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Dewcal
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June 28, 2013
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Camera Raw Filter & Actions

  • June 28, 2013
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Not sure if this is correct section so bear with me if I am in the worng place.  I am using Win7 64 bit CS6 perpetual.

I have installed Dr. Browns Script for "Edit layer in ACR" which I have included in an action.  So far so good.

The action will take the layer and open it up in ACR without issue.  What I cannot get the action to do is to record the changes I make in ACR such as saturation 100% etc.

While this is not a major issue for individual images, it does mean that the action cannot be left unattended for automatic processing.

Is there anyway I can get the action to record these changes?  I am not a "scripter" so probably need a fairly simple solution!!

I know that Doc Brown says he will not be able to give any more help on his scripts - certainly this feature now seems to be part of the CC version.

Thanks for any help.

Dave

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Michael_L_Hale
Inspiring
June 28, 2013

Although Photoshop CC does have a new feature that is similar to that script changes made in ACR are not recorded by an action. The only thing that is recorded is a "Edit Contents" step.

All "Edit layer in ACR" does is convert a normal art layer into a smart object that supports editing in ACR. It doesn't do anything it the layer is already a smart object.

I don't see a simple way of making edits in ACR action recordable. In fact I don't see any way to do that.

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xbytor2
Inspiring
June 29, 2013

I don't see a simple way of making edits in ACR action recordable. In fact I don't see any way to do that.

ACR stores its edits in the file's metadata. In theory, you may be able modify "Edit Layer in ACR" to capture the appropriate metatdata and record it as a parameter of the action step. Or this might require a completely new script. Or it may not be possible at all.

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Michael_L_Hale
Inspiring
June 30, 2013

The exported file did not have the new exposure and contrast values in the metadata.

Were they applied to the image correctly? It may be that the SmartObject is rendered by ACR thus the metadata is no longer needed. This would make it interesting for DNG files.


It may be that the SmartObject is rendered by ACR thus the metadata is no longer needed.

I think it's more that the exported image is the original placed image. I think ACR is still using metadata when editing the smart object but that is not exported. I don't see how ACR could know the current settings of the smart object without using the embedded file's metadata. I don't think ACR is rendering each edit. I think that just the current settings are used. Otherwise the edits would not be non-destructive.

Also although the exported file has the ACR settings used when the file was placed in the smart object the metedata property crs:AlreadyApplied is set to false and no, the settings are not yet applied. They would be applied the next time the file is opened in Photoshop unless the settings were removed first.

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