Camera Raw AUTO mode in Photoshop ACTIONS

[WongTS]

Hi,

I would like to record as an action in Photoshop (running the latest and greatest version) - the Camera Raw's AUTO buttion invocation.  When I tried it in an action, apparently, the action records all the settings for a particular image that the AUTO button has selected.  That's not what I want. Does anybody knows how I can overcome this problem?  I like to invoke Camera Raw on one image, "Click on the AUTO button", and then proceed with the next action.  Right now, I have to do that step manually - and I have thousands of images waiting :-(.  Thank you.

Ting Sern

[Sameer K]

Hey Wong, I'll help you figure this out.

The Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop acts differently & using Adobe Bridge-hosted Camera Raw might be a better way to approach this. You'll need to create a Camera Raw preset that includes 'Apply auto tone adjustments.

• Open Camera Raw > press CTRL + SHIFT + P > to open the Create a new preset window.
• Unselect all the settings & select Auto settings > Apply auto tone adjustments
  
  
  
• Save this user preset.

Select a set of images & open them in Camera Raw & select all the pictures in the filmstrip & use the preset in Camera Raw.

If this works for you, you can simply skip using the preset & shift, select all images at once & click the Auto button.

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks!
Sameer K

[WongTS]

Hi Sameer,

Thank you for this suggestion. Let me try it out and I'll let you know.

Cheers,
Ting Sern

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[WongTS]

Hi Sameer,

Thanks - I tested your idea - yes, it does work.  But - it means I have to apply the user preset on a group of images at one go.  Very hard to incorporate  that into my workflow - which currently involving Topaz Labs Denoise AI, Photoshop Neural Filter (Photo Restoration), Topaz Labs Sharpen AI, among others (which I have recorded as a Photoshop Action).  I have to look at other alternatives to Camera Raw in that case.  

Thank you so much,

Ting Sern