Intro to Adobe Camera RAW 2024

Discover the power of Adobe Camera Raw! This tutorial unlocks its secrets, showing you how to use it for non-destructive editing just like Lightroom. Learn how to open photos, master masking basics for selective adjustments, and make targeted exposure, brightness, and color corrections.
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[@aussie2uGA]

That radial mask behind the subject was a slick trick! Thanks

[@phlearn]

We like to bring in slick tricks 😎

[@stephenwalroth-sadurni6937]

Thank you for an excellent summary of these new features and a new way too edit. Amazing what Adobe has created with the new PhotoShop.

[@TheThriftCouple702]

This was awesome to know! Thank you! I love how they transferred everything we do on Lightroom to photoshop! Game changer!

[@phlearn]

It's amazing! We love ACR!

[@captaincook6283]

That was perfectly timing to watch this video. Before I opened my images in Lightroom did my usual workflow and then opened it in Photoshop, and when I saw some things that I would like to adjust in Lightroom again it wasn’t possible anymore, and I asked myself how to use camera raw in that very moment. Fantastic job loving your channel. 👏👌😍

[@bynumoil9615]

Wow! I thought I knew everything about ACR and masks. Been doing the glow behind a very archaic way. Thanks so very much.

[@MadelineMysterious]

this is an awesone video. thanks for making it. Radial mask was the exact thing I was looking for.

[@eranthagunawardena2638]

Amazing editing. Thank you so much.

[@AZJack]

Exactly what I was hoping someone would review, thank you!

[@phlearn]

We are glad you've enjoyed the tutorial !

[@michael_flowers]

Very useful content! Thanks for creating this tutorial.

[@christhibre8923]

Super merci Aaron

[@phlearn]

de rien!

[@julvil11]

Very cool filter, thank you for your video!

[@pearljangraphicsdesigner8895]

Great Tutorial as usual! Thanks for sharing these info.

[@phlearn]

thanks for watching and phlearning with us!

[@mwroberts]

Great tutorial, Thank you!

[@anderswinkler34]

You are the best... greetings from Sweden

[@astonmartin6512]

Man many thanks for this tutorial ❤

[@phlearn]

Thanks for watching!

[@richardhyatt-beekeeping]

Oh boy. Haven't watched for a while. We've got older!

[@dantecirelli310]

Thank you for video. When watching, I noticed there was no image title under the image, which would allow you to click on it to get work flow options. Does this no longer exist. Thanks. Dan

[@rrspille]

I don't get it. I am way more faster by (more precise) masking in photoshop (e.g. select skintones) and use all the given tools for retouch… including the camera raw filter. I'm always using a technique of different masks (selections) and layers. Don't get me wrong: it's always nice to have another tool and I like camera raw. But essentially for processing the image out of the camera

[@Lysander-Spooner]

I use Photoshop but just for fun I was able to recreate this entire tutorial in Photomator. It has the exact same masking tools and workflow other than the need to create a Smart Object.

[@shelleyhannan7539]

Not deleting the mask on the legs killed me

[@khudertreifi]

amazing

[@Veypurr1]

I like camera raw, its good

[@phlearn]

we like it too!! 🤗

[@alanm.6096]

One question many people ask about Smart Objects, is when you should NOT use them. Of course, the file sizes are much larger using SO, and you’d think it makes sense to use them all the time for non-destructive processing. Thoughts?

[@phlearn]

Hey there! As you mentioned, smart objects can significantly increase file size. If you're working with a large number of images or need to keep your file size down (for web graphics for instance), it might be overkill to convert everything to a smart object. Use smart objects when you need the flexibility to go back and edit the source content later, especially for things like resizing elements without quality loss, editing filters applied to the object, or replacing a placeholder image with a final version. Ultimately, it depends on your specific workflow and needs. Don't be afraid to experiment and see what works best for you!

[@NickyG22]

Love these tutorials :) I was wondering, is it possible to create wet looking skin from scratch within photoshop? (make someone with dry skin look like they have just got out of a swimming pool)? I know you would normally photograph the model wet but I use photoshop to edit 3D renders and rendering glossy skin is quite resource-intensive so I was wondering if there is a way to replicate this in photoshop?

[@phlearn]

You can definitely try to do some compositing with water textures! It would just take much longer than if you photograph it directly

[@stuffstuffstuffyay]

I use this all the time, but I've never used it as a smart object - because I don't really understand smart objects ha ha ds it just mean that it's like having your adjustment layer in your layers palette versus accessing adjustments from the menu bar… Kinda?

[@phlearn]

That's awesome you use Camera Raw so much. Smart objects can be a bit confusing at first, but no worries, they're actually really powerful once you get the hang of them. A regular Camera Raw adjustment is like having it in the menu bar, meaning the edits are applied directly to the image. A Camera Raw smart object, however, is like having a separate little container for your adjustments within the layer palette. This lets you go back and edit those adjustments anytime without affecting the original image data.

[@dandiehm8414]

Is there any advantage to using the camera raw filter over using Lightroom? I thought Lightroom edited the actual raw file. Am I mistaken?

[@phlearn]

You are correct! With Lightroom you can edit raw files as well. ACR is within Photoshop, so you can seamlessly switch between the two programs for more advanced editing. This useful if you frequently use Photoshop's editing tools.

[@dandiehm8414]

@@phlearn Thanks Aaron for taking the time to reply. I am a long time subscriber. 👍

[@natashapenfield3841]

What would you recommend when someone is working with a .RAW file? Adobe automatically opens it in the camera raw filter, so you are unable to convert it to a smart object first.

[@phlearn]

Hi Natasha! If Photoshop opens your image in Camera Raw (ACR), you can just close the window. This will bring your image directly into the main editing workspace, where you can convert it to a smart object.

[@davestokes3446]

You can open from acr into pscc as a smart object and then access your previous adjustments.

[@PGNogueira]

“Adobe Camera Raw it’s an often forgotten feature” Really? :) I only use Adobe Camera Raw. I still don't understand why Lightroom exists.

[@phlearn]

It's definitely an undervalued app!

[@PGNogueira]

@@phlearn Maybe, but I don't understand the need to have Lightroom when you have Photoshop.

[@sh8736]

Because when you have taken thousands of photos of an event you want to be able to tag them with key words, give them star ratings use the film strip to copy basic edits from one to another (I expect you can do batch process in PS too). You can also work with smart previews in LRC where as you need to have the original in PS. I mostly use PS as the remove, clone features in LRC as not as good,as they are in PS and if you need to do some thing complex and need layers.

[@aussie2uGA]

@@PGNogueira 200k+ photos, categorized by name, keywords, metadata, people facial recognition... Lightroom is still an excellent spot to house it all.

[@PGNogueira]

@@aussie2uGA I understand, but this amount of photos is a problem that I don't have. I only photograph for my own pleasure. I'm a guy who sets up a tripod, takes two or three photos and goes home. Burst mode is not my thing :)

[@masterprintmaker]

how do you set default to "Full "- even if you have 4:3 crop set in camera ?

[@phlearn]

hey there! if you send us an email to support with a little more detail, our team will do their best to guide you!

[@masterprintmaker]

@@phlearn well, you can set the crop in most cameras ... and then look at the FULL sized file in ARC ... it just seems there is no way to do this in ACR via a preset you always seem to have to click "FULL" ... other RAW converters show you the full size no problem :)

[@gianlucacaputo821]

Never understood why should I have to convert a layer into a Smart layer. Once this feature has been introduced in Photoshop why isn’t it the default for the layers?

[@phlearn]

Hi Gianluca! Regular layers are lighter on processing power compared to Smart Objects, which can be especially important for working with large files or older computers.The choice to convert a layer into a smart object will mostly depend on your specific needs and editing workflow.

[@gianlucacaputo821]

@@phlearn yes, my sentence was a bit provocatory… actually with an older PC I think it is not even possible to load the last version of PS 😄😄 thanks for the answer and congratulations, your contents are always excellent 👍🏻

[@bigbigsquid]

Stop saying Boom PLEASE! 😜

[@fscamilo]

Did you give up the pen? 🤔

[@phlearn]

Never! We love our Wacom pen. ❤️

[@babyonline7052]

hi why camera raw unable people?

[@nmelcam1]

When selecting her face it would be easier and more accurate to use Select People and checkmark Face, then Create Mask 🙂

[@DevonChristopherAdams]

That's another option What we all love about Adobe is there are multiple ways to do everything.

[@kirstywhite7717]

I don't have an option to open a file from Bridge with camera raw

[@phlearn]

Hey there! This tutorial focuses on Adobe Camera RAW in Photoshop 🤗 If you need help accessing ACR through Photoshop, you can send us an email to support and our team will do their best to guide you!

[@kirstywhite7717]

Thanks.. will do. And I loved this tutorial - especially using a radial mask. Learned so many things about the masking.

[@terrymcgovern6846]

This is why I have never even downloaded Lightroom. Newcomers to the Adobeverse think Lightroom is the very top-level of editing, some not even realizing that Photoshop and Camera Raw came first and that Lightroom actually evolved from Camera Raw.

[@PJZ]

PS launch: 1990 LR launch: 2007 😂 Aaron. All the functionality of LR in PS? You mean Lightroom is the lower powered version of Photoshop that borrowed Camera Raw to give it any juice at all.

[@MrVivasvictor]

Poor video you don't have any sequence of the tools to show how they work, and you go jumping enywhere

[@eddyapatu2227]

From Ghana first to be here

[@eddyapatu2227]

Ghana stand up ❤

[@mavfan1]

Do all Ghanaians spam comments like you? 🙄

[@eddyapatu2227]

First to be here