Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Adobe Camera Raw is a very powerful program that allows you to improve the appearance
of your images before you open them in Photoshop. It is complex enough to justify a sep-
arate topic in this series. If you are familiar with Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw is very
similar to the
Develop
mode of Lightroom. You can adjust exposure, color temperature,
clarity, saturation, and a variety of other details by moving sliders. When you are finished
with your adjustments, click
Open Image(s)
to open your images in Photoshop. In the up-
per left corner of the Adobe Camera Raw window you can
Select All
. When selected, the
adjustments will be applied to all the images that are currently open in the Adobe Camera
Raw (ACR) Program. In
Figure 13
, I opened two images that I intend to combine to create
a panorama. Making the same adjustments to both images will insure better results.
Refresher Video for RAW Files
Although ACR was created to modify Raw Files prior to opening them in Photoshop, it can
be used to improve any image. For example, to open a Jpeg file and make the same type of
adjustments, you can select it and open it as if it were a Raw file. This is not a simple pro-
cess, so we will not be covering it in this topic. If you are the adventurous type and want to
explore this option. It is the
Open As…
option shown in
Figure 14
just below
Browse in
Mini Bridge
. Later in the topic, we will use a different method of accessing this capability.
