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May 1, 2018
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saving edits created in Camera Raw when coming into photoshop

  • May 1, 2018
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I am very new with Photoshop but prior to the new Photo shop update when bringing a image into Photoshop as a Smart object, to create pixel based edits such as the Clone tool, spot healing brush, healing brush tool, I could create a new layer and make these edits and always  have the options going back to camera raw with the edits made, but now I am not able to do this and the only way I see to do this is to rasterize the image make edits and then create a Smart object but I have lost access to all of the data made prior in Camera raw.  Is there a way to do this as I was doing before?  Again I am very new at this and any information would be greatly appreciated!

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    Mohammad.Harb
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 1, 2018

    You don't have to Rasterize the smart object if you want to edit camera raw filter.

    D Fosse
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    Community Expert
    May 1, 2018

    But don't confuse the camera raw filter with the real thing - an embedded smart object containing the original raw file!

    bigcanoe1Author
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    May 1, 2018

    Thank you for this information , and no I was referring to Camera raw embedded as a smart object not camera raw filter I Thank you for this this From: D Fosse <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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    Subject: saving edits created in Camera Raw when coming into photoshop

    saving edits created in Camera Raw when coming into photoshop

    created by D Fosse <https://forums.adobe.com/people/D+Fosse> in Photoshop - View the full discussion <https://forums.adobe.com/message/10355414#10355414>

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 1, 2018

    You cannot make pixel edits to a smart object. Paint, clone, spot heal, dodge and burn, etc is not possible and never was. You have to rasterize to be able to do that - or do it on a separate raster layer above the smart object.