P: Revert UI to older Camera Raw UI (12.2.1) after Interface Changes

David Converse: New here (not at all new to Adobe) simply because this change has created off-the-charts upset/pissed off reaction, infinitely more than those previous you mention.

Some of you are apparently new here. Adobe has a LONG history of making UI changes that upset everyone and their brother.

You are so right. A few years ago I was this kind of freelance Adobe Evangelists for InDesign. I decided to quit just because my dignity and honesty were at stake. Adobe was making a lot of bad decisions for InDesign and the overall attitude of the company started to piss me off. I was an exception, many submitted to Adobe just to keep some advantages.

Because the usual Freelance Adobe Evangelists are
1. Not real life user of ACR
2. Sellouts.

If they dare to say something contrary or negative about an Adobe app, they will not receive all the advantages linked to their status.

It is well worth the price. What did you pay for text books in school? Were they free?

Conspiracy theory / millennial "entitlement generation"  sort of thinking. Change, DOES HAPPEN and one must keep up, not just bitch about it

Interesting how criticisms on other boards - specifically replies to Adobe's hired gun "bloggers" - are being blocked and removed, while the authors (pretty much to a person) say absolutely NOTHING about the problems that are creating a tidal wave of backlash against Adobe for the ACR 12.3 debacle.

Strangely enough, I've found quite a few ACR 12.3 "preview" articles on the web, but NONE of them (that I can find) gave any type of "heads up" on the UI and workflow problems. Rather, and quite coincidentally, it seems ALL of the pre-release information is basically the same, and extremely similar to Adobe's official release information. 

Sure, I get it... the hired guns and sponsored gurus are just towing the line, regurgitating paid propaganda and cashing their checks. But real "photography" sites and bloggers should be ashamed of themselves for NOT being independent, reliable voices in the market.

I'm a single individual and working designer / photographer, paying a lot of money for the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. I have a right to be VERY MAD about being blind-sided like this by a software company that I literally depend upon for my livelihood.

Reposting so there are specific rollback instructions on each page of this growing thread...

HOW TO ROLLBACK ACR 12.2 TO 12.2.1

1. Download the Adobe Camera Raw 12.2.1 installer here: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html
2. Run the installer (you can uninstall 12.3 if you like, but shouldn't need to)

Some have been able to use the latest release of Adobe Bridge (10.1) with ACR 12.2.1. Others, including me, found that Bridge 10.1 was a little wonky once ACR was rolled back. 

(Maybe a restart would help, or maybe you want to mess with getting them working together. I just wanted to be back in business again so I rolled back both apps.)

So here's how to rollback Adobe Bridge to the previous release as well...

1. Open Creative Cloud on your computer
2. Scroll down to Adobe Bridge
3. Click the "3 little dots" next to the (Open) button
4. Click "Other Versions"
5. Under "Older Versions" find "Bridge (10.0.4)" and click "Install"

That should put you squarely back into your preferred workflow with Bridge and ACR both running the last known "good" release.

Remember not to "Update All" with the next round of releases 🙂 

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Here is a link to an excellent two hour long class on the changes made in 21.2 / other parts of Adobe's June update. It is by Ben Wilmore, who is an excellent instructor. I think that review of this material might be helpful for understanding the changes wrought in that Update, many of which have apparently caused considerable anguish!

https://mastersacademy.com/course/june2020updates/