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February 17, 2023
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Photos being opened with Photoshop open w/ Camera Raw instead

  • February 17, 2023
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Anytime I try to open a photo with Photoshop I am met with a pop-up window of Camera Raw instead. I've disabled in my settings from various tuts to change how files are handled, same result. I've chosen "Open With" and selected Photoshop, same result. I've reverted back to older versions of Photoshop, same result. I don't want Camera Raw to open at all because this type of thing has never happened to my iterations of Ps and I see it as an unnecssary hurdle just to open a picture in Ps. Can someone explain what might be going on or know of a way to disable CR without uninstalling it? To my knowledge CR is needed for Ps

Correct answer D Fosse
I open Photoshop.
>From its screen it’s click on the 2nd item down, OPEN, which is under NEW.
>From within my image files on the PC I pick a CR2 (raw file produced by
Canon 6D camera).
I click on that file. It opens in CAMERA RAW.
I see no way of forwarding that image to Photoshop itself. The base of the
Camera Raw screen ends showing the Saturation slider on the right and
nothing below that level. The only way to close it is to press ESCAPE, and
that just takes me back to the PS opening page.
If I select the image file and then holding down the shift key click open
in the bottom right area of PS, it opens directly into PS, bypassing CAMERA
RAW.
This is what I want to achieve as default.
I have used PS for many years now and have not encountered this issue
before.

@coldwaterjohn 

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong here.

 

A raw file (cr2) has to open in ACR by necessity! Photoshop cannot open raw files directly. That's why ACR is there.

 

It still opens through ACR when you hold shift. The dialog is just suppressed, and the image processed at default settings. I can't really imagine why this is desirable - it defeats the whole purpose of shooting raw in the first place.

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coldwaterjohn
Known Participant
December 10, 2023

Is there no solution offered yet for this issue with Camera Raw being forced upon us every time we attempt to open an image in Photoshop? How do you disable/remove Camera Raw altogether?

 

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 10, 2023

@coldwaterjohn 

The solution has been clearly stated if you look two posts up.

 

If disabling jpeg/TIFF support doesn't do that, it's corrupt preferences and you need to reset. Preferences are prone to corruption because they are resaved on every application exit, so an irregular shutdown can corrupt them.

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coldwaterjohn
Known Participant
December 10, 2023
Diablo g did not resolve it.
How are preferences reset entirely?
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Sébastien28498603bc67
Participant
February 20, 2023

I started having the same issue today. Everything, png/jpg/tiff... all image files opened the Camera Raw interface in photoshop instead of simply opening the file. This happened whether I dragged the file directly in photoshop, right click and opened it with photoshop.exe or used file>open from photoshop. The only solution I had was to delete the camera raw plugin entirely which is not really a solution but prevents it from happening. 

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Sébastien28498603bc67
Participant
February 20, 2023

Just to add to this, I forgot to mention I tried disabling jpg/tiff support for camera raw in photoshop preferences and it did not solve it, neither did unchecking "Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for supported.." option. I also tried opening older files which I know I've opened before without this issue happening and the ACR interface still showed up. 

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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February 17, 2023

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