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Photoshop: Raw image edit directly into PS
I use PS and ACR. When I need to use layers on a raw image, I have to go into ACR and back out to get directly into PS. It would certainly help if I could go directly into PS. I tried to get directly into PS by going into Preferences > File Handling and unchecking "Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for Supported Raw Files," but PS still goes into ACR with raw images. With that unchecked, it would be a very easy fix to have PS go directly into raw image editing.
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andrew_rodney
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AFAIK, the role of the preference is about editing non raw images with parametric editing instructions.
PS has to enter ACR for raw images, it has never be able to edit anything but rendered (non raw) images, hence this plug in. After it edits and renders the image, Photoshop can of course be used with layers.
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cristen_gillespie_7908527
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The downside is you have just converted the file to a normal file, as if you had opened directly from Camera Raw without opening as a Smart Object. This may be what you want, however. Workflows vary with needs. But you can bypass Camera Raw if you're happy with not being able to reedit the raw file itself in Camera Raw once inside Photoshop. Of course, the Camera Raw filter will still be at your disposal inside PS.
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