Get Photoshop RAW to show entire 3x2 frame recorded by Sony a7rii as 16x9

[Alfred23830680d5ea]

I mistakenly recorded some photos with the camera set for 16:9 instead of 3:2.  I know that the file itself is 3:2 since Apple Preview shows this and the "Get Info" command indicates that the ARW RAW file is 7952 x 5304 pixels.  Photoshop RAW displays the image as 16:9 with the top and bottom cropped.  I can't find a command that will allow RAW to show the whole image.  Is there such a command or a workaround?

[Erik Bloodaxe]

Have you tried opening the file in Camera Raw and resetting to default?

Unless you have some unusual default settings saved, that should remove any croppings.

[Alfred23830680d5ea]

Thank you.  I just tried this but it didn't work.  (I don't recall ever saving default settings.)

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

I have a similar Sony so I shot a raw image in 16:9 and played around with it. I found that there is a Reset to Full command, as shown in the demo below:

1. As you saw, originally it comes into Camera Raw as 16:9.

2. If you select the Crop tool, the entire 3:2 image is shown, but the crop rectangle covers only the 16:9 area marked by the camera. You could restore the full area by manually dragging the crop rectangle handles out, but that seemed like too much effort so I also looked for a feature that could do it in one step. I found that if you click the Crop tool Preset menu, the Full option does restore the crop rectangle to the full sensor area. (If you like using context menus, you can also see Reset to Full by right-clicking the canvas when crop rectangle is active.)

3. You can see at the bottom that after applying Reset to Full, the pixel dimensions of the current crop now report my full 6000 x 4000 px (3:2) camera sensor area.

Important: The reason resetting Camera Raw preferences will not fix this is that it’s based on a setting in the raw file, not because of any settings in Camera Raw. When Camera Raw opens the raw image, it sees that the camera metadata includes a 16:9 crop setting and it applies that until you override it. The Crop tool Preset menu also includes an As Shot option, in case you want to reset the crop to what it says in the raw file.

[Alfred23830680d5ea]

Thank you so much for this very clear and detailed solution.  I had no trouble following your directions and getting it to work.  I had guessed that the camera metadata was specifying 16:9 but couldn't figure a way to change it.  Again, many thanks!