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                <div><p>Camera Raw software is included as a plug-in with Adobe
After Effects® and Adobe Photoshop, and
also adds functionality to Adobe Bridge. Camera Raw gives each of
these applications the ability to import and work with camera raw files.
You can also use Camera Raw to work with JPEG and TIFF files. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Camera Raw supports images up to 65,000 pixels long or wide
and up to 512 megapixels. Camera Raw converts CMYK images to RGB
upon opening. For a list of supported cameras, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_cameraraw" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_cameraraw</a>.</div>
<p>You must have Photoshop or After Effects installed to open files
in the Camera Raw dialog box from Adobe Bridge. However, if Photoshop
or After Effects is not installed, you can still preview the images
and see their metadata in Adobe Bridge. If another application is
associated with the image file type, it’s possible to open the file
in that application from Adobe Bridge.</p>
<div class="para">Using Adobe Bridge, you can apply, copy, and clear image settings,
and you can see previews and metadata for camera raw files without
opening them in the Camera Raw dialog box. The preview in Adobe
Bridge is a JPEG image generated using the current image settings;
the preview is not the raw camera data itself, which would appear
as a very dark grayscale image. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>A caution icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Warning_Wi_R.png" /> appears
in the thumbnails and preview image in the Camera Raw dialog box
while the preview is generated from the camera raw image. </div>
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<p>You can modify the default settings that Camera Raw uses for
a particular model of camera. For each camera model, you can also
modify the defaults for a particular ISO setting or a particular
camera (by serial number). You can modify and save image settings
as presets for use with other images.</p>
<p>When you use Camera Raw to make adjustments (including straightening
and cropping) to a camera raw image, the image’s original camera
raw data is preserved. The adjustments are stored in either the
Camera Raw database, as metadata embedded in the image file, or
in a <dfn class="term">sidecar</dfn> XMP file (a metadata file that accompanies
a camera raw file). For more information, see <a href="WSD94FB319-761D-4e9a-BC8D-24DF7EBC05B4.html">Specify where Camera Raw settings are stored</a>.</p>
<p>After you process and edit a camera raw file using the Camera
Raw plug-in, an icon&#160;<img src="images/raw_bridge.png" /> appears
in the image thumbnail in Adobe Bridge.</p>
<p>If you open a camera raw file in Photoshop, you can save the
image in other image formats, such as PSD, JPEG, Large Document
Format (PSB), TIFF, Cineon, Photoshop Raw, PNG, or PBM. From the
Camera Raw dialog box in Photoshop, you can save the processed files
in Digital Negative (DNG), JPEG, TIFF, or Photoshop (PSD) formats.
Although Photoshop Camera Raw software can open and edit a camera
raw image file, it cannot save an image in a camera raw format.</p>
<p>As new versions of Camera Raw become available, you can update
this software by installing a new version of the plug-in. You can
check for updates to Adobe software by choosing Help&#160;&gt;
Updates.</p>
<p>For up-to-date documentation for Camera Raw, go to the Adobe
website at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_camerarawhelp" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_camerarawhelp</a>.</p>
<p>Different camera
models save camera raw images in many different formats, and the
data must be interpreted differently for these formats. Camera Raw
includes support for many camera models, and it can interpret many
camera raw formats.</p>
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