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                <div><div class="section"><p>Choose a preference to specify where the settings
are stored. The XMP files are useful if you plan to move or store
the image files and want to retain the camera raw settings. You
can use the Export Settings command to copy the settings in the
Camera Raw database to sidecar XMP files or embed the settings in
Digital Negative (DNG) files. </p>
<p>When a camera raw image file
is processed with Camera Raw, the image settings are stored in one
of two places: the Camera Raw database file or a sidecar XMP file.
Settings for DNG files are typically stored in the DNG files themselves,
as with TIFF and JPEG files.</p>
<div class="para"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>When you import a sequence
of camera raw files in After Effects, the settings for the first
file are applied to all files in the sequence that do not have their
own XMP sidecar files. After Effects does not check the Camera Raw
database.</div>
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<p>You can set a preference to determine where
settings are stored. When you reopen a camera raw image, all settings
default to the values used when the file was last opened. Image
attributes (target color space profile, bit depth, pixel size, and
resolution) are not stored with the settings.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In Adobe Bridge, choose Edit&#160;&gt; Camera
Raw Preferences (Windows) or Bridge&#160;&gt; Camera Raw Preferences
(Mac&#160;OS). Or, with the Camera Raw dialog box open, click
the Open Preferences Dialog button&#160;<img src="images/Open_Preferences.png" />.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Camera Raw Preferences dialog box, choose one
of the following from the Save Image Settings In menu:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Camera Raw Database</dt>
<dd>Stores
the settings in a Camera Raw database file in the folder Document
and Settings/<var class="varname">[user name]</var>/Application Data/Adobe/CameraRaw (Windows)
or Users/<var class="varname">[user name]</var>/Library/Preferences (Mac&#160;OS).
This database is indexed by file content, so the image retains camera
raw settings even if the camera raw image file is moved or renamed. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Sidecar “.xmp” Files</dt>
<dd>Stores the settings in a separate
file, in the same folder as the camera raw file, with the same base
name and an .xmp extension. This option is useful for long-term
archiving of raw files with their associated settings, and for the
exchange of camera raw files with associated settings in multiuser
workflows. These same sidecar XMP files can store IPTC (International
Press Telecommunications Council) data or other metadata associated
with a camera raw image file. If you open files from a read-only
volume such as a CD or DVD, be sure to copy the files to your hard
disk before opening them. The Camera Raw plug-in cannot write an
XMP file to a read-only volume and writes the settings to the Camera Raw
database file instead. You can view XMP files in Adobe Bridge by
choosing View&#160;&gt; Show Hidden Files.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
 <div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:  </span>If you are using a revision control
system to manage your files and are storing settings in sidecar
XMP files, keep in mind that you must check your sidecar files in
and out to change camera raw images; similarly, you must manage
(e.g., rename, move, delete) XMP sidecar files together with their
camera raw files. Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, After Effects, and Camera
Raw take care of this file synchronization when you work with files
locally.</div>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If you store the camera raw settings
in the Camera Raw database and plan to move the files to a different
location (CD, DVD, another computer, and so forth), you can use
the Export Settings To XMP command to export the settings to sidecar
XMP files.</div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want to store all adjustments to DNG files in
the DNG files themselves, select Ignore Sidecar “.xmp” Files in
the DNG File Handling section of the Camera Raw Preferences dialog
box.</span></li>
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