

Get it right in camera whenever possible as there’s no substitute for that. Adobe Camera Raw is strictly an image editing application. I should interject however, and stress, that a good edit does not a good photo make (necesssarily) I’m not advocating this be used in a cavalier manner to replace good shooting. First question: is there a way to save to. I made some changes to a picture I liked in Camera Raw. I just bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 12.1, which comes with Photoshop Camera Raw 8.3. There’s not much to really say or add to this. Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) is a Photoshop component that allows users to open and edit raw format images from digital cameras. I shot lots of raw pictures yesterday and am starting to play with them. I was going to put together a whole slew of images and explanatory examples, but I think this video I found does a beautiful job showing you just what’s possible. The same friend of mine who taught me about this filter told me I should’ve mentioned it, so here it is.
#ADOBE CAMERA RAW VS PHOTOSHOP HOW TO#
My post yesterday was on a Phlearn tutorial on how to pull hidden detail out of the shadows and it’s effective. This is an example of before and after in Camera Raw from a video (below). Understand this key point, that Camera Raw uses entirely different algorithms to manipulate a file than Photoshop, and it’s those differences which make it possible to take a JPEG to a new level. Not only that, it allows you to pull detail out of JPEGs to a level I never knew was possible until someone showed me. Why would you need this? Sure, you may have just edited in Camera Raw when you imported your RAW files – but it allows you to use Camera Raw on even JPEGS.

This is probably my dirty little secret tool ( yes yes, not a secret, but I know a lot of people don’t use it), and what this allows me to do is re-open a Camera Raw window with whatever file I’m working on. Under the Filter menu, there’s an option for Camera Raw filter. Adobe Camera Raw Vs Lightroom Which Should You Choose.

However, there’s something I’ve used for the past while which a friend of mine showed me when I was on one of my rants about Camera Raw, which has fundamentally altered how I adjust my images, and how I view JPEGs. Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is a creative image organization and. From brushes, to graduated filters, to white balance adjustments …it’s all there, and easy to do. If you’re somewhat versed in editing in Photoshop anyway, you’re already familiar with the processes presented in Camera Raw. I do a lot in Camera Raw – it’s powerful and actually easy to use. Camera Raw’s interface looks somewhat archaic compared to Photoshop’s aesthetic, and I think it’s a reason it often gets overlooked – people associate it with being very technically demanding.
