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Color raw file opens in greyscale--sometimes

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April 21, 2019
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What I am about to describe makes no sense at all. I know that it is unbelievable but here it is:

I have a RAW file from a Sony camera. Photoshop opens it up as Black & White even though it is a color shot. The file is in a folder on the computer. However, Photoshop will open up the same file properly as a color image if I open it up either from a flash drive or if I change the location on the computer!

Also, if I rename the file but keep it in the same location it will then open up as a color image!

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?

Thank you very much.

Alan Silberlight

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Correct answer jane-e

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Alan+Silberlight wrote
Photoshop will open up the same file properly as a color image if I open it up either from a flash drive or if I change the location on the computer!

Hi Alan,

If you don’t want it to be in B&W on the one computer, you can

Delete the sidecar file
Right-click the image in Bridge and clear the setting
Open the image in ACR on the one computer and turn off B&W on the Basic tab

~ Jane

jane-e

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/Alan+Silberlight wrote
Photoshop will open up the same file properly as a color image if I open it up either from a flash drive or if I change the location on the computer!

Hi Alan,

If you don’t want it to be in B&W on the one computer, you can

Delete the sidecar file
Right-click the image in Bridge and clear the setting
Open the image in ACR on the one computer and turn off B&W on the Basic tab

~ Jane

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Alan SilberlightAuthor

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Thank you so much. Much appreciated. Now I wonder how this sidecar file was created. I'll pay more attention to this in the future.

jane-e

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/Alan+Silberlight wrote
Now I wonder how this sidecar file was created.

Hi Alan,

The sidecar file is created anytime you edit a file in ACR and it holds the settings you make there. When you look in Adobe Bridge, you will see an icon in the upper right indicating there are settings that have been made. As Dave said, you can edit the file instead of deleting it if you have made other adjustments that you want to keep.

Here is Adobe’s Help page:

Manage Adobe Camera Raw settings

davescm

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Look next to the raw file in the same folder. Is there an xmp "sidecar" file? If so it will contain the instructions on how Photoshop's ACR should process the file (in this case make it black and white). In the other locations, without such a file or with an alternative sidecar file, it will be processed with the default/alternative adjustments.

Dave

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Alan SilberlightAuthor

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Thank you so much. Much appreciated. Now I wonder how this sidecar file was created. I'll pay more attention to this in the future.

davescm

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Hi

There is no need to delete the sidecar file. If Preferences - Camera Raw is set to sidecar files it will save adjustments into that sidecar file. So when you open in Photoshop camera raw just switch it to Colour, make any other adjustments you require then click OK. The sidecar will be updated with the new adjustments.

The purpose of the sidecar file is that it can be copied or moved with the raw file so that the ACR adjustments are moved with the file.

Dave

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