Thanks Jim, that's correct, and I actually don't need the camera raw filter to remember any settings, I Create presets or xmps. The issue is the interface is now different with the 9.12.1 update... When I open a raw image using ACR plug-in it shows up with specific camera adjustments already made, the choices and sliders are set up for that camera. At the top of the window it says camera raw eos canon mark etc. or camera raw hassleblad. I open the image and save the settings from there. When I open the next raw image I use the ACR defaults, I would like to apply the saved settings I just set up through the camera raw filter instead so I can record that step into an action. When I open the camera raw filter the interface opens, but the interface is not the same as the plug-in, I don't have the same options, when I load my preset it doesn't replicate the settings properly. The camera raw filter in photoshop no longer matches Adobe camera raw plug-in, which it used to. At the top of the window it says "camera raw filter" only and is not camera specific. I have monkeyed around with switching as shot for white balance rather than custom which gets closer but not exact. Whatever ingredients are being baked into the settings in the updated ACR can't be modified in photoshop in a recordable manner. I can use the smart object from Lightroom to access the original ACR interface and apply my settings, but I have to do it individually for thousands of files as it's not a recordable step without scripting which is way out of my league for this specific need. Does that make sense? Any ideas? Thanks!
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