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Ivan Zajats
Ivan Zajats
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August 26, 2020
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P: Add "Open as Layers in Photoshop" option

  • August 26, 2020
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Add "Open as Layers in Photoshop" option to ACR (like in Lightroom).

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    tjwaller
    tjwaller
    Participant
    February 6, 2023

    I just voted as well. Here it is, February of 2023, and still no ability to "Open as Layers in Photoshop" directly from ACR. That makes absolutely ZERO sense.

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      digglescreative
      Participating Frequently
      December 22, 2022

      Voted

      PECourtejoie
      Community Expert
      PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 20, 2022

      Voted

      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
      Inspiring
      December 15, 2022

      See:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/open-as-layers-in-ps-from-acr/td-p/11389167

      Over there, they never made this a feature request as you did. You might want to post in that thread that you've opened an actual feature request here and get them to vote on this (which is key)! I have upvoted; I see no reason why this shouldn't be doable like LR unless engineering can tell us why. 

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        jluc2219
        jluc2219
        Inspiring
        August 26, 2020

        Hello
        How to open photos from Camera raw as layers in Photoshop. There is this possibility under Lr and Bridge but I would like to do it from ACR. Otherwise I go through the stack after opening them in Ps. Is there another faster method?
        Thank you in advance for your answers.

          JJMack
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          JJMackCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 26, 2020

          I do not install Lightroom for it does not support layered image files.  Photoshop does not have support for RAW files but will Open RAW file by using its Plug-in ACR  which will convert the Camera RAW  Mosaic data into and RGB image which can be open as a  normal Photoshop document with a Raster image layer or opened as a smart object layer with a Camera RAW object.   Even  Raw File pass to Photoshop by Lightroom are opened through Photoshop Plug-in ACR for Photoshop does not  support RAW files.  ACR can use Lightroom's recorded  conversion settings for ACR and Lightroom use the same Adobe RAW conversion engine.

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