+ Camera Raw Feature Requests +

This sounds like a DNG feature request, but I don't think it is.

I would like to be able to see in Bridge+ACR the DNG-version information of my DNG files. Perhaps in "File Properties" metadata?

It is not important yet, (just interesting), but in future may well be important.

Where is that other thread? I would like to suggest a camera, where or more specifically how do I find the proper thread?

Kudos to Thomas, et al for producing such a great tool.
I went through this list trying to make sure I am being original here - and to the best of my knowledge I am.

1. In, ACR, for the individual tabs: an on/off button, and a reset to last opened state button. I realize you can use the Preview box to show and hide the cumulative effect. What the on/off button would do is allow you to preview just the changes you have made to that tab, and not the cumulative effect. I realize there are a bazillion levels of undo, but there are times when it would be nice to go back to the 'entry state' with a single click. I realize the reset button does this for all the tabs - I'd like this effect for each tab individually

2. Incorporated into the sidecar and/or DNG ACR meta: the ability to have multiple looks, as in multiple groups of ACR settings. They could have a ranking so there is always a primary for use in creating previews, etc. It would be especially nice when I need to have a B&W version, a Cool version and a Warm version of the same image, and even nicer when I have to do this across a group of images. I realize that I can save ACR settings files outside of the file, but it would be nice to have these travel with the file. It would also allow me to preserve what I believe to be the best 'normal' conversion settings, while letting me experiment with, for example, a high contrast, punchy blacks cross process look.

thanks
Andy Batt

First let me tell you, that ACR is a great tool converting RAWs. I like it very much. But there is one feature I miss today:

I would like to see CMYK values as an alternative to RGB values as this is possible in Photoshop when setting a marker in ACR. This will be a great help to tune skin tones directly within ACR.

Kind regards
Michael

Thanks, Thomas.

It is worth trying double-clicking on things, isn't it? I just found a couple of other things I didn't know.

>I would like an ACR option "fit cropped in view".

Double click on the crop tool.

I would like an ACR option "fit cropped in view".

I have just been ACRing a cropped raw image. "Fit in view" appeared to be fitting the whole original image, rather than the cropped version, in the view, so wasting some of the screen. Perhaps useful when re-cropping, but not when doing the other stuff.

OK, I give up. No answers about if it would be possible to have ACR to turn off its profiling. I know that there are other professionals out there who are interested in using ACR/PS for their MF DNG files with custom profiles...

Jörgen

"But I do wonder - will this apply to old DNGs?"

Yes...

Shangara,
>I still can't read RGB readings sometimes when ACR is hosted by Bridge and also my cursors animate, which is very distracting.

The latter bug disappears when you launch Bridge first, before launching Photoshop.

I have not seen the RGB readings failure, but it might just go away too.