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Ian Lyons
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Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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September 22, 2005
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+ Camera Raw Feature Requests +

  • September 22, 2005
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UPDATE:

We're interested in what changes you would like see in our products. Do you have an idea for a feature that would help your workflow? Is there a small change that could be made to make your life a little easier? Let us know!  Share an Idea, Ask a Question or Report a Problem and get feedback from the Product Development Team and other passionate users on the Photoshop Family product Feedback Site on Photoshop.com.

In future it would helpful if you could use this thread as a means to add

"Features" that you would like to see in future releases of Adobe Camera Raw.

Please do NOT create additional new Topics and try not to duplicate requests by other users. Also, be thorough in your description of the feature and why you think Adobe should consider it.

Oh, and if you find it necessary to comment on someone's feature request/suggestion, try not to get into a shouting match. The penalty for doing so is...

b If you're asking that a particular camera is supported in a future release or just taking the opportunity to carp that yours isn't then please do so in another thread!

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    John MacLean
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    October 8, 2008
    Mathias,

    Lengthy indeed. But I don't think the local adjustment would be as versatile as doing independent exposures.

    I've been doing a lot of the lengthy stuff lately: http://www.johnmaclean.com/blog/?p=27
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    Mathias_DK_
    Participating Frequently
    October 8, 2008
    White Balance as an option in Local Adjustments. Would help with mixed lighting images that otherwise warrant a lengthy smart object / Photoshop / masking procedure.
    Marco N.
    Marco N.
    Participating Frequently
    October 6, 2008
    What I see useful to add is at least metering type & compensation value
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    Mathias_DK_
    Participating Frequently
    October 6, 2008
    Meta data panel in CR. Including Bridge / Lightroom stuff, such as keywording. Pretty basic for any RAW developer, I'd say.
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    Mathias_DK_
    Participating Frequently
    October 3, 2008
    I'd really like to have 'scrubby sliders' in CR, including mousewheel functionality. - To be honest, I'm a bit dissapointed this feature is not included in CR 5.0, as I thought the whole suite was updated to the same new GUI standards.
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    _Designermonkey_
    Participant
    September 19, 2008
    I would like to see a Proof Setup option (like in PS) so I could use a keyboard shortcut, or click a checkbox to see what my RAW images would look like in my preffered CMYK profile.

    We have a very fast workflow which is slowed by having to go back and re-edit the images once developed and edited in RGB and processed into CMYK
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    Naughty_Nigel
    Participating Frequently
    September 15, 2008
    A further benefit is that automated backup systems only need to backup the tiny XMP files when metadata changes are made, rather than the whole RAW or DNG file.

    Nigel.
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    01af
    Known Participant
    September 15, 2008
    William Wood wrote:
    > ... which I convert to DNG to avoid the need for XMP sidecars.

    Well ... I love the XMP sidecar files, and even though I like DNG due to smaller file size I usually avoid converting to DNG because that would make me lose the sidecars. They are so convenient; adding or changing bulk metadata is quicker on tiny sidecar files than on clumsy DNG files, and copying updated metadata to back-up folders is much quicker, too. Also writing my own scripts and programs that handle metadata is easier with the metadata stored in XMP sidecar files.

    Actually, I'd like to see a mode for DNG files as well as for JPEG and TIFF files which makes them store their metadata in sidecar files rather than 'under the hood.' Sidecar files are not just a stopgap for adding read-write metadata to read-only raw files but a great feature of its own.

    -- Olaf
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    John MacLean
    Known Participant
    September 14, 2008
    Nigel, On my Mac I just type Command F and enter .xmp and it shows me all the files. I do create xmp versions for my presets, so I have kept my xmp files except for the CR2 files I manually converted in folders using the Adobe DNG Converter.
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    Naughty_Nigel
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    September 13, 2008
    I am pleased to say that ACR 4.5 now seems to delete the XMP sidecar files when the original raw file is deleted.

    Thank you for this update.

    Is there any chance of a simple utility to find the old orphaned XMP files for deletion?

    Thanks again.

    Nigel.
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