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[ingerb29119935]

 What can I do to open these files in PS?

[davescm · Accepted solution]

If the file extension of xmp is correct, then those are not image files . The xmp files are files that sit alongside raw image files and contain details of the adjustments to be made in camera raw or Lightroom.

So to reopen the image you just need the raw file.

To re-open the image with it's previous adjustments you need both the raw file and the sidecar (xmp) file.

Dave

[ingerb29119935]

Does that mean I can not reopen the image?

[davescm]

You can open the image only if you have the image file and not just the xmp file.

Dave

[Conrad_C]

How is the window sorted? It is possible that you are not seeing the images because the window sort order is sorting the photo files after all the XMP files. If it is sorted by filename, then what you should see are pairs of files: The raw file, and an accompanying XMP file containing the edit settings.

Another thing you can try is viewing the same folder in Adobe Bridge. If the original image files are stored in the same folder, Bridge will show you the images and hide the XMP files, to reduce confusion.

[jane-e]

It appears that these files were created on a Mac and you are using Windows. If they did not send the image files, you need to ask again. First, though, use the scroll bars to see if they appear lower down in the list.

~ Jane

[Rob_Cullen]

I would suggest they, the XMP files, are CAMERA RAW PRESETS! (Nothing to do with Image files). They are NOT photos!

You would IMPORT these into ACR or LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC and they then show in the Profile Chooser of ACR or LrC. Or they could be Lightroom-Classic Develop Presets.

Where did you obtain them from?

Open one in Windows Notepad and the file may give clues in the text.

[davescm]

Looking at the naming they are xmp sidecar files, each associated with a specific image. They do not have to be opened or loaded separately. When the associated raw mage file is opened from the same folder, Lightroom or camera raw will automatically use the sidecar file to load adjustments for the image.

Dave

[Rob_Cullen]

My post suggestion (Presets) came from the OPs screen-clip:

Who stores photo files in the Camera Raw Presets folders?

Waiting to hear back from @ingerb29119935 !

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[davescm]

@Rob_Cullen  Haha - well spotted on the folder - you could indeed be right.

At the same time it puzzles me why anyone would name their presets Animals_timefordeals.com 2, Animals_timefordeals.com 3.........Animals_timefordeals.com 23......etc. It would make it hard to work out what they did 🙂

As you rightly say - we'll have to wait for the OP to come back and tell us.

Dave

[Rob_Cullen]

Not really wanting to prolong this thread, but a possible answer to-

"why anyone would name their presets Animals_timefordeals.com 2" ?

Preset/Profile names that appear in Lightroom-Classic and ACR are 'internal' within the preset XMP file, and may be entirely different to the Filename of the XMP.

eg.  A file called  {ABC.XMP} may import to LrC and ACR and appear as {FANTASTIC COLORS} in Presets or Profiles.

Not common, but it can happen.