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February 6, 2022
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All of my files are opening up in Camera Raw, Can it be disabled?

  • February 6, 2022
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Everything is up to date, but suddenly whenever I try to open image in PS it opens in Camera Raw, I've tried all of the suggestions online but nothing works. Driving me crazy!

Correct answer amandak23753217

I figured it out.. click "open" in the lower right of the window and viola it closes camera raw and opens in PS

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TexPhoto12
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June 23, 2024

I have this problem.   The solution however is terrible as jpeg and HEIC are combined.  If I turn off jpeg support, and let them open normally in photoshop, I loose HEIC support, and instead get a message saing there is a disk error.  Why is jpeg and HEIC combined?  But TIFF is seperate for some reason. 

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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October 1, 2025
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I have this problem.   The solution however is terrible as jpeg and HEIC are combined. 

By @TexPhoto12

 

The alternative would be to permanently remove all Camera Raw Settings (CRS) metadata.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/photoshop-opens-tiffs-in-camera-raw-issue/idi-p/14904150

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/tiif-files-created-by-capture-one-open-in-camera-raw-instead-of-as-tiff-in-photoshop/m-p/13913417#M742405

amandak23753217
amandak23753217Correct answer
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July 20, 2023

I figured it out.. click "open" in the lower right of the window and viola it closes camera raw and opens in PS

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    Rory21780947z851
    Participant
    August 12, 2023

    the issue is it opening when putting an image in and doing so automatically. the point is not wanting it to open at ALL

     

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    Dwayne5E44
    Participant
    April 12, 2024

    Did you checked Disable JPEG support in Camera Raw preferences?


    Where are the camera raw preferences?

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2022

    Is it possible these documents were edited in say Lightroom Classic? Because if you edit them, those instructions are embedded in TIFF, JPEG etc and if you try to open them in Photoshop, it may trigger ACR because it 'thinks' these parametric instructions are to be further edited. You can do as suggested and disable ACR from doing this, but it may again be how the non-raw files were originally handled.

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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    blakedeb
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    January 23, 2025

    Can you expand on this? I think what your saying may be the key to the solution. I am keeping my files in LR and saving metadata as needed to the files as I sort, rate, add color. I think this saving metadata to file is screwing everything up but its so convenient to batch export in LR lots of files at the settings needed so thats what I do. Is what i'm doing bad practice? How can I fix these files and know if its going to do this before I send the files to the client?

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    October 1, 2025

    What is described in this thread is working normally and as designed.

     

    The solution, if this is not how you want it to behave, is to disable jpeg (or TIFF/heic/avi) support in Camera Raw Preferences. Then these file types will open directly into Photoshop.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    February 6, 2022

    Go into Camera Raw Preferences > File Handling, and disable jpeg/TIFF support.

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      dDembicki
      Inspiring
      May 11, 2023

      This fix doesn't seem to be working in the latest version... 24.4.1... I quit/restarted PS. Not the computer (Mac). 

        rudytheelder
        rudytheelder
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        July 15, 2023

        Doesn't work.  Even worse, I can't even close Camera Raw after it hijacks a Lightroom-classic-edited jpg. How DO you close Camera RAw anyway???

        Peru Bob
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        Peru BobCommunity Expert
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        February 6, 2022

        I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Photoshop forum so that proper help can be offered.

        Shot By Doug
        Shot By DougAuthor
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        February 6, 2022

        Thank you, I'm a forum newbie. lol

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