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                <div><div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">1. Copy camera raw files to your hard disk, organize them, and (optionally) convert them to DNG.</h4><p>Before you do any work on the images that your
camera raw files represent, transfer them from the camera’s memory
card, organize them, give them useful names, and otherwise prepare
them for use. Use the Get Photos From Camera command in Adobe Bridge
to accomplish these tasks automatically.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">2. Open the image files in Camera Raw.</h4><p>You can open camera raw files in Camera Raw
from Adobe Bridge, After Effects, or Photoshop. You can also open
JPEG and TIFF files in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge. (See <a href="WS43B6DFCC-DBBE-4a9a-A985-7871DF914288.html">Open images in Camera Raw</a>.)</p>
<p>To see a video tutorial on importing
raw images from a digital camera into Adobe&#160;Bridge using
Adobe&#160;Photo&#160;Downloader, go to the Adobe website
at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0005" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0005</a>.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">3. Adjust color.</h4><p>Color
adjustments include white balance, tone, and saturation. You can
make most adjustments on the Basic tab, and then use controls on
the other tabs to fine-tune the results. If you want Camera Raw
to analyze your image and apply approximate tonal adjustments, click
Auto on the Basic tab.</p>
<p>To apply the settings used for the
previous image, or to apply the default settings for the camera
model, camera, or ISO settings, choose the appropriate command from
the Camera Raw Settings menu&#160;<img src="images/Camera_Raw_Set.png" />. (See <a href="WSBDEC57AE-ABC4-4d44-A2ED-CC5D5FB988A2.html">Apply saved Camera Raw settings</a>.)</p>
<p>To see a video tutorial
on making nondestructive color adjustments to photos in Camera Raw,
go to the Adobe website at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0006" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0006</a>.</p>
<p>To
see a video tutorial on adjusting multiple images with Adobe Bridge
and Camera Raw, go to the Adobe website at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0007" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0007</a>.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">4. Make other adjustments and image corrections.</h4><p>Use other tools and controls in
the Camera Raw dialog box to perform such tasks as sharpening the
image, reducing noise, correcting for lens defects, and retouching.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">5. (Optional) Save image settings as a preset or as default image settings.</h4><p>To apply the
same adjustments to other images later, save the settings as a preset.
To save the adjustments as the defaults to be applied to all images
from a specific camera model, a specific camera, or a specific ISO
setting, save the image settings as the new Camera Raw defaults.
(See <a href="WSA743BAAF-3A14-4ecf-8F7E-E2F8CF7CF3DF.html">Save, reset, and load Camera Raw settings</a>.)</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">6. Set workflow options for Photoshop.</h4><p>Set options to specify how images are saved
from Camera Raw and how Photoshop should open them. You can access
the Workflow Options settings by clicking the link beneath the image
preview in the Camera Raw dialog box.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">7. Save the image, or open it in Photoshop or After Effects.</h4><p>When you finish adjusting
the image in Camera Raw, you can apply the adjustments to the camera
raw file, open the adjusted image in Photoshop or After Effects,
save the adjusted image to another format, or cancel and discard
adjustments. If you open the Camera Raw dialog box from After Effects,
the Save Image and Done buttons are unavailable.</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Save Image</dt>
<dd>Applies the Camera Raw settings to the images and saves copies
of them in JPEG, PSD, TIFF, or DNG format. Press Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac&#160;OS) to suppress the Camera Raw Save Options
dialog box and save the files using the last set of save options.
(See <a href="WSB0DC278F-B3DF-4a60-88BC-B3D6A852C242.html">Save a camera raw image in another format</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Open Image or OK</dt>
<dd>Opens copies of the camera raw image files (with the Camera
Raw settings applied) in Photoshop or After Effects. The original
camera raw image file remains unaltered. Press Shift while clicking
Open Image to open the raw file in Photoshop as a Smart Object.
At any time, you can double-click the Smart Object layer that contains
the raw file to adjust the Camera Raw settings.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Done</dt>
<dd>Closes the Camera Raw dialog box and stores file settings
either in the camera raw database file, in the sidecar XMP file,
or in the DNG file.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Cancel</dt>
<dd>Cancels the adjustments specified in the Camera Raw dialog
box.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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