Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers - Martin Evening [86]
Figure 3.22.
The Process Version update warning triangle.
Opening TIFF and JPEGs
The following information relates to the JPEG and TIFF handling section of the Camera Raw preferences, which can be accessed via the Bridge menu (Mac) or Edit menu (PC). If ‘Disable JPEG (or TIFF) support’ is selected, all JPEG (or TIFF) files will always open in Photoshop directly. If ‘Automatically open all supported JPEGs (or TIFFs)’ is selected, this causes all supported JPEGs and TIFFs to always open via Camera Raw. However, if ‘Automatically open JPEGs (or TIFFs) with settings’ is selected, Photoshop will only open a JPEG or TIFF via Camera Raw if it has previously been edited via Camera Raw. When this option is selected you have the option in Bridge to use a double-click to open a JPEG directly into Photoshop, or use to force JPEGs to open via Camera Raw. But note that when you edit the Camera Raw settings for that JPEG, the next time you use a double-click to open, it defaults to opening via Camera Raw.
Process Versions
For the first time since the introduction of Camera Raw, Adobe have been obliged to add the concept of Process Versions to the Camera Raw processing. This has happened now because Camera Raw 6.0 has seen a complete revision of the capture sharpening and noise reduction which affects the total appearance of the image rather than just one particular aspect of the raw processing. Because of this there are now two Process Versions you can choose from when editing your photos and this applies not just to raw files but also to DNG, TIFF and JPEG images too. When you edit a photo that's previously been edited in an earlier version of Camera Raw, Camera Raw use Process Version 2003 and an exclamation mark button appears in the bottom right corner of the preview to indicate this is an older Process Version image. Clicking on the button updates the file to Process Version 2010, which then allows you to take advantage of the latest sharpening and noise reduction features. Or, you can go to the Camera Calibration panel and select the desired Process Version from the Process menu shown in Figure 3.23 . Here you can update to Process Version 2010 by choosing ‘2010 (Current)’. Should you wish to do so you can use this menu to revert to the previous Process Version 2003. There is one trade-off to bear in mind here. The fact that the Process Version 2010 rendering is more sophisticated has also increased the amount of processing time required to render individual images.
Figure 3.23 The Process Version setting can be accessed via the Camera Calibration panel.
Removing a crop
To remove a crop, open the image in the Camera Raw dialog again, select the crop tool and choose ‘Clear Crop’ from the crop menu. Alternatively, you can hit or simply click outside of the crop in the gray canvas area.
Camera Raw cropping and straightening
You can crop an image in Camera Raw before it is opened in Photoshop, but note that the cropping is limited to the bounds of the image area only. The crop you apply in Camera Raw is updated in the Bridge thumbnail and preview, and applied when the image is opened. However, if you save a file out of Camera Raw using the Photoshop format, there is an option to preserve the cropped pixels so you can recover the hidden pixels later. Meanwhile, the Camera Raw straighten tool can initially be used to measure a vertical or horizontal angle and apply a minimum crop to the image, which you can then resize accordingly. A useful tip I learnt from Bruce Fraser was how you can use the Custom Crop option shown in Figure 3.24 to create a crop size using pixel units to create a custom size output that matches the size required for a specific layout, or one that exceeds the standard output sizes available in the Workflow Options ( Figure 3.25 ).
Figure 3.25 This shows the Custom Crop settings that can be accessed