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June 16, 2020
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P: Revert UI to older Camera Raw UI (12.2.1) after Interface Changes

  • June 16, 2020
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after updating photoshop , when i opened it for the first time there was option to use camera raw as it is (vertical film) or to change it to new UI (with new look and horizontal filmstrip ), i just clicked new UI to see how it looks , i thought if i dont like it i will just go back to using older UI but there is no option to select older UI , i contacted adobe but person who was helping me just suggested that i should install older version of camera raw or ask for help from this forum , i found it bit frustrating that if there was simple option to choose new UI so why not give option to revert back to older UI with newly updated software. maybe its bug or adobe forcing people to use new UI even if they dont like it

334 replies

Participating Frequently
July 6, 2020
Agreed, for event photography it used to be the fastest option. Now it's added about 4 seconds per image. Way too slow when I have 1000 images to process per event.
Participating Frequently
July 6, 2020
I am a daily user and I hate it. More buttons to click further away, just to achieve the same thing
Participating Frequently
July 5, 2020
Hey, Leon - I absolutely agree about Lightroom - I don't like anything about it which is why I've been so happy to - up till this poing - still use ACR - i.e., 12.2.  12.3 is a total disaster. 
Participating Frequently
July 3, 2020
Welcome to the Corporate World!  I bailed out of a Fortune 500 firm in 1979 because I realized that I would never be any good at "The Hindlick Maneuver"
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
July 3, 2020
Jeff and the ACR team heard all kinds of debate about this months ago from pre-release.
We don't always get what we want.
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Inspiring
July 3, 2020
I'll chime in here and point out that I only targeted my question towards Jeff as he was marked as "Official Response" and was the Adobe representative in the thread. Adobe US being on Shutdown is a perfectly reasonable reason for a delayed reply. So thank you for the information Victoria.

Despite a few forum trolls and alot of moaning, there is actually some very good feedback in this thread particularly from branislavmilic, who I think pretty much nailed it on the head as to what people are upset about when it comes to the UI and menu design. 

It would just be nice to hear Adobe acknowledge the feedback and they're going to tender to our needs. 

Not wanting to become another one of the moaners (or trolls), I'm going to chime out of the thread.
Participating Frequently
July 3, 2020
Alan: I certainly agree that Adobe must fix this current update mess and I am sure that they are burning the midnight oil to do so. Features changes are a different story...
alans98926879
Known Participant
July 3, 2020
Dave Grainger: "those that learn to adapt do better" -- that goes for companies marketing their product to consumers as well... There are plenty of other sources to turn to, many that indeed adapt to the needs of their customers. Those that do not will get that raised finger that you so helpfully injected into this thread.
Participating Frequently
July 3, 2020
Fred: Please  read my comment again. I was telling you that Change WILL happen, and those that learn how to adapt do better, those that just sulk, do not.
Participating Frequently
July 3, 2020
Dave Grainger are you saying that Adobe is giving us the middle finger or you are giving us the middle finger?

Let me put it in basic math terms for you Dave to explain what the software engineers have done to the GUI:

The previous GUI flowed as simple as 1+1=2. The new UX has become 1+3-11+17-8=2

375 million years from now this will be the reason scientist pinpoint when Adobe went extinct.