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Okay, this is only for those who have been using Camera Raw in previous versions
of Photoshop (like CS5, CS4, etc.), because if this is the first time you'll be using it,
this won't affect you at all, so you can skip this. Here's why: in Photoshop CS6,
Adobe dramatically improved the math and controls for the Basic panel, so if you
have RAW images you edited in earlier versions of Camera Raw, when you open
them in CS6's updated version of Camera Raw, you'll have the choice of keeping
the old look (and old controls) or updating to the new, vastly improved Basic panel
controls (called the 2012 process version).
Latest Camera Raw
Editing Features
Updating to the
(Not for New Users)
Step One:
Even before you bought this topic, you
probably heard that Camera Raw now
has a different set of sliders that offer
more powerful, and overall just better,
control over your images, but when you
open a RAW image in CS6's Camera Raw
that you previously edited in an earlier
version of Camera Raw, you might be
surprised to see that all the sliders look
exactly the same as they did before.
That's because Adobe didn't want to
change the way your already-processed
photo looks without your permission, so
at this point, your image looks the same
(and so do Camera Raw's sliders—the Fill
Light and Recovery sliders are still there).
Step Two:
However, the processing technology
being used on your photo at this point is
actually out-of-date. If fact, it's either old
technology from 2010, or if you're mov-
ing up from CS4, it's actually processing
technology from back in 2003. Adobe
calls these “process versions”—if you
go to the Camera Calibration panel and
click on the Process pop-up menu (as
shown here), you can choose from the
three different versions (the 2010 version
improved the sharpening and noise
reduction quality pretty dramatically).
 
 
 
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