Feature Requests

Many DSLRs have the capability to produce reference photos that can be used to remove sensor dust. For example, Nikon. In addition, good film scanners have an infrared channel (Digital Ice) that programs like Vuescan can save as a separate grayscale image showing where all the dust and scratches are. It would be simplify the workflow, and possibly improve results (if done right) if Photoshop/ACR/LR could make use of the DSLR reference photo or the Vuescan Infrared image to remove dust and scratches automatically.

I would like to see Adobe implement a crash-recovery feature for ACR.  I know that the XMP file (for RAW files) is only written when you open the file into PS or you click Done and close ACR.  It would be nice if in the background, ACR took "snapshots" of your work (not really snapshots like you would within ACR) but basically make a backup of your work, say every 5 minutes, and write it to a temp file.  Then if ACR closes gracefully (doesn't crash) the temp XMP file is erased.  If ACR crashes, then the temp file is detected and you are prompted if you want to pick up where you left off. I think for this to work properly, it would have to be such that ACR writes each change you make to the temp XMP file (sort of like how Lightroom Classic does this with the XMP file option turned on).   I think if Adobe could implement this as an optional setting that you can activate, people would feel more comfortable using ACR.  I know in some of my long edit sessions,

Hi,    After numerous unresponsive Camera Raw edits, restarts are required to start working again.  I wanted to ask if it is possible to save add the option to save an edit to a sidecar .xmp file directly after that change or edit is made in camera raw. When I edit a file in lightroom, the edit is saved in the lightroom database and saved in a sidecar XMP file. In Camera Raw, a sidecar XMP file is made when the raw file is opened in photoshop. But when camera raw becomes unresponsive, all the edits that are made are gone, and you have to start over again.    A little background:  About ten times per week, I make images of real estate. A selection of 100 to 200 CR2 raw files is opened in Adobe Photoshop and Camera Raw as a plugin. I do three passes of all the images, and then I open them all in Photoshop at once. For 15 years, this went well until I changed my Mac from Intel to apple silicon. Since I Have random unresponsive camera raw and photoshop applica

If Adobe documents the format of RGB LUTs stored in enhanced profiles, then it will be straightforward for LR plugins to make it much easier for users to import video LUTs as enhanced profiles and apply them to their images. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of existing LUTs, primarily used for video editing, and most of those are in Rec 709.  There are several roadblocks to users wanting to use those LUTs in LR:- Camera Raw doesn't allow the Rec 709 gamma 2.2 and 2.4 color spaces when importing a LUT into a new enhanced profile:https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/camera-raw-add-rec-709-to-lut-color-spaces-in...- A user would need to buy an expensive utility to convert Rec 709 LUTs to a supported color space (e.g. ProPhoto RGB or Rec 2020).- While LR 7 users will have access to Camera Raw via Photoshop (included in their CC subscription), many of them are unfamiliar with Camera Raw and would find the steps for creating enhanced profiles obscure and dau

On this page it is said that Adobe is investigating the option to update Lens Profile Creator program to 64-bit. What is the present status and where can we keep track of progress on this? I'm eager to have the Lens Profile Creator available under macOS Catalina.

Like a topographical map, except instead of showing altitude, show sharpness/in-focus-ness.Would allow one to see at a glance where the focal plane lies, and how well focused is the photo at the focal plane (and everywhere else), and what is the depth of field.PhaseOne took a whack at this in CaptureOne. I think their implementation has some weaknesses: shows focal plane, but no indication of how well focused at the plane, and gives no sense of depth of field, but is still quite useful.See http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh... for a related idea, that would go nicely with this one.If you like this idea, please remember to click the '+1' button below.

Hello I have an idea about slightly different way of White Balancing: 1. suppose we have photographed a human head in several different light scenarios with varying light color 2. we have also photographed neutral gray patch in one of those photos to reach correct WB for this particular photo 3. now we could use the new tool [let's call it 'Color Anchor'] which works this way:a) we sample color of the skin on the forehead of this human and ACR gets color data, eg. RGB(200, 153, 129) [#c89981]b) we then 'lock this color' in this toolc) next we take another photo of this human and click with this new tool and its locked color on the foreheadd) now since this is the same human and the same forehead - we can reach the same colors and WB by applying WB transformation from 'Color Anchor' tool   I have no doubts it could be valuable for almost everyone since WB is very important when developing RAWs. cheers,Sempoo

Hello, When using Ccamera raw I have two options when ready with the adjustments: And I have the Dutch version: OPEN/OPEN and it opens the picture in Photoshop GEREED/READY and it closes the picture and saving the adjustments. After this you can proceed with selecting pictures in Bridge.   The shortcut on the mac keyboard for OPEN is the "press ENTER", but what is the shortcut for GEREED/READY? Seems it's not available and I need it to program my Loupdeck keyboard. So vote for this.

Hello! My name is Adrian and I have been retouching photos for other photographers for many years. I have realized that the most time consuming process of processing each photo in camera raw is straightening the photos. Not all photographers are able to take photos with a straight horizon, many take 90% of the photos crooked. With artificial intelligence it is not currently possible to add a button to automatically straighten the photos? The function of drawing a line on the horizon on a 13-inch screen, with the effect of un-zooming the photo to straighten, makes it very inaccurate on a small screen. I think it would be a good idea and would save many photographers and retouchers a lot of time. Thank you.

In camera raw filmstrip, if you have many files open, it would be very usefull with an automatic indicator that shows which files have been saved after editing so you will not save more than once if forgetting to mark them manually. I Know that i can give them a label after saving, but it would be much easier with a automatic marking.

Work lost. I was doing a complicated set of masks in PhotoShop Camera Raw (14.3) and was getting very happy with the results. I would say the image had about 15-20 minor tweaks to the mask and I had spent an hour or so getting it to that point.    Then I must have hit a key or done something similar as the entire image returned to its base state with the exception of a simple subject mask (even the mask name reset).    That is when I started to look for a undo or history to reverse the "whatever" I had done. I had not made any snapshots or saved any settings at this point. After chatting with a tech it became clear I was out of luck and would just have to start over. It never occurred to me there would not be a history of the ability to do a series of undos (this is all within the Camera Raw module).  The tech suggested to me that I post this experience and put it on the wish list.  So here it is, A way to recover from an error in the PS Camera Raw module

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]   The Cameras Supported By Camera Raw page incorrectly shows that the newly added OM Digital Solutions OM SYSTEM OM-1 doesn't have camera-matching profiles available: But in fact, LR shows camera-matching profiles available for this sample OM-1 raw:   See here for someone confused by this:  https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-discussions/p-raw-file-support-requests-and-information-new-camera/m-p/12854482#M17719 

The new enhanced profiles can include LUTs, but the most common color space for existing LUTs, Rec 709, is omitted: There are thousands of Rec 709 LUTs available for video color grading, and allowing Rec 709 LUTs in enhanced profiles would let people achieve the same look for their video and still images.Note that it would be necessary to include two versions of Rec 709 for gamma 2.2 and 2.4, since those are both widely used.

REQUEST: Add a "Copy/Paste Name" function to the presets!   REASON:  Being able to copy/paste the name of the preset in Camera Raw into the PS layer after you open an image is important.  How can you remember later what preset you used to open the image?  You get a nice result and later you want to remember what preset that was... There currently is no simple way. PROBLEM: Currently it is very convoluted and troublesome to copy the preset name - and a little dangerous.  You have to right click, get the drop-down submenu, then hit "Rename Preset", then go to the dialog box to rename the preset, then carefully select the preset name - being careful not to accidentally erase it, then "Copy", then hit "cancel", then paste the name of the preset into the layer after you open it! Whew!   SOLUTION: A simple "Copy Preset Name" function added to the right click menu would be tremendously useful!  Alternatively, just to be able to double-click on

It would be very helpful if it would be possible to change the grid color in the crop tool the same way you can change the "Mask Overlay Color".

I miss the abillity to change the previews of the pressets bij navigating with the down or up arrow. It's a strain on my hands when i have to hover/glide over the many options. Now i have to use the pen(wacom) or the mouse and this causes nerve pains in my hands to make those tiny precision movents or to hold it for a while on the same spot for longer time when to decide . I often decide not to use it and the arrows while make it more enjoyable for me and i think many others so can you help me.

Please add vector shapes with variable feathering to the local correction tools. Filling in shapes with the adjustment brush all the time is just not much fun and makes it harder than necessary to make changes afterwards.

Can we have an improved zoom for Lightroom? At the moment you can pick 1, possibly 2 and then the toggle jumps around between 100%, fit, fill and whatever you have selected.With the advent of the radial tool, there is often the need to zoom out to 1/8 or even 1/16th.Photoshop has a great zoom, press a key and roll the mouse, how about implementing something like that, even if it has to do discrete steps300%, 200%, 100%, fill, fit, 50%, 25%, 12% 6%, that would be perfect.If there are logistical issues with the mouse wheel, how about actually making the CMD + and CMD - that is the current zoom actually work properly.This would be a worthy improvement for LR4 to LR5.

Now that Photoshop CS6 has a nice dark interface, Camera Raw should follow suit for the same reason: to focus on the photo itself. (Also, dark interface looks cool.)

Having the adjustment brush within the mask menu adds additional clicks and it's frustrating that I have to reselect the brush tool when I go to the next picture.  This slows workflow.  There should be the option to separate specific mask options to a solo click on the panel.

As someone who uses both Camera Raw and Lightroom, having the C key as crop tool in CR and compare images in LR (whereas R rotate images in one while being the crop tool in the other) drives me insane daily, and I can't be the only user with this experience.   Assigning shortcut keys ourselves like in PS would be the best but even making both of them C, or R (or whatever third key), do the same thing would be very welcome.

As many are probably aware, today we have quite a few cameras that can take multiple shots and store them in single RAW file. Either for exposure stacking or for pixel shifting.   What would be good feature would be to have ability to split those files into individual DNG files, given sometimes one wants either only one frame, or needs to merge those files for HDR "by hand".   DNG files should preferably be truly RAW, meaning non-linearised, since that allows most of non-destructive post-processing.   Anyway, thanks for keeping Adobe DNG converter alive and up-to-date. Its really helpful tool and I think DNG actually is starting to be very useful format.   Btw. ability to bake-in your own DCP profile into DNG would be kinda great too.   Thanks for reading.

This is a need that is way overdue for Camera Raw and it's in Lightroom:  Please add a center marker on Crop & Rotate and on the Grid Overlay.

I recently converted a Nikon camera to infrared. Adobe's dng profile editor appears to be the only way to get infrared white balancing to work in the raw editor as well as light room classic . I have a lot of OCD related anxiety and after seeing how old the dng profile editor is, I have been having panic attacks about it eventually being neglected and becoming obsolete. Can you comment on Adobes future investment in the dng profile editor. Also do you know of a more up to date system for extending white balance in the raw. Thank you for your help. 11:51 AM

It would be great if one could output raw linear tiffs from a raw file. That is a file with no adjustments in exposure or curves but can utilize the lens profiles. Anyone think of a way to bypass the auto-correction to exposure in ACR?