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Inspiring
June 16, 2020
Not Prioritized

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

PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2022

HEllo, I fail to see the link with this discussion...

Ash Mills Photography
Known Participant
March 22, 2022

Evolution is not always progress and often ends in extinction.  We had simple, logical steps that could have helped some people without changing anything for those happy with the changes, but they have been trampled sadly by obfuscation, deflection and agression.  Adding an option for legacy cropping etc was hardly asking for square wheels.

Inspiring
March 3, 2022

Wait!! Please do not close this thread !!! I mistook this for another
issue concerning the latest update to ACR. There is an issue with the crop
tool in ACR that is still unresolved.

Thank you !!
Bruce
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Inspiring
March 2, 2022

Reverting? Wouldn't want that to happen now that ACR has been updated post
the original a few weeks ago. The newest UI is just great.

Kindly cancel this request. And thank the programmers at Adobe. And
remind me to wait for fixes after updates.
Cheers,
Bruce

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Legend
March 2, 2022

I do believe the UI ship has sailed, hit a reef, sunk, and been salvaged by now. This isn't the first uproar over changing the UI and likely won't be the last. Adobe does listen (the Lightroom import fiasco from a while back) but rarely.

Inspiring
March 2, 2022

It looks like this thread got combined with another one again? I'm glad for the additional upvotes for adding a legacy/classic cropping option to ACR, but I'm no longer seeing my original post "Camera Raw: Revert Cropping Behavior" and this current thread seems much broader than just the changed cropping tool behavior (where you move the photo behind the cropping tool instead of moving the cropping tool). I was just looking for the same option in ACR that is available in Photoshop. There are some other good points here though.

Participant
March 2, 2022

Couldnt have said it better myself!  Find the designers of the old ACR and let them fix this mess!

peterb86513089
Inspiring
February 22, 2022

I duuno. When it first came out I didn't like it much. I wasn't (and still am not) a Lightroom user. But you know it kind of grew on me, and I am hooked on those new masking tools and being able to add, subtract, invert, and interset them. I used to spend for ever trying to paint complex masks before. I don't think I would like to go back to the old UI now.

But that's just me and my opinions, and I am just an amature - I don't rely on these products to make a living.

Peter

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
February 21, 2022
Indeed, the older version is far superior, reverting back after every update is tedious.
By @FeedbackCommunityMember

Turn off Auto Update in Adobe Creative Cloud, you'll be locked into the old versions you now prefer.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Known Participant
February 21, 2022

The new style interface is much less clean and intuitive vs the old (12.2 and before).  Can we get an option to revert without losing new features?  

Participant
February 21, 2022

Indeed, the older version is far superior, reverting back after every update is tedious.