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February 11, 2023

P: Camera Raw as a Filter (not the plugin) freezes Photoshop on use

  • February 11, 2023
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My photoshop is getting stuck whenever I try to use the camera raw filter; nothing opens up after I click on it, and I can't even close my photoshop. everything gets stuck and a sound like a notification comes up, but still, nothing shows up 

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Participant
June 18, 2025

Junio del 2025 y el error sigue ... no abre aboslutamente nada, suena como una notificación al dar click en cualquier parte de photoshop y tengo que presionar esc para volver a usar el interfaz de photoshop

Participant
March 30, 2025

Tengo la version 26.5 y el error persiste..

Participating Frequently
March 10, 2025

Deleting the Camera Raw Preferences did it for me, thanks to this old thread and answer from user TheDigitalDog


https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-2023-will-not-open-camera-raw-filter/m-p/13627925#M711534

Participating Frequently
March 10, 2025

Having the latest Photoshop version (26.4.1) My Photoshop still locks up and freezes when I want to use or edit a Camera Raw Filter.

Participant
February 18, 2025

This is happening to me as well, and has been for months. None of the suggested fixes have fixed the problem, and it has cost me hours and hours of work. Please, please help. 

Participant
January 24, 2025

No, en absoluto. El error persiste en camera raw 17 y Photoshop 26.2.

No entiendo como pueden estar arrastrando este problema desde hace tantísimo tiempo. Es desesperante

Participant
December 23, 2024

To install the Cmera Raw stable 14.5, go here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html

This site provide download links for both 17.1 and 14.5 with various OS options. This will save you locking problem although you cannot use the new features of 17.1. It is good for the Photoshop 2.24 or 2025. It replaces the Creative Cloud automatically installed 17.1. 

dx christmas2024
Participant
December 23, 2024

Following online guidance on how to install CameraRaw along, it turns out V17.1 and V14.5 are both available. Downloaded the online V14.5 to local drive, installed it. Turned on PS2.24. Now Camera Raw works! Going back to install PS2025(26.2), CameraRaw still works, and shows V14.5. IT IS OBVIOUS V17.1 IS NOT WORKING. Some of us that have have very new cameras will have no luck now. 

Hope Adobe can fix this soon. 

dx christmas2024
Participant
December 23, 2024

Just updated my Photoshop from 2024 to 2025(26.2) with Camera Raw 17.1. Now all bad. The CameraRaw filter will not work, and raw images cannot be opened. The raw window will not start, Photoshop gets stuck either way. Uninstalled every thing and installed 26.1, not working. Back to 2024, not working either. It turned out CameraRaw 17.1 will always be installed with not controlability. Now I am stuck in usless state. Thanks for this thread but no thanks to the claim this is fixed. 

I have Win11 on AMD Ryzen and AMD Radeon. 

dx christmas2024
Participant
November 22, 2024

Adobe should not mark this bug as fixed. (Nov 2025) 

I am saddled with the same problem and an accompnaying loss of time and money.  This has been going on for months now. 

Give the number of folk experiencing this problem, it must be a bug that is reproducible by Adobe. 

It's incredible that it's not yet fixed.