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ambers60269192
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October 15, 2018
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ACR is creating new file names

  • October 15, 2018
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I have been using ACR 8.5 and when I open a file it displays the original file name at the bottom. I just got a new MacBook Pro, PSE 2019 and ACR 10.4. When I open a file in ACR 10.4 it is showing "fullsizeoutput_2e.jpeg" "fullsizeoutput_2f" etc... for every file opened. How can I change it to show the original file name?

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 15, 2018

    I don't know of any way ACR can change the original filename - except when saving out directly from ACR, or by having Bridge or Lightroom rename on import.

    Also, you're obviously opening jpegs already saved out from somewhere else. You're not opening original raw files.

    ssprengel
    ssprengel
    Inspiring
    October 15, 2018

    What is an example of the original filename corresponding to the other names you've listed?

    What's the process you're using to open an original files in ACR that is showing a different name?  Give an example of the steps you're using.

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    ambers60269192Author
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    October 15, 2018

    I import my images into the Photos app to organize and cull. I Then go to Elements and chose "Open in Camera Raw" from there I choose the files I want to edit from "Photos". My file names from my camera are AJI1000, AJI1001 etc. In the old version of Camera Raw when I would open the file it would show AJI1000 at the bottom. Now it shows fullsizeoutput... I haven't changed anything in my process the only difference is the new version of Elements and ACR.

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    ambers60269192Author
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    October 16, 2018

    I am not a Mac person so maybe someone who is can tell you something better, but:

    What were you doing before when things worked as you expected?  Were you on Windows or not using Photos as your photo manager?

    Why are you using Photos and not Organizer?

    The problem is likely that you're opening from Photos and it renders a JPG from the raw and sends that jpg to your app.

    There is a way in Photos to export the raw to another folder (makes a copy) and you can then open that copy of your raw in your other application, but why make extra copies, why not just copy the original files to your HD and import into Organizer and from there open in ACR or PSE, right?

    Like I said maybe there is something that allows better integration between Photos and PSE but I don't have experience with a Mac.


    I was doing the exact same process on my Imac and older macbook, (I explained the process in the reply above.) Both of them open the file with the original name, yes as a jpeg, but still had the original name. I don't like organizer. I've always used photos to keep things organized, and I would just like someone to answer why now in the newer version of elements and camera raw is it changing the file name. it has never done this before so I'm sure there is a setting or something that I'm just not seeing.

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