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jamesq14584026
jamesq14584026
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January 21, 2023
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Photoshop Batch Actions Adding Camera Raw For No Reason

  • January 21, 2023
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I am having an issue with a batch process. It's been working completely fine, but a recent set of photos I created isn't working right.

 

Normally, I have it set to run a simple 3rd party plugin for dodge and burn, export, then close. Simple. I can batch entire folders no problem.

 

Now, for whatever reason Photoshop is deciding to open up camera raw and perform automatic setting changes. It tries to do this on the same exact files every time. So, if say 45-63-68-75 etc open up camera raw, if I create a new folder and throw them in, try again, it will open camera raw again so it's not just some flukey bug.

 

Is this some sort of cache based issue? I don't know why Photoshop is adding steps to my action. This is really annoying and I can't walk away while it processes anymore in case it decides to do this. I tried recreating the action over and over again, and it persists with certain files.

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 21, 2023

Have these images been processed through ACR or Lr in the past? If they contain CRS metadata, then they may open into ACR again, depending on your settings. Photoshop > Preferences > Camera Raw: File Handling.

 

EDIT: Here is what to look for in the affected files under File > File Info

 

 

    jamesq14584026
    jamesq14584026Author
    Participant
    January 22, 2023

    This is a recently built PC, so no I don't think so.

     

    I did however find some .xmp files in the source folder. I deleted all of them, exported again and it persisted.

     

    Thank you for the file handling page, I'm looking at that now. Is there anything specific I should check/uncheck? I just told it to always ignore sidecar xmp files, I'll give that a shot, thanks Stephen!

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 22, 2023

    What file types are being batched?

     

    This isn't about the PC, it may be about the files and their metadata and your ACR processing settings for JPEG/TIFF/HEIC.

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