You can set a preference to have either Bridge or Photoshop host the Camera Raw plug-in when you open a raw or JPEG photo. If the Open in Camera Raw button is available when you click a thumbnail in Bridge, it’s a sign that the file can be opened into Camera Raw.This shortcut will work only if the file hasn’t yet been edited in Camera Raw. If you enable both “Automatically Open” options (steps 2-3, above), but there is an occasion when you want to open a JPEG or TIFF photo directly into Photoshop instead of Camera Raw, click the thumbnail, then press Ctrl-O/Cmd-O.To open a JPEG or TIFF photo that has been edited previously in Camera Raw (that is “with Settings”), double-click its thumbnail or press Ctrl-R/Cmd-R. When you want to open a JPEG or TIFF photo into Camera Raw that has not yet been edited (doesn’t have Camera Raw settings), click the thumbnail in Bridge, then click the Open in Camera Raw button or press Ctrl-R/Cmd-R. If you shoot digital TIFF photos, from the TIFF menu, choose Automatically Open TIFFs with Settings or if you shoot only raw or JPEG photos (not TIFF photos), choose Disable TIFF Support.At the bottom of the dialog, from the JPEG menu, choose Automatically Open JPEGs with Settings.In Bridge, choose Edit/Adobe Bridge CC > Camera Raw Preferences.To set a preference so your JPEG or TIFF photos open directly into Camera Raw: When you double-click a raw file, it will open into Camera Raw (as opposed to other software that can be used to convert raw files). Under File Compatibility, check Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for Supported Raw Files, then click OK.In Photoshop, go to Edit/Photoshop > Preferences (Ctrl-K/Cmd-K) > File Handling.To set a preference so your raw photos open directly into Camera Raw: Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on More Buy Opening photos into Camera Rawįor a smooth workflow, we recommend setting the proper preferences so your raw photos (and JPEG or TIFF photos, if any) will open directly into Camera Raw.
See: Update to camera support policy in CS6 Note 6: Adobe Camera Raw will no longer be updated for Photoshop CS6 after version 9.1.1.
Note 5: If you are using Mac OS 10.6, Windows XP, or Windows Vista, Adobe Camera Raw 8.4 and later is not compatible. For more information, see Error "not enough memory" when you open a camera raw file in Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 (Mac OS 10.3).
Note 4: If you are using Mac OS 10.3.x, then Camera Raw 4.1 is the latest version that you can install for Photoshop Elements 4.0.1. For more information, see Use Camera Raw 5.x with Photoshop Elements 6 when you also have Photoshop CS3 installed (Mac OS). Note 3: When you install Adobe Bridge CS3 as part of Photoshop Elements 6 on Mac OS, Adobe Bridge supports Camera Raw through version 5.5. You cannot update the Camera Raw plug-in for After Effects 7. Note 2: After Effects 7 includes version 3.2.0.1 of the Camera Raw plug-in, which was designed solely for use with After Effects 7. Note 1: For any version of Adobe Premiere Elements, you can import supported digital camera raw images but you cannot access the Camera Raw dialog box.