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

  • September 22, 2005
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UPDATE:

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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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    Julian Vrieslander
    Inspiring
    September 24, 2005
    I would really like to see an option to display the camera metadata within ACR (f-stop, shutter speed, timestamp, etc.). This information is visible within Bridge and within Photoshop (after raw import). But I sometimes open files without going through Bridge, when I would like to see the metadata during the raw phase adjustments.

    Perhaps ACR already has a function for displaying this info, but I have not found it.
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    _nunatak_
    Participating Frequently
    September 23, 2005
    ian ...

    may i suggest you -bee- a little more agressive deleting off-topic posts?
    Ian Lyons
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    Ian LyonsCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2005
    Jon, James and other of similar mind

    Please read the header message before posting!
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    _James1usa_
    Participant
    September 23, 2005
    Support for D70s and CS8-I tried the Bridge and won't use it, therefore no CS2 for me.
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    _Jon_Shippam_
    Participant
    September 23, 2005
    Support for Pentax *ist DL... (still)
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    _freelancer_
    Participant
    September 22, 2005
    The biggest issue with Camera Raw right now is that it's a Photoshop plug-in. It really needs to be made a standalone application, escaping the restrictions of the modal dialog, gaining scripting support, etc. Camera Raw is the product; Photoshop is secondary at this point. Photoshop is basically a plugin for Camera Raw.

    At this point, there are only a few reasons I generally take an image into Photoshop: retouching for dust or whatever; LAB mode adjustments; Merge to HDR; and resizing, sharpening, and saving as JPEGs. It's gotten pretty rare that I need anything else from it. I save most of my edited pictures as DNG now, even; no sense in going to a PSD or whatever just to hit "save" and get a file 8 times as big.

    So, my wishes for Camera Raw 4:

    1. LAB color mode curves. Operating on the image after the regular curves. This sounds non-trivial, since it would mean implementing LAB color in Camera Raw, but man, it would rule.

    2. Individual-channel RGB curves. Not that important, but would be nice to have the option.

    3. Ability to healing-brush out dust or whatever. This would have to be non-destructive, of course, and saved as metadata in a DNG file, which may or may not be practical. But it would be nice to be able to remove some dust and still have the option to go back and change some RAW conversion settings without re-doing the retouching.

    4. Integrated "Merge to HDR".

    With all of the above able to be applied non-destructively, I think I'd be in photographic heaven.
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