How to use CameraRaw 11.4 plugin in Lightroom Classic CC

[academicabg]

Installed: Lightroom Classic CC 11, DNG converter 11.4 (for .CR3 files) and CameraRaw 11.4 plugin for Windows.

Imported .DNG files in a collection in LR.

How can I connect / register / use CameraRaw plugin to edit the .dng files?

I did not find any updated info on the net. I', an absolute noive, so please explain in detail.

[Chuck Uebele]

Camera Raw and Lightroom do pretty much the same thing in the way of editing images. To use Camera raw, you need to install Bridge, or open the raw files directly in Photoshop. If you do edit in camera raw, you will need to update the metadata in Lightroom. If you edit in LR you need to make sure you save the edits to the metadata, so the show up in Camera Raw.

[academicabg]

Thank you for your reply.

[academicabg]

So, is CameraRaw a plugin exclusively for Photoshop and Bridge, not for LR? Can I use CameraRaw without PS as a standlone application?

[Per Berntsen]

Camera Raw is an integral part of LR, and there is no need to edit in CR when the image is already in LR.

The CR plugin can't be used on its own, it requires Photoshop or Bridge.