How to Open Raw Photos in Photoshop
As digital photography increased in popularity among professional photographers, an increasing number of them began using an unprocessed file format called camera raw, which provides the photographer more options after the image is taken. In 2003, Adobe created a plug-in for Photoshop that enabled photographers to open camera files directly in Photoshop. Once the image is opened in Photoshop, the photographer has the ability to process the raw image to capture the desired effects without relying on the camera's limited ability for the results.
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Instructions
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Open Directly from Photoshop
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Open Photoshop and make sure that you have the latest version of the Camera Raw Plug-in. For Mac OS, select "About Plug-in" from the "Photoshop" menu. For Windows, select "About Plug-in" from the "Help" menu. Select "Camera Raw" from the submenu. A dialog box will appear that displays the current version installed on your computer. If the current version is not the latest version of Camera Raw, download the latest updates from Adobe's website as given in the Resource section of this article.
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Select "Open" from the "File" menu. Select "Camera Raw" or "All Readable Documents" from the "Enable" dropdown menu. As long as the Camera Raw plug-in is installed correctly and supports your camera's raw file type it will display the raw image.
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Select the camera raw image and click "Open."
Open from Adobe Bridge
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Open Adobe Bridge, a program that is included with Adobe Photoshop Professional versions to assist in managing files.
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Select the camera raw image.
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Open from Camera Raw, a stand-alone plug-in included with Adobe Bridge for editing raw images. Select "Open in Camera Raw" from the "File" menu. Click on the "Open Image" button.
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Open using "Open With." Select the raw image. Right click and select "Open With" or select "Open With" from the "File" menu and select "Adobe Photoshop."
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