How to Hide Sidecar XMP files in Camera Raw?

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February 11, 2021
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Photoshop updated and now XMP files are no longer hidden. I hate these. Please help. I've followed instructions listed here, but it's not working.

My settings:

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Dan Rodney

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Not all files can store metadata in them. If dealing with RAW files you can't avoid XMP sidecar files. DNG files however can store the metadata inside the DNG file without the need for sidecar files, but if those sidecar files were already made, I don't think that preference if going to remove existing ones. It would only apply to future edits.

Keep in mind that Adobe Bridge does not show sidecar XMP files when viewing files.

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larst97407225

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Hi Dan,

I have a problem to understand how the XMP files are stored when moving the RAW file. More specifically: I use Lightroom to import my RAW files. The ones that look good I move to a folder "Temp 2021" I go into Bridge and open the file in ACR and do adjustments. I open the as a Smart object in PS and after more adjustments I save it as a PSD in a permanent folder eg Garden 2021. My XMP files seem to remain in Temp 2021. Should I move the file manually? Can I have it moved automatically as I save it? Or can the RAW and the XMP files remain in different folders?

I have looked into relevant topics here but haven't found anything.

Lars

Dan Rodney

Community Expert

Why are you using Bridge in this workflow? Lightoom has all the features of Camera Raw built in, so I'd:

Import photos into Lightroom
apply edits in Lightroom
Only if there are things I can't do in Lightroom would I then open the file into Photoshop (from Lightroom).

If you're embedding a RAW file into a PSD, there will not be a sidecar file for the PSD as that's all embedded into the PSD. When editing the RAW in the PSD you making your changes but there's no sidecar file to see or manage.

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