Photoshop auto adjusts brightness when Iopen my RAW image

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April 9, 2023
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Does anyone know why Photoshop now auto adjusts some of my RAW images when I open them for editing?

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Correct answer D Fosse

This is normal and expected, and even more so if you have any special settings in the camera. These will not carry over.

What you see on the camera LCD screen is not the raw data. It's the camera processing of the raw data.

A raw file is a data dump from the sensor, nothing more. If you could see it, it would be a very dark, very drab and tonally compressed monochrome image. You wouldn't like it.

There is no such thing as an "original" unedited raw file. To produce a usable image that you can recognize, it needs to be processed in a raw processor. That's always an interpretation. Different raw processing engines will always produce different results.

In short, the sliders in the Camera Raw plugin are there to be used. It's up to you, not the camera manufacturer.

D Fosse

Correct answer

Community Expert

This is normal and expected, and even more so if you have any special settings in the camera. These will not carry over.

What you see on the camera LCD screen is not the raw data. It's the camera processing of the raw data.

A raw file is a data dump from the sensor, nothing more. If you could see it, it would be a very dark, very drab and tonally compressed monochrome image. You wouldn't like it.

There is no such thing as an "original" unedited raw file. To produce a usable image that you can recognize, it needs to be processed in a raw processor. That's always an interpretation. Different raw processing engines will always produce different results.

In short, the sliders in the Camera Raw plugin are there to be used. It's up to you, not the camera manufacturer.

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Matthiola1Author

Participant

D Fosse...Not my case at all. I can view my original (I shoot in RAW not jpg) picture on my computer and when I open the same picture in Camera Raw photoshop my picture is immediately changed - the brightens and colors change completely. Almost looks like some filter is applied to my photo automatically. This has never happened before. I checked all my photoshop settings and can’t find what the issue is. I have been using Photoshop for the past 7 years i know how my RAW files used to open in ACR.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Not my case at all. I can view my original (I shoot in RAW not jpg) picture on my computer

By @Matthiola1

That's the camera-processed jpeg embedded in the file, not the raw data.

It sounds like you have accidentally changed your ACR defaults or some preset or camera profile is applied.

If you can show screenshots it might be easier to figure out what happens.

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Matthiola1Author

Participant

Unfortunately this doesn't help. The RAW images on the back of my camera look darker than images opened in photoshop. The weired thing is...Photoshop doesn't do the auto adjusting on some of my other RAW galleries.

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Ajajeh

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Hello!
Check this out! you might find your answer here

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/raw-images-open-in-photoshop-too-bright/td-p/10116223