- Why use Camera Raw?
- Opening photos into Camera Raw
- The Camera Raw tools A
- Cropping and straightening photos
- Choosing default workflow options
- Using the Camera Raw tabs
- Using the Basic tab
- Using the Tone Curve tab
- Using the Detail tab
- Using the HSL/Grayscale tab
- Using the Adjustment Brush tool
- Using the Split Toning tab
- Using the Lens Corrections tab
- Using the Effects tab
- Using the Graduated Filter tool
- Using the Radial Filter tool
- Using the Spot Removal tool
- Saving and applying Camera Raw settings
- Synchronizing Camera Raw settings
- Converting, opening, and saving Camera Raw files
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Synchronizing Camera Raw settings
When you open multiple photos into Camera Raw, they are represented by thumbnails in a panel on the left side of the dialog. After adjusting one photo, you can use Sync Settings to apply those settings to one or more of the other photos. Because it’s unlikely that every single adjustment needed for one photo will be perfectly suited to all the others (even photos taken during the same shoot), a more practical approach is to adjust subsets of the grouping. For instance, you could apply a settings preset or some Basic tab adjustments to one photo (say, to correct the white balance and exposure), apply those settings to most or all of the other photos, then select specific photos and apply more targeted or specialty adjustments.
To synchronize the Camera Raw settings among multiple photos:
- In Bridge, select two or more photo thumbnails, preferably ones that were shot under the same lighting conditions and that require the same kind of correction (for the most accurate and consistent corrections, select all raw files or all JPEG files). Double-click one of the selected thumbnails.
On the filmstrip panel on the left side of the Camera Raw dialog, click one of the thumbnails.A
A We opened four photos into Camera Raw. The thumbnails for the images display on the filmstrip panel on the left side of the dialog.
- Make the needed adjustments to the selected image (including cropping, if you want to crop all the images in exactly the same way). You can apply adjustments via the tabs or tools or by clicking a preset in the Presets tab.
- Right-click a thumbnail. From the context menu choose Select All; right-click again and choose Sync Settings. Or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click specific thumbnails, then right-click a selected thumbnail and choose Sync Settings.
- The Synchronize dialog opens (it looks like the Save Settings dialog, which is shown on page 92). Check only the settings you want to apply to all the selected thumbnails; or choose a category from the Synchronize menu, then remove or add any check marks. Click OK.
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- To cycle through the photos on the filmstrip panel, click the left or right arrowhead below the preview (in the lower right). If more than one thumbnail is selected, Camera Raw will cycle among only the selected photos.
New Merge Commands in Camera Raw
Camera Raw enables you to apply the Merge to HDR and the Merge to Panorama commands to photos via the filmstrip panel menu or via the panel context menu. See pages 258–259 and 292–293 for steps for using these commands.
Where CR Image Settings are Saved
Depending on the current setting on the Save Image Settings In menu in the Camera Raw Preferences dialog (Ctrl-K/Cmd-K), settings for raw photos (not JPEGs) are saved either in the internal Camera Raw Database on your system or as hidden Sidecar .xmp Files in the same folder as the raw files.