Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers - Martin Evening [111]
Figure 3.75 When ‘Update DNG Previews’ is selected you can force-update the JPEG previews in a DNG file, choosing either a Medium Size or Full Size preview.
Load Settings… Save Settings…
These Camera Raw menu options allow you to load and save pre- created XMP settings. Overall, I find it preferable to click on the New Preset button in the Preset panel (discussed opposite) when you wish to save a new Camera Raw preset.
Camera Raw defaults
The ‘Save New Camera Raw Defaults’ Camera Raw menu option creates a new default setting based on the current selected image. Note that these defaults are also affected by the ‘Default Image Settings’ that have been selected in the Camera Raw preferences (see ‘Camera-specific default settings’ on pages 167–168).
Presets panel
The Presets panel is used to manage saved custom Camera Raw preset settings.
New Camera Raw defaults
The ‘Save New Camera Raw Defaults’ option will make the current Camera Raw settings sticky every time from now on when Camera Raw encounters a new file. This includes images processed by Bridge. So for example, if you were working in the studio and had achieved a perfect Camera Raw setting for the day's shoot, you could make this the new Camera Raw default setting. All subsequent imported images will use this setting by default. At the end of the day you can always select ‘Reset Camera Raw defaults’ from the Camera Raw options menu to restore the default Camera Raw camera default settings.
Saving and applying presets
To save a preset, you can go to the Camera Raw fly-out menu and choose Save Settings… Or, you can click on the Add Preset button in the Presets panel to create a new Camera Raw preset (circled in Figure 3.76 ). A preset can be one that is defined by selecting all the Camera Raw settings, or it can be one that is made up of a subset of settings (as shown in Figure 3.74 ). Either way, a saved preset will next appear listed in the Presets panel as well as in the Apply Preset menu ( Figure 3.74 ). Just click on a setting to apply it to an image. To remove a preset setting, go to the Presets panel, select it and click the Delete button at the bottom, next to the Add Preset button (see Figure 3.76 ).
Figure 3.74 The Camera Raw menu options can be accessed via any of the main panels by clicking on the small menu icon that's circled here.
Figure 3.77.
The New Preset dialog can be accessed by clicking on the New Preset button (circled in Figure 3.76 ). You can choose to save ‘All Settings’ to record all the current Camera Raw settings as a preset. You can select a subset selection such as: Basic, or HSL Adjustments, or you can manually check the items that you want to include in the subset selection that will make up a saved Camera Raw preset.
Figure 3.76 When the Presets panel is selected, you can click on the button at the bottom (circled) to add Camera Raw settings as a new preset. In this example I saved an Infrared Color preset using the New Preset settings shown in Figure 3.77 . You can also use the Load Settings… and Save Settings… menu options to load and save new presets.
Camera Raw preset wisdom
Before you save a Camera Raw preset, it is important to think carefully about which items you need to include in a preset. When saving presets it is best just to save the bare minimum number of options. In other words, if you are saving a grayscale conversion preset, you should save the grayscale conversion option only. If you are saving a camera body and ISO-specific camera default, you might want to save just the Camera Calibration,