How to open Camera Raw?

[TammyMJF]

Hi! Good day everyone! How is camera raw opened. I do not see an 'open' tab as I do for PS. Camera raw is listed under PS. Thanks in advance for any possible ways

[Jeff Arola]

There are several ways including using File>Open and selecting a camera raw file, which should then

open in camera raw and after doing any adjustments you wish pressing Open button will open the file

into photoshop proper.

File>Open and selecting camera raw file

camera raw dialog

opened into photoshop itself

[John Waller]

For @TammyMJF : in the steps above, you can see from the screenshots that File > Open is actually done in Photoshop. When a Raw file is selected, Photoshop then launches Camera Raw.

Camera Raw is a plugin for both Photoshop and Bridge so you open Camera Raw from the interface inside those apps.

[Rob_Cullen]

Understand that Adobe Camera Raw is a 'Plugin' for Adobe Photoshop (or other Adobe apps that require a raw 'render' plugin)

Adobe Camera Raw is not a 'stand-alone' app that can be 'opened'.

Adobe Camera Raw is invoked when you select a RAW file to [Open IN PHOTOSHOP].

You can though edit a RAW file (saving XMP) then 'Exit' ACR before opening in Ps.