thumbnail tab only give me options for what data I want displayed below each and an option to set a limit on the file size of an image it will handle.  Mine is set to 1000mb.  There is a Preferences in ACR and there was a check box that was not selected entitled 'Update Embedded Jpeg previews and a drop down box for 'Full size or Medium' . I have now checked this and selected full size and it does now appear to be working although my previews are smaller than they should be for these latest dng files.  All very odd really.

  • My issue started as ACR grayed out in Bridge using PS CC. No option in preference to open in Camera Raw.

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    Adobe - Photoshop : For Windows : Camera Raw 3.7 update
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    Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh : Camera Raw 3.7 update

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    The question mark should have been after "Bug", I reckon. (As in "Bug?")
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  • Cannot open ACR preferences in bridge

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    Hello, and welcome to the forum, Ludwig.
    It seems that you missed both the readme ( http://www.adobe.com/special/photoshop/camera_raw/Camera_Raw_5.3_ReadMe.pdf ), or the detailed instructions on the bottom on the very page where you downloaded the update: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4365
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  • Bug report submitted re Input Mode affected by ACR 4.2 Mac - very annoying

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    Hello All:
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    I ABSOLUTELY agree......  That's exactly, I believe, how it's SUPPOSED to work.
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