Camera Raw

P: Generative Expand (CR)

Updated on July 7th, 2026.This post is to collect in-app customer feedback on the Generative Expand feature in Camera Raw. Generative Expand seamlessly blends the edges of your existing image with newly generated content that naturally fits into the background without taking away from your photo’s original subject. Some use cases for Generative Expand are: Expand the canvas for images that were accidentally cropped Fill in the edges of Geometry Edits Adjust the aspect ratio of a photo for social media We'd love to hear what it does well, what it doesn't, and how you'd like it to work. Please also include the following details in your post: Camera Raw version System details Example image(s) if you wish to share Our team continually monitors this thread. Thanks!Thanks!Peter Baust - Dir, Product ManagementPosted by: Rikk Flohr

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8 days ago

Geoff28982360ebj9Participant

P: Correct Lens Profile for Canon EF 11-24 F4L

Using an R6III with en EF 11-24 F4L via an EF to RF adapter, and I am noticing significant barrel distortion at the wide end that the profile in Adobe Camera Raw isn’t taking out.The strange thing is that I used the exact same lens and adapter on my R6 mark 1, using the same lens profile in ACR and it corrects the distortion well.Anyone have any insights?I can correct manually but it gets tedious (shooting real estate)

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8 days ago

Matthew22620886695lParticipating Frequently

Camera Raw Crop Tool Changes

Please can someone explain the changes to the crop tool in Camera Raw (18.3)?When using the gemoetry options I cannot crop to the edge of the image no matter what I do - this was no problem before. When the crop area is maximised, the crop tool no longer drags the cropped area, it only draws a new area to crop.This is incredibly frustrating. Please can someone tell me how to get the legacy crop tool back? This wasn’t included in any “What’s New” content I have seen.

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9 days ago

Charismatic_Forest4722Participant

In the Camera Raw “Optical” section, an increase in chromatic aberration occurs during distortion correction(Edited)

★ I'm re-uploading because there are some corrections to make. Starting in 2025, when using Camera Raw, a phenomenon occurs in the “Optics” section where color aberrations actually increase during distortion correction. Even though "Remove color aberration" is checked, the color aberration is not being removed cleanly. Color aberration is only somewhat reduced when the 'distortion" correction amount is set to 0. When the “distortion” correction value is 1 or greater, chromatic aberration actually occurs. (This also includes the default setting value of 100.) Also, in the latest version, even if you set the “distortion” correction to 0, it still feels like chromatic aberration is not removed cleanly, as in version 17.0. I’m wondering whether it’s my laptop’s specs that are the problem, or if others are experiencing the same issue. * I am currently using a Canon body and lens. I used the matching lens profile in Camera Raw as well.

KeylanHannaParticipating Frequently

P: Lasso tools are needed for precise masking (Freeform, Polygonal and Magnetic)Open for Voting

Can we please have lasso tools implemented into Lightroom Classic?The AI masking stuff is helpful sometimes but it often struggles to make precise selections. It also tends to have spillage which is quite annoying to go back and remove.Windows are the most annoying but any sharp edges are really difficult to get correct.Lasso tools are professional, clean and get the job done. Side note: please also have the “Select Object” tool default to subsequently adding to the selection instead of having to go up to the masking panel and clicking add again. It works like this in ACR and it’s quite aggravating in Lightroom

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landovKnown Participant

P: Denoise on DNG from Ricoh GR-III x is missing Luminance Denoise

Just find out, that DENOISE dont work for RAW files from Ricoh GRIIIx (DNGs)

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gdanmitchellphotographyParticipant

ACR files no longer open to Photoshop using Open Object button in ACR 18.6.0.2698

After updated my Mac OS versions of Photoshop and ACR this past week I have encountered a problem when attempting to open edited ACR files in Photoshop using the “Open Object” button. (Same issue if I choose “Open” instead of “Open Object” in ACR.The problem only affects files that have been edited in ACR. An unedited file will open correctly in Photoshop.When I click the button, ACR simply closes and takes me back to Bridge. My ACR edits are not lost, but I still cannot open the file. Double-clicking the image in Bridge re-opens in in ACR with the previous ACR edits intact, but clicking the Open Object button still will not open in into Photoshop.If I instead go back to Bridge, click to select the image in the slideshow, it opens a camera raw edit window like the one that I had seen in ACR, though with a different layout form my default ACR layout. If I click DONE or Open Object, the window simply closes and I’m in Photoshop by my file has not opened. Photoshop version is 27.10.0Bridg

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thetheodorParticipant

P: Denoise results in a checkerboard pattern (CR & LrC)

Lightroom Classic version: 15.4.1 [ 202606201310-b9f148a4 ] Operating system: Mac OS 26 Version: 26.5.2 [25F84] Computer: Mac Studio M4 Max Camera: Canon R5 Mark III noticed that in some photos enabling Denoise results in a checkeboard-like pattern, there are very distinct tiles. This is shown in the following photo:Checker BoardI exported a catalog with the above photo including the edit history that demonstrates the issue. I couldn’t attach it as it’s ~100MB, instead I uploaded it to google drive: Exported Catalog with the above photo

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11 days ago

HP WildParticipant

Camera Raw 18.6: Glow/Schein effect not updating in preview until Camera Raw cache is cleared

Subject: Camera Raw 18.6 – Glow/Schein effect not updating until cache resetHello Adobe Team,I am using Camera Raw 18.6.0.2698 on a Mac with Apple M5 Pro.I tested the new Glow/Schein feature on a Sony ARW file. The controls were available and responsive, but initially there was no visible change in the image preview at all, even with extreme values such as Glow 100, Range 100, Spill 100 and Warmth +100. Switching between Diffusion, Bloom and Halation also produced no visible result.I reproduced this both through the Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop and by opening the RAW file directly in Camera Raw.GPU acceleration was enabled and reported as supported. I also tested different GPU settings and restarted Photoshop.The effect only became visible after I cleared the Camera Raw cache and increased the cache size from 5 GB to 10 GB.This suggests a possible preview/cache/rendering issue in Camera Raw 18.6.System: MacBook with Apple M5 ProCamera Raw: 18.6.0.2698File type: Sony ARWPhotoshop 2026

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11 days ago

Jubilant_Crystal4cf9Participant

P: DNG Converter: Option to turn off conversion of JPEGsOpen for Voting

See also my question in this community. I do usually have my cameras set to always save a raw and a jpeg file, with the same basename. Recent versions of DNG Converter convert both into DNG files. I don’t need dngs of JPEGs and this means I need to take extra steps to avoid that. There should be an option to disable that and I think that not having DNGs of JPEGs should be the default setting.

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12 days ago

CapclubParticipant

The zoom doesn’t work well when cropping

Subject: Bug Report & Feature Requests: ACR Crop Auto-Fit Behavior Regression & iPhone 17 Pro Panorama Exposure Blending IssuesFeedback Summary & Key Requests Crop Tool Behavior Regression: Post-v18.3.2 releases no longer auto-fit/re-center the canvas after cropping. Need a toggle setting or bug fix to restore the classic auto-fit behavior. Panorama Exposure Blending Issue: Panorama stitching for individual shots taken on iPhone 17 Pro produces uneven, erratic exposure gradients (extreme highlight/shadow patches). Provided Environment: Windows 10 / AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D / RTX 4070 Ti / 64GB RAM. Detailed Feedback Content1. Regression in Crop Tool Behavior (Post-v18.3.2) Up to Adobe Camera Raw v18.3.2, cropping an image would automatically adjust and fit the newly cropped frame to the view screen (Auto-Fit Canvas). In versions newer than v18.3.2, after applying or adjusting a crop, the canvas display remains frozen at its current zoom level/position instead of auto-adjus

12 days ago

Don27096994l0nuParticipant

P: Camera Raw 18.4 Skin tone line on the new vectorscope is not changing to accomodate depending on the working color space.

If the working profile in both Photoshop and ACR are the same, the skin tones match the proper hue when a photoshop image is brought into ACR. However, the skin tone line on the new vector scope is not moving to adjust for the fact that the Hue value associated with skin tone varies between color spaces. The skin tone line seems to be set at a hue of about 18 regardless of what the working export color space is, so it gives incorrect skin tones unless you are exporting to Rec709. space.Open an image in photoshop with skin and convert it to Rec709 color space.In the settings panel ensure that ACR working space is also Rec 709. Open the base layer in ACR and select the skin of the subject. The skin tones will properly align with the skin tone line on the new vector scope, at a hue of about 18-19 degrees. Now, cancel in ACR and use the Edit menu to convert the image to ProPhoto color space. In the settings panel, change the settings to ensure that ACR is also exporting to the ProPhoto

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michaelr60549078

GPU not detected in ACR 18.4.1 and beyond.

My GPU is no longer being recognized by Adobe Camera Raw from versions 18.4.1 and beyond (18.4.0 has no issues). Both 18.4.1 and 18.5 are showing the issue for me. Upon upgrading to Adobe Camera Raw 18.4.1 I immediately had the "Camera Raw requires GPU acceleration to edit photos" error when launching ACR from (up to date ) Adobe Bridge. Same result with ACR used with Photoshop. Both Photoshop and Lightroom themselves showed no GPU issues. No other editing program that recognizes my GPU is having an issue either.My system is as follows: OS Version: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (10.0.26200 Build 26200), Video Card: RTX 4070 12GB. Nvida Studio Driver 610.88, 64GB RAM. Since this occurred on July 20th I've installed a wide variety of versions of ACR. The error occurs only when ACR 18.4.1 or 18.5 are installed. Downgrading to an earlier version of ACR fixes the problem, upgrading to 18.4.1 or beyond reintroduces it.I initially had this issue crop up with a year old version of the NVIDIA dri

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pahyyzParticipant

Camera Raw 18.6 – Local Mask Sharpening/NR values become incorrectly shared between saved ISO presets

Camera Raw 18.6 – Local Mask Sharpening/NR values become incorrectly shared between saved ISO presetsI believe I have found a reproducible bug in Adobe Camera Raw when used directly through Photoshop.Environment Photoshop 27.10 Adobe Camera Raw 18.6 Testing performed directly through Photoshop → Camera Raw, not through Bridge or Lightroom. Important troubleshooting already performedI purged the Camera Raw cache and deleted relevant .xmp files between tests as necessary, so I was starting each test from as clean a state as practical. The problem remained reproducible.Reproduction Create an ISO 1600 LNR+MASK preset with: Local Background Mask Sharpening = −10 Local Background Mask Noise Reduction = 40 Test the ISO 1600 preset on multiple different ISO 1600 photos. All photos correctly receive −10 / 40. Create a second ISO 3200 LNR+MASK preset with: Local Background Mask Sharpening = −20 Local Background Mask Noise Reduction = 60 Test the ISO 3200 preset on

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ArrSeaParticipant

P: Allow the use of existing masks when adding or subtracting masksOpen for Voting

Add and subtracting masks is very useful in refining your mask. Being able to add or subtract and existing mask would be (IMO) a great improvement in this feature.Many times I will labour over tweaking the mask for my subject, then I want to subtract that mast from my background so background adjustments don’t affect my subject. The background/landscape/sky masks will often include areas of the subject which interfere with processing. Here’s an example.Selecting “Subject” results in tree branches being included and misses many detailed tail feathers.Selecting (in this case) “Vegetation” includes those same tail features as part of the selection. I can spend a great deal of time painstakingly finessing my subject selection and would like to subtract that from the background.I did find this as a feature request in the Lightroom area so I hope this is not out of bounds to add to the ACR area. ACR seems to have new features tested out before being added elsewhere (and ACR is my tool of cho

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sdubose99Participant

P: Camera Raw Geometry panel is always collapsed

Recent Camera RAW update… when I access the Geometry panel Shift T, the default is collapsed, I always have to click it to expand. Used to not be this way… any fix?

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15 days ago

PacohKnown Participant

P: Fill in empty areas in transformed or cropped/rotated imageIn Development

Particularly with architectural images it is useful to transform the image to make building edges vertical or horizontal.   This leaves the image in an odd shape with missing corners that need to be cropped - or perhaps small corners that could be patched up with the clone tool.  However, the clone tool does not work in this case because these areas are outside of the original image.Why can't Lightroom fill in these blank areas with some added pixels so that this subsequent editing can be done within LR?

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15 days ago

jan_lemmyParticipating Frequently

P: Inner Feather Circle in Radial Gradient is missingOpen for Voting

SInce last update - I am on CR 17.5.12319 now - the inner circle (feathering amount) has not been visible. I can still adjust the feathering on the slider, but the graphical interpretation has gone.It's on two Windows 11 machines - a laptop and a very well spec. desktop, so I don't think it's a hardware issue.I don't know if this is on purpose, or perhaps somebody has made the same observation.Jan, DK

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John290801171ttzParticipant

The reflection removal tool works well until adding denoise filter to the image. the reflection returns to the image once denoise is finished. it does not matter in what order the two tools are added to the image, the reflection returns.

Gunther WegnerKnown Participant

P: DNG Converter: Enable JPG conversionReleased

Lightroom is capable to convert JPGs into DNG. The DNG Converter unfortunately currently is not. Please add JPG support to the Adobe DNG Converter. Thank you very much for considering!

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adis12107609Participant

Camera Raw 18.4 crashes with GPU error when opening the Presets panel (Camera Raw 17.5 works correctly)

Hello Adobe Team,I have found a reproducible issue with Camera Raw 18.x.System configuration:Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Adobe Photoshop 27.8 (official Creative Cloud version) Camera Raw 18.4.1 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (latest Studio and Game Ready drivers tested) Intel Core i7-8700K 32 GB RAMIssue:Simply opening the Presets panel in Camera Raw causes the following error:"The graphics processor has encountered an unrecoverable error. Due to a run-time error, GPU acceleration has been disabled for the remainder of the session."After this message appears, Camera Raw becomes unstable and continues to display the same error until Photoshop is restarted.Important findings:Camera Raw 17.5 works perfectly on the same computer. Camera Raw 18.0, 18.3, 18.4, and 18.4.1 all reproduce the problem. Lightroom Classic works perfectly with the same RAW files and the same presets. The problem occurs only in Camera Raw Filter inside Photoshop. The error appears simply by opening the Presets panel. In many

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jkmParticipating Frequently

P: Add gamma sliderOpen for Voting

One of the most incredible photography editing features I’ve run into is the gamma slider in DxO PhotoLab.Once I realized what it did, translate the entire curve of light seamlessly, without stops and starts like the regular tone curve in Lightroom, the gamma curve quickly became my most critical and helpful adjustment in the most difficult lighting conditions at first, and then in every possible photograph. It’s so much more repeatable, natural-looking, and consistent than anything I have ever been able to do with the tone curve.I considered switching fully to their software, but of course, all the other features I rely on like subject masks, HDR AVIF export, etc., kept me with Lightroom.Please, please, one million, billion times, please add a gamma curve slider in Lightroom, and maybe you can make it even better than any other software’s implementation, as long as the crucial core concept remains the same. Thank you! Sincerely,Dr. Joseph MyersProfessor of Science and Math, and avid p

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Fernando_FrParticipant

P: Add keyboard support shortcut for "Done"Open for Voting

I frequently open images in Adobe Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge, and most often than not I'd like to return to Bridge without opening Photoshop.   Can we have a keyboard shortcut for that? If you use a large display, it is inconvenient to drag your pointer to click such small button, with the risk of pressing cancel and losing your changes.   Pressing ENTER is not a solution as it opens Photoshop and that will not commit the changes to the file, what is also undesirable.   A simple keyboard shortcut will alleviate this pain and will be very welcomed.   Thank you.

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jamescodegliaParticipating Frequently

P: Anamorphic Lens Support (De-squeeze)In Development

I shoot video using the Red Epic camera, which shoots super high resolution video. I often pull high-res photos from the camera and use them in Lightroom. However, I'm hoping to add a feature that supports anamorphic lenses. These lenses shoot natively-stretched pixels. Meaning, the images are stretched vertically 2:1. It's a classic way to shoot movies, and I wish Lightroom supported a way to select the pixel aspect ratio so the images can be viewed undistorted. Currently, I have to stretch them in Photoshop and export. Which is a bummer because the Red Camera's raw files are supported in LR, and I would love to use those files straight from the camera rather than make new ones. Anyone else agree?

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