What Camera RAW in Photoshop | Open RAW images using Camera RAW
Are you looking forward to open and convert RAW images in Photoshop? Here is an easy guide on how to open a RAW image on Adobe Camera Raw and also how to turn the RAW image into JPEG or any other file format. Scroll down to know more about Camera RAW and shortcut keys to use it.
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw is Adobe’s RAW photo processing AI engine. It allows you to convert the RAW image files shot by your camera into widely supported, shareable, usable JPGs. In the section below you will learn how to open Camera RAW
Before moving ahead with opening Camera Raw, let us understand why you need the Camera Raw. RAW files as we know are inaccessible, if you have a RAW image and you wish to get them back follow the listed solutions on how to open them in Photoshop. If you are wondering where Camera RAW is toggle down to the below section.
How to open Camera RAW in Photoshop?
Open Adobe Photoshop and select File from the Photoshop menu.
Select the file you want to open and click the Open button. However, if the image is RAW then Photoshop automatically opens Camera RAW, if the image is not RAW then the image is opened in Photoshop.
Open the Image and click the Filter menu Camera raw filter option near the top. Click this to open the image in Adobe Camera Raw.
After making your adjustments in Camera Raw, click the OK button to apply the adjustments to your image.
Save and convert the RAW image into your preferred file format, with this you will be able to access the image easily.
Shortcut keys to Access Camera RAW on Windows and Mac
Hold onto Shift + Cmd + A (on a Mac) and open Adobe Camera Raw for editing using the selected image layer in Photoshop.
Press Shift + Ctrl + A (on a PC) opens Adobe Camera Raw for with layer in Adobe Photoshop
Still unable to find Camera RAW on your Photoshop 2021, 2020, or any other version? In the section below learn how to access the camera RAW filter with ease ‘
Camera RAW filter not available in Photoshop?
Go to Photoshop and click on the Filter option in the menu
From here, you can Camera Raw Filter and the dialog box will pop up
Click on open
Once you have opened Camera Raw you will be easily able to turn your RAW image into JPEG or any usable image file format. However, even after converting the RAW file if the image still is inaccessible then the probable reason would be due to the corruption of the PSD file.
In such cases, you can make a reliable PSD repair tool like Remo Repair PSD which can effortlessly fix the corruption of your PSD file.
The above- article summarizes how to open Camera RAW in Photoshop, if you have any further queries regarding the article, make use of the comment section below. In case of severe PSD file corruption, you can make use of Remo Repair PSD to easily fix them.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why is not Adobe Camera RAW not there in Photoshop?
a. If you have older versions of Photoshop like CS6, CS5, and prior b. Yet to update your Photoshop c. Not have a Camera RAW extension on Photoshop
2. How to install Camera RAW plugin
a. Click on the Photoshop elements tab on the top left-hand side b. In the drop-down menu, click on the About Plugin option c. In the side menu, click on Camera RAW, and in a small pop-up box, it will tell you what version you are using. d. Once you know which version you are using and which is the latest updated version, you can straight away update your Adobe RAW plugin.
3. How to open the RAW image after updating the Camera RAW plugin in Cs6 and prior versions?
a. If you have Adobe products downloaded on your system all you need to do is click on the Adobe logo and in the drop-down menu click on Open Updater. b. Once, the Adobe updated window pop-up. There you will find a list of software to update. So, check on the boxes of that software to update and click on update.
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