home-Work with text-Activate the Camera RAW plugin for Adobe Bridge CC (free) by purchasing Photoshop Elements - has anyone tried it? Dmitry Evtifeev's blog Adobe bridge cc does not see camera raw.

Activate the Camera RAW plugin for Adobe Bridge CC (free) by purchasing Photoshop Elements - has anyone tried it? Dmitry Evtifeev's blog Adobe bridge cc does not see camera raw.

From time to time there are some issues with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw. We have to look for a solution. I will publish these solutions on this page. I'm sure many more will run into the same problems.

Adobe Bridge is trying to open a file in the old Photoshop that has already been deleted

I encountered this after upgrading Photoshop to version 2015. I deleted the old 2014 before. But the reference to it in Bridge remained old.

Open Adobe Bridge, go to menu Edit-Preferences->File type associations

And choose the right type of photoshop or through Browse look for it on the disk.

Adobe Bridge won't open files from a new or rare camera

Update your version Adobe Bridge.
When viewing files, it is he who extracts previews from large RAW files. If the RAW File type is new, then it will not be able to extract the preview and will show an empty icon instead of a picture.

Adobe Bridge Adobe.

That's what happened to me with the camera. Sony A7 II. Usually I shoot on Canon 5D mark II and all the previews are visible, but here the previews were not shown.

Adobe Bridge won't open RAW file

"Unable to complete request: This is an invalid document type."
"The request cannot be completed because Photoshop does not recognize this file type."
"Cannot open [file name] because it is not the correct file type."
"The format is not supported or the file is corrupt."

Adobe Bridge by itself, the RAW file does not open, but launches separate application Adobe Camera RAW and it depends on its version whether the file will open or not.
If version Adobe Camera RAW old or files from this camera are not supported yet ACR, That Adobe Bridge will give "invalid file format" or a similar inscription (with variations in English).

Adobe Camera RAW free add-on, so it can be freely downloaded from the site Adobe.

When trying to open a file in Photoshop from Bridge, I get the message "Using this feature of Bridge requires that the product in question has been launched at least once." How to fix it?

I have had several times.

I reveal a “terrible secret” that few people know.

Just copy the amtlib.dll file from photoshop to the bridge directory.

This problem is the problem of incompatibility of versions of this file between Flash and bridge.

You have installed the new Adobe Photoshop, but how to connect your Workspace (Workspace) from the old one to it?

When deleting the old Photoshop, you probably still have the settings of the old one, if you saved them under some names. For example, I have it saved under "my.psw".

Go to C:\Users\Kenji\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Settings\WorkSpaces

replace Kenji with your username, and instead of Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 search for old version Photoshop (CS6, CC, CC 2014...)
And in the final folder there will be a file with your name and extension psw.

Copy it to a folder along the same path, but in the folder from the new Photoshop. Restart Photoshop and voila - you see your favorite workspace in the Workspaces list.

You have installed the new Adobe Photoshop, but how to connect your curves (curves) from the old one to it?

You need to go to C:\Users\Kenji\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015\Presets\Curves

You have installed the new Adobe Photoshop, but how to connect your "hot keys" (shortcuts) from the old one to it?

You need C:\Users\Kenji\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015\Presets\Keyboard Shortcuts

from old photoshop (instead of Kenji - your user)

And copy the file(s) with curves to the same folder of the new photoshop.

Adobe bridge CC (free) includes support for the Adobe Camera Raw plugin when Photoshop CC (trial) is also activated. The Bridge + ARC combination satisfies my need for quick setup and media viewing, but it will not work without an activated version of Photoshop.

I was wondering if the following would work trick: if I buy Photoshop Elements 15 (which can sometimes be found cheaply) and install it next to Bridge CC; Will the Camera RAW plugin be re-enabled in Bridge CC or will it only work from PSE?

Sure, I've read that Camera RAW for PSE disables things like gradient filters, split toning, and spot removal, but I don't mind; If I need more fine editing, I can always open raw inside Affinity Photo, which is more capable.

Anyone who thinks/knows this will work?

Answers

FotisK

In short

Can be used Adobe Camera Raw(ACR) complete with Photoshop Elements(PSE) as if it were almost natural for Bridge Creative Cloud(CC) (See explanations below because there are some quirks and some things you can't do)

What works and what doesn't

  • Adobe Camera Raw, included in pse, seems to be a separate instance from CC(probably located in a different folder)
  • IN PSE Editor opening a RAW file will open a dialog box for you ACR(simplified for PSE, without the advanced tools that come with the full version CC- full list )
  • Pressing " Open in Camera Raw" in Bridge CC, you'll see a message that Camera Raw editing is not enabled . Anyway,
  • from within bridge, if you click on " Open With" -> Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 Editor, it will actually run ACR(PSE version; after initialization PSE), then
    • you have the option to work on RAW as before, and either
    • press Done (or Cancel) and return to Bridge, or
    • click Open Image and open the image in PSE .

What works

  • Bridge can send multiple files to ACR PSE without problems (which helps a bit with batch editing)
  • It seems that Bridge reads new/updated XMP files just as well as if they were "own"
    • preview is accurate
    • there is also an icon to indicate that adjustments have been applied to that particular raw file
    • edited thumbnails inside Bridge instantly updated as if they were created using their own version ACR(i.e. complete CC ACR).
  • inside ACR
    • You can re-edit the settings that were previously created by the full version CC ACR and quite interesting
    • adjustments that are not supported here (such as blemish removal, perspective correction, etc.) will remain, although not subject to further adjustment. However
    • if you click " reset camera settings to default", these settings will also be cancelled.

What does not work

major caveats

  • you can no longer use options " Development» -> « Parameters by default for Camera Raw" / « Previous Conversion" / « Clear settings" from Bridge so you need to make it from ACR, which means there are a few extra steps to be followed to batch edit.
  • you lose access to good tools, such as stain removal tool , toning , perspective correction, correction lens , blur removal and of course, masks(full list )

minor reservations

  • eventually you can keep a copy PSE always open since it must be running before running ACR(unlike version cc, which can be placed directly in Bridge)
    • Another consequence of this is that if inside ACR you click Ready or Cancel, window ACR closed, but Not window PSE editor.
  • Context menu " Open in Camera Raw..."(like the above development options) V Bridge doesn't do anything useful anymore - instead you have to click " To open with" -> « Editor Adobe Photoshop Elements 15", which is a bit more cumbersome thanks to one extra click and having to scan it in a large list (if you have multiple photo editing apps installed).
  • Be an independent version ACR also means that you are probably not eligible for permanent updates, unlike the version cc, which is updated forever. This is just a guess, but the compatibility list indicates that the PSE version (PSE 13) never did this before ACR 9.0 or higher)
  • after editing in Camera RAW, if instead of closing the window you decide to click the "Open" button to edit the image inside PSE , PSE, by seems to impose additional restrictions compared to editing the same files inside PS. Among other things, you are limited to 8 bits per channel.

Conclusion

In general, it is quite applicable, although not directly supported.

Background (how I checked it)

I have a trial on my system Bridge CC version 2017 And Photoshop CC 2017, but trial Photoshop version already expired. Since then, whenever I choose from Bridge parameter " Open in Camera Raw...", I get an error (Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing required that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature.).

  1. After downloading, installing and running ACR from trial version PSE 15 i tested again bridge, but no luck. Trial pse version, which I downloaded ACR 9.7(or 9.6?).
  2. From the program, I was given the opportunity to download more new version PSE and newer version ACR(9.8) which is the same version as mine contains Bridge CC 2017; so I thought I might as well try. This hinted that CC And PSE have their own separate copy ACR, which requires a separate update.
  3. I installed the update but failed to configure Bridge for proper integration with this version.

belated

I haven't tried full version Photoshop Elements, only trial version and I didn't uninstall the trial Photoshop CC 2017 expired, but don't understand why it could have any different result.

copied and edited from my answer found on the forum Adobe support

Gerlos

Thanks for the great explanation! There's one more thing that might be worth adding: when you develop a photo in ACR, everything happens in 16 bits, but when you click "Open" to make more changes in PSE, you may be prompted to convert the image to 8 bits because PSE does not fully support 16 bit editing. For example, you can crop, adjust levels, and curves while saving a photo in 16-bit, but you can't use layers or use a clone tool without converting it to 8-bit.

FotisK

Thanks @gerlos - good point! I've added this - while I've avoided getting into the topic of opening a file inside PSE (or even PS) for obvious reasons, at some point you'll need to at least export your images, and you'll have to use PS, PSE or third party image editing software.

Who among modern people does not like to take pictures? Digital photography has become almost one of the important components of our lives: convenient mobile selfies, exquisite photo shoots and just amateur shots. People love high-quality, good photos, with the help of which they capture important events, their families, unique places. And more and more often SLR cameras are used to create such images, and all the resulting frames undergo graphic processing.

How to open RAW in Photoshop is asked by many lovers of taking pictures and adjusting the picture. It would seem that it could be simpler, but in fact, this problem has several nuances.

To answer the question of how to open the Rav camera in Photoshop, you first need to figure out what kind of format it is and why is it needed? "RAW" is translated from English as raw, unprocessed, and in our case means the format digital photography An that contains the raw data. Files of this format are usually obtained using mirror digital cameras, mirrorless, semi-professional with non-replaceable optics. Processing a photo in Rav format makes it possible to modify the frame parameters: exposure, saturation, white balance, sharpness, brightness, contrast. All changes can be made even before editing. This function makes it possible to obtain the final photo without losing either too dark or too light areas of the frame.

Rav files are supported by a large number of graphics programs.

Why doesn't Photoshop open RAW? In fact, you can open equal size photos in Photoshop, however, three programs are used in conjunction for this at once - the Camera RAW converter, Adobe Bridge utilities, Adobe Photoshop. These utilities are interconnected and are a single mechanism for editing and processing raster images and snapshots.

How to open Camera RAW in Photoshop?

Go to the main menu of the editor, select the "File" menu and the "Open" command. In the window that appears, choose required file Rav. Select it with the mouse and click the "Open" button. So the file will open immediately in the converter. This method is also used to open several files at once.

Opening RAW via Adobe Bridge

How to upload one picture

To open one image in the converter, you need to select the photo in the Adobe Bridge thumbnail window by clicking the left mouse button, then use Ctrl + R. Or right-click on the image thumbnail, from the menu that appears, select the “Open in Camera RAW” command. In this case, the picture will appear in the converter window, without using Photoshop, ready for transformations.

Having opened a Rav format photo, you can further edit and correct it with the most different ways to achieve the required result.

How to upload multiple pictures at once

To load multiple images into Camera RAW, you need to select them in the Adobe Bridge thumbnail window by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl / Shift keys and selecting with the mouse, then press Ctrl + R. After you right-click, select the "Open in Camera RAW" command, you can also use pressing the aperture icon, which is located under the main menu.

After completing the above steps, all the images you have selected will appear in the converter. Their reduced copies will be available on the left side of the window, which allows you to conveniently switch between pictures. If the thumbnail ribbon interferes with your work, then you can move its border to the left side of the editor interface, while it will collapse, and the selected image will be stretched to full screen.

How to properly close a photo after editing?

To properly close the photo, saving all the changes and adjustments made, click on the "Finish" button, which is located at the bottom of the program window. If you want to save the snapshot without saving the edit in Rav format, then you just need to select "Cancel". If you need to return to Photoshop and transfer the photo card there with saving all the settings made, you must use the "Open Image" command.

Working with Rav files is very convenient and easy with Photoshop. This editor in conjunction with the converter allows you to modify, edit and process your photos and images to get desired result to make them brighter, richer and more interesting.

Series: Secrets of Camera RAW

Like negatives and slides, unopened and unprocessed RAW files are only the source material for future photographs. It is no coincidence that the very name of the format - "raw" in English - raw, unprocessed. In my books, at lectures, I always say that a photographer who cannot print his own photos is not a photographer. Nowadays, "be able to print" means to correctly process scanned films or correctly open RAW files for subsequent preparation for printing. Sometimes, even when opening a RAW file in Photoshop, it is clear that additional correction is not required at all. But more often this is not the case - usually RAW files need to be finalized. For the correct interpretation of RAW files, there are various converters, one of which is Adobe Camera Raw (Fig. 3.1).

The close integration of this module with Photoshop and Bridge makes it quite convenient to use. You can only open Bridge and use Camera Raw to make the necessary adjustments to your desired images without opening Photoshop. Or vice versa, launch Camera Raw from Photoshop for batch processing of files, then go to Bridge and continue working in another folder, for example, on analyzing and selecting the necessary images.

In Bridge, the Camera Raw window opens when you double-click a file thumbnail. Whether Photoshop will be launched at the same time or the image will be adjusted directly in Bridge is determined in the Preferences window of the Bridge program (Fig. 3.2). With the Double-click edits Camera Raw settings in Bridge option enabled. Camera settings Raw files are edited in Bridge), the settings for processing RAW files will be carried out in Bridge, if the checkbox is unchecked, Photoshop will start after double-clicking.




The buttons located at the bottom of the Camera Raw window allow you to select the action that the module should perform when working with RAW files. In this case, the buttons display how the program is launched - from Bridge or from Photoshop. If Camera Raw was opened from Bridge, the Done button will be active (Fig. 3.3), and if from Photoshop, the Open button (Fig. 3.4).

Pressing the Options (Alt) key changes the functions of the buttons (Fig. 3.5). Clicking on the button Reset (Reset) returns to all previous settings, and clicking on the button Open Copy (Open a copy) opens the current version of the image with the changed settings, the previous versions will remain unchanged. If you press the Shift key, the Open Image button will change to Open Object. Clicking this button will open the photo in Photoshop as a Smart Object (Fig. 3.6).

If necessary, at any time you can record the state of the image by creating it snapshot. Snapshots store versions of the image containing the full set of edits made at the time the snapshot was taken. Taking snapshots of an image at different points in the editing process makes it easy to compare the results of the various adjustments applied. In addition, if necessary, you can return to an earlier state. Another benefit of using snapshots is that you can work with different versions of an image without having to duplicate the original.

Take and manage screenshots from the Screenshots tab in the Camera Raw dialog box.

When working with snapshots, the user can perform the following actions:

Note.

If you're using screenshots in Photoshop Lightroom, you can edit them in the Camera Raw dialog box (and vice versa).

Saving, Restoring, and Loading Camera Raw Settings

You can reuse the same set of changes you applied to an image. To do this, you can save all of the current Camera Raw image settings, or any subset of those settings, as a preset or a new set of defaults. The default settings apply to specific model camera, to a camera with a specific serial number, or to a specific ISO setting, depending on the settings in the section Default image options Camera Raw settings.

The style names appear on the Styles tab of the Edit > Develop Options menu Adobe program Bridge, in context menu raw image images in Adobe Bridge and the submenu Applying Styles from the Camera Raw Settings menu of the Camera Raw dialog box. If styles are not saved in the Camera Raw preferences folder, they do not appear in the above menus. However, you can use the command Download settings to find and apply settings saved elsewhere.

Note.

The buttons at the bottom of the Styles tab are used to save and delete styles.

Determining Where Camera Raw Settings Are Stored

Select an option to specify where the settings are stored. Using XMP files is useful when you need to move or save an image file and want to keep raw image settings. Team Export settings can be used to copy settings from the Camera Raw database into sidecar XMP files or embed settings into Digital Negative (DNG) files.

After processing a raw image file with the Camera software Raw settings images are saved either in a Camera Raw database file or in an accompanying XMP file. When processed in Camera raw file DNG settings are stored in the DNG file itself, but they can also be stored in the accompanying XMP file, not in the DNG. Settings for TIFF files and JPEGs are always stored in the files themselves.

Note.

When you import a sequence of raw image files into After Effects, the settings specific to the first file are applied to all other files in the sequence that do not have their own sidecar XMP files. After Effects does not check the Camera Raw database.

You can set a parameter to determine where the settings are stored. When a raw image file is reopened, all settings default to the values ​​used when the file was last opened. Image attributes (target color space profile, bit depth, pixel size, and resolution) are not stored with the settings.

Copying and pasting Camera Raw settings

In Adobe Bridge, you can copy and paste Camera Raw settings from one image file to another.

    In Adobe Bridge, select the file and choose Edit > Develop Options > Copy Camera Raw Settings.

    Select one or more files and select Edit > Develop Options > Paste Camera Raw Settings.

    Note.

    You can also right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an image file to copy and paste using the context menu.

    In the dialog box Paste Camera Raw Settings select the settings to apply.

Apply saved Camera Raw settings

Export Camera Raw Settings and DNG Images for Preview

If the file settings are stored in the Camera Raw database, then you can use the command Export settings to XMP to copy the settings into sidecar XMP files or embed them into DNG files. This allows image adjustments to be applied to Camera Raw files as they are moved.

You can also update JPEG preview images embedded in DNG files.

Set Camera Raw Workflow Options

Workflow options let you specify settings for files exported from the Camera Raw plug-in, including bit depth, color space, output sharpness, and pixel dimensions. The workflow options determine how these files are opened in Photoshop, but do not affect how the raw image file is imported into After Effects. Workflow options settings do not affect the raw image data itself.

Workflow settings can be set by clicking the underlined text at the bottom of the Camera Raw dialog box.

Space

Indicates target color profile. Typically, the Space setting should be set to the color profile used for the Photoshop RGB working space. The source profile for a raw image file is usually the native color space of the camera. The profiles listed in the Space menu are built into the Camera Raw plug-in. If you need to use a color space that is not available in the Space menu, select ProPhoto RGB and then convert it to your desired working environment by opening the file in Photoshop.

Depth

Specifies whether to open the file as an 8-bit or 16-bit image in Photoshop.

Size

Specifies the dimensions of the image, in pixels, when imported into Photoshop. By default, the pixel dimensions used when the image was taken are applied. To interpolate an image, select the Cropping Size menu.

When using cameras with square pixels, choosing a smaller than native size can speed up processing if you plan to get a smaller final image. Selecting larger sizes is the same as zooming in on an image in Photoshop.

When using cameras with non-square pixels, the native size is the one that best preserves the total number of pixels. Choosing a different size minimizes the interpolation done in Camera Raw, resulting in a slight improvement in image quality. In the "Size" menu, the size that allows you to get best quality, is indicated by an asterisk (*).

Note. You can always resize an image in pixels after opening it in Photoshop.

AND Glossy paper. When applying output sharpening, you can change the value in the Amount drop-down menu to High or Low to increase or decrease the amount of sharpening applied. In most cases, you can leave the Amount parameter at its default value of Standard.

Open in Photoshop as Smart Objects

After setting this option, when you click the Open button, Camera Raw images open in Photoshop as a Smart Object layer instead of a Background layer. To change this setting for selected images, hold down the Shift key while clicking the Open button.

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