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December 13, 2025
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ACR complete workflow including AI tools?

  • December 13, 2025
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Hi all,

I wondered where to put the ACR AI tools (Denoise, RAW Details, Super Res) in the whole ACR workflow and asked the AI to create a comprehensive workflow.
The result was:

  • AI RAW Details (optional, if low ISO, image rich in details) or else AI Denoise (optional, if high ISO and noisy)
  • AI Super Resolution (optional)
  • Crop / Composition adjustments
  • Manual Noise Reduction (if needed)
  • Manual Sharpening
  • Manual Edit: Tone / Colour / Exposure adjustments ...
  • Export / Save

What do you think about this AI proposal?

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Martin

 

Correct answer Conrad_C

Adobe has published an official recommended sequence. Go to the link below and scroll down to the heading “Order of Develop operations.” Although the page is about Adobe Lightroom Classic, there is a note on the page saying “The order of operation also applies to Lightroom Desktop and Adobe Camera Raw” because they all use the same raw processing engine.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html

 

What about sharpening? The sharpening controls are based on the three-stage sharpening workflow recommended by the late Bruce Fraser: Capture sharpening, creative sharpening, and output-specific sharpening. In Camera Raw/Lightroom:

  • Capture sharpening is done with the Detail panel, so that would be done at the step where Adobe recommends applying global adjustments. 
  • Creative sharpening is done with masks, so that would be done at the step where Adobe recommends applying masked adjustments. 
  • Output-specific sharpening is done in the Save Options dialog box in Camera Raw, or is not done in Camera Raw if you plan to send the image to another application such as Photoshop where you continue to edit and apply output-specific edits and sharpening to the image there. 

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Conrad_C
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Community Expert
December 13, 2025

Adobe has published an official recommended sequence. Go to the link below and scroll down to the heading “Order of Develop operations.” Although the page is about Adobe Lightroom Classic, there is a note on the page saying “The order of operation also applies to Lightroom Desktop and Adobe Camera Raw” because they all use the same raw processing engine.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html

 

What about sharpening? The sharpening controls are based on the three-stage sharpening workflow recommended by the late Bruce Fraser: Capture sharpening, creative sharpening, and output-specific sharpening. In Camera Raw/Lightroom:

  • Capture sharpening is done with the Detail panel, so that would be done at the step where Adobe recommends applying global adjustments. 
  • Creative sharpening is done with masks, so that would be done at the step where Adobe recommends applying masked adjustments. 
  • Output-specific sharpening is done in the Save Options dialog box in Camera Raw, or is not done in Camera Raw if you plan to send the image to another application such as Photoshop where you continue to edit and apply output-specific edits and sharpening to the image there. 
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December 14, 2025

@Conrad_C Thanks for the link. Exactly what I was looking for..

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