RAW exposure settings

In Aperture when I adjust exposure on a RAW image I get results akin to changing the actual exposure whilst shooting. In Photos, it is just like I am adjusting the exposure of a .jpeg. This is very disappointing, and a bit of a deal-breaker for me. Is anyone else having this issue? I see very little point in even offering RAW support if you can't properly edit exposure. Thanks.

Turn Auto Tone off in the HDR panel.

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Hi all. I'm new to the forum and the software so my apologizes if I'm in the wrong place.
When I import RAW files and change them to DNG it seems as if the exposure settings are all over the place. For instance one image might import as:
Temp =5150
Tint =-3
Exposure =0.00
Recovery =29
Fill Light =0
Blacks =3
Brightness =+52
Contrast =+33
The very next image imports as:
Temp =5050
Tint = -8
Exposure = 0.00
Recovery = 4
Fill Light = 0
Blacks = 3
Brightness = +58
Contrast = +28
Is this a product of the software or the camera (Nikon D300).
Is there a way to import everything at baseline or 0?
Thanks in advance for the tips!!!

If the original NEF raw files have already been processed in an Adobe application then these settings will be applied to the DNG on import. The only other ways that the settings can be applied on import is via a develop preset (set in Import window) or if Apply Auto Tone Adjustments has been activated in Preferences>Presets panel

LR 5.5 - Camera RAW Cache settings reset non-stop

Lightroom doesn’t remember the folder path in Camera RAW Cache Settings section in File Handling tab in Preferences window. I want to set my own folder Camera Raw Cache and its maximum size but every time Lightroom sets default path (C:/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Adobe/CameraRaw/Cache/) and also maximum size as 1GB. When I set all the parameters Camera RAW Cache and click OK or switch between the tabs in Lightroom preferences window or restart Lightroom and I return to the File Handling tab all the data is reset to default. The same happens when I want to change the parameters Camera RAW Cache from Adobe Bridge and Photoshop.
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When I use DNG file format with Embed Fast Load Data option in the folder Camera RAW Cache the “DAT” files doesn’t appear. Is it connected with the use of Embed Fast Load Data option? When I use the original NEF files from my Nikon “DAT” files appear.
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I have no trouble placing my Camera Raw cache where I want to put it. Perhaps deleting your Preferences file would help with that problem.
Yes, if you embed fast-load data in your DNGs, LR will use that instead of the CR Cache.
Hal

PS CS6 / Bridge / ACR 8.5 - Camera RAW Cache settings reset non-stop

Adobe Bridge/Photoshop doesn’t remember the folder path in Camera RAW Cache Settings in Camera RAW Preferences window. Every time when I want to set my own folder Camera Raw Cache and its maximum size, I click OK and return to Camera RAW Preferences, I see default path (C:/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Adobe/CameraRaw/Cache/) and maximum size as 1GB.
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Problem is solved!
I delete folder "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\". Then I start Lightroom and I pick my own folder in Camera Raw Cache Settings, set 20GB size and click OK. Now everything works fine. Bridge and PS also fine.

"Unable to save the raw conversion settings. There was a write permission error."

I just built a new workstation for processing photos using PS CS5. I use external drives to store my images as I find it easier for backing up as well as for when I want use my laptop for sorting, etc.. I copied over all my old "Collection" files, and of course, had to "fix" them once on the new machine. Once pointed in the right direction, the collections all fill out correctly.
When I go to process a collection though, I encounter an odd problem I can't seem to sort out. I can delete files, rename files, copy/paste to the external drives, etc.. What I can't seem to do is add Labels, Ratings, or modify RAW settings. I mean, I can use ACR to make adjustments, I just can't seem to save them.
The system just ignores label, rating commands completely. When I try to save an ACR adjustment I get this error. "Unable to save the raw conversion settings. There was a write permission error."
The files are NOT write protected. I'm set up as the owner of my workstation, with complete control of the system. I can't seem to find any useful information about this error because the "write permission error" seems to only be happening on installs, so that's all I can find help for.
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Thanks for replying. I've been going crazy trying to fix this.
To answer your first question; I use sidecar XMP files. If everything from my archive was shot in RAW I'd try converting to DNG and see if embedding the changes directly in a file worked. Unfortunately, a lot of my old stuff was shot in JPG, so sidecars seems to be the best choice.
When I add labels, ratings, as well as change RAW settings on files I place on my workstations HD everything works. It's only when I try to do these things with the same files on removable drives that I run into trouble. The drives I use are Transcend 640GB StoreJet 25ms connected via USB.
I don't think it's a UAC problem. At least, to my understanding, doesn't that control how your machine alerts you to program changes? I looked into how to change ownership, and did so, but that didn't work. Here's a link to what I mean: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/windows-7-access-denied-permission-ownership/
I'm stumped. I also hate the idea that I'll have to go through various folders to find images from already created collections, copy them to a new folder on my HD and then work on them. Then I'll have to put them all back... ugghhhh

Camera Raw Workflow Settings - where?

Hi!
In Bruce Fraser's and Jeff Schewe's "Camera Raw with .. CS3", p 134, a dialogue box Workflow Options is shown. Likewise, Photoshop CS3 Help > Camera Raw > CR Settings > CR Workflow Options promises "You can see and change these Workflow settings at the bottom of the Camera Raw dialog box."
I wonder which dialog box the text is referring to. I can not see the Workflow dialog box at the bottom of the dialog box shown in Bridge > Camera Raw Preferences, nor in Bridge > Preferences, nor in Photoshop > Preferences, nor in Photoshop > Edit > Color Settings.
All the entrances on the Adobe site only lead me to the same PS Help document.
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>Well, the save button is alongside the hyperlink (to it's left) and that opens a fresh panel to allow various options to be set, so I find the explanation advanced by the ACR Team bit hard to understand.
You running a display at 1024 x 768? Because that's Camera Raw's real estate minimum that HAS to be supported...so what you can do in a dialog whose display ends up at a much higher resolution is severely limited because of the minimum requirements. That's why...

To create a raw exposure from Po

Hello,
Is it possible to create a raw exposure for a deleted or locked item in a PO?
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Sheetal

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You could change the Oracle service to run as a known user (presumably not as your Windows ID but some other Windows ID you create explicitly for Oracle) and then grant that Windows ID in SQL Server appropriate privileges. That would mean, though, that when you queried tables over the database link, you'd be using that new Windows ID's privileges on SQL Server, not your Windows ID's privileges.
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Do you change the default RAW conversion settings?

I have used Sony (and formerly used Panasonic MFT) cameras (a900, a850) for two or three years and never had any reason to change the default RAW conversion settings. Five weeks ago I started using Sony's new a77, and for the first time am not satisfied with Aperture's default RAW conversion. (I recalibrated all my monitors -- twice -- thinking that something in my color workflow had got busted.) The default a77 RAW file conversion results in an overly-saturated, "Disneyfied" picture. I have found that by sliding "Boost" almost to zero, and cutting "Hue Boost" by half, I end up with a much more life-like, atmospheric, picture -- and one that closely matches the default rendering of RAW files from the a850 and a900.
1. Do you change the default RAW conversions settings? Why?
2. To what units, specifically, do the scales of these controls refer?
3. It seems that Hue Boost provides a range of settings that corresponds to the print settings "Perceptual" (= zero hue boost) to "Relative Colorimetric" (= full hue boost); does that make sense?
The User Manual, as usual, provides a solid concise explanation of the RAW Fine Tuning Brick.
Any experience you can share is appreciated. Thanks.
(Added:
(It seems conceptually wrong to me to have these controls be part of the RAW converter. Are there other adjustments in Aperture that do the same thing?)
--Kirby.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

William -- many thanks for your help. I will almost certainly change the default for my a77 (as well as for the Nex-7 I used for a week).
Are there is any other adjustments mathematically similar to the "Boost" or "Hue Boost" sliders in the RAW Fine Tuning Brick? I ask for two reasons:
- Mostly I'm just trying to figure out what they do, and strengthen with knowledge my quiver of Aperture effects. According the the User Manual, they change the overall contrast, and the amount to which the hue is changed as the overall contrast is increased.
- In practice, it makes sense to me to have the RAW conversion produce the "flattest", least "effected" image possible -- to leave _aesthetic_ adjustments to me. I don't want to use the RAW Fine Tuning controls as part of my workflow; I want to know how to get the same increase in contrast and control of hues using other adjustments (that, specifically, don't require de-mosaic'ing). Apple seems to indicate that the use of the RAW Fine Tuning controls may be the best approach:
For images that consist of saturated primary and secondary colors, such as an image of flowers in a lush garden, shifting the hues to their true values has a desirable visual effect. However, this is not visually desirable for images containing skin tones.
The implication is spelled out in the sentencesthat follow: use the max setting for flowers, and the minimum setting for portraits. Isn't it odd that this recommendation is left to the RAW converter, and is buried deep in the User Manual?

Where are the RAW adjustment settings kept?

I have imported my pictures (a complete folder) into Lightroom, made all the adjustments, exported the jpegs... great! Now I want to backup my folder and the RAW adjustment settings I have made.
But where are all the adjustment settings kept, and can I backup those settings for later retrieval with my original RAW files?
Thanks for all your advice.

> That's the point, my folders have no .xmp files any where! I did a search on my only drive c: and there is no .xmp files at all. But I can assure you that all my 400 or so RAW files retained all the adjustments in Lightroom. What's going on?
 
 Your adjusted files may be residing elsewhere. So, select one RAW image on which you are sure you've edited, and then reveal it in the Finder or the Windows equivalent. Look around there; there certainly should be .xmp files if you've run Export xmp on that folder.
 
 Another neat way, for me, anyway, is to Convert all the edited RAW files to DNG; then they'll contain the edits within the file, as currently to JPEGs, TIFFs, and PSD files.
 
 
John "McPhotoman"
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What camera raw default settings would you use for the Canon 5D Mark 3. I have PS CS6. Thank you.

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Really, this is a question you should be asking yourself...
What do you shoot? Makes a difference...
Typical ISO that you shoot? Makes a difference...
Shooting for clients or yourself? Makes a difference...
Look, there is no magic bullet...the ACR/LR "Default" should only be changed for those adjustments you make 70-90% of the time and sould not be confused with image by image adjustments...
So, as asked, your question can not really be answered other than to say, use a default that suits you.

CRSS : Camera Raw Saved Settings - documentation ??

Hello,
I generated a DNG from Lightroom, and I get a XML tree using a crss (Camera Raw Saved Settings) schema.
Where could I get about this ?? I didn't find aything with Google.
Thanks.

Panoholic wrote:
I guess the meaning of "open standard" is, that it is open to anyone to write the documentation.
Well, considering that "Camera Raw Saved Settings" are not specifically a function of DNG I think that comment is inaccurate and unfair. XMP allows new and custom name spaces and fields as part of the XMP specification (which is not directly tied to the DNG spec). The fact that Adobe has chosen to extend (XMP = EXtensible Metadata Platform) the XMP fields to include CRSS (Camera Raw/Lightroom "Snapshots") is more a proof oc concept of the usefulness of XMP metadata and less am indictment of DNG's "openess".
Snapshots in ACR/LR are proprietary and thus are prolly intentionally "undocumented", don't ya think?
If you want to see what _IS_ stored in DNG/XMP, the "crs schema" should be able to enlighten you...

I have a d70 canon camera, will Elements 12 support the CR2 files it makes in the raw exposures?

I have a d70 canon camera, will Elements 12 support the CR2 files it makes in the raw exposures?

Hi,
I assume you mean the Canon 70D - that should be supported by ACR 8.2
If you have PSE 12, you will need to update it by using Help -> Update.
If you don't have PSE 12, the best thing is to download and install the trial version. You will still need to update it. It will function as the full product for 30 days so you can make sure it reads your raw files.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_elements&loc=us
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Not that the camera model matters, but is there any unique in camera RAW image settings that will improve how the RAW file is interpreted by Aperture?
For example, I shoot with a Nikon D200. I can customize how the camera "Optimizes" the RAW image by adjusting:
1. Image Sharpening
2. Tone Compensation
3. Color Mode
4. Saturation
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You don't need to do anything "in camera." Most (if not all) of those settings are ignored by Aperture, because they don't really apply to the RAW files (they are processing settings, and RAW files are effectively "negatives.").
So color space, sharpening, saturation, etc... doesn't matter what they're set to.
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Shouldn't it be the other way around?!

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