Raw help...Please!

davecamdavecam Registered Users Posts: 53 Big grins
edited August 22, 2009 in Finishing School
Here's my problem, when I look at my raw files in bridge (CS4) they look good. White balance, brightness all ok. When I open them in ACRaw they look dreadful! I try the auto or default option, but none of them look anything like the bridge version.

So what I want to know is simply how to get the files into ACRaw/CS4 looking as good as they do in bridge? Please.
Dave

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2009
    Dave, this is a bit weird... IMHO the only way RAW files can look different form their ACR versions is if the built-in jpeg preview or Bridge cached preview is different. In any case it's the ACR look which is "real". You can bring all in sync by rebuilding the Bridge cache, but that would simply make them all look "dreadful"...
    To start with a clean slate, open the folder in Windows Explorer and delete/rename athe "sidecar" .XMP file, then open image again in ACR. If it doesn't help - it means your raw file is not ideal and you need to tweak it using all the nice and numerous ACR sliders ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • ElginetPhotosElginetPhotos Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    Dave, this is a bit weird... IMHO the only way RAW files can look different form their ACR versions is if the built-in jpeg preview or Bridge cached preview is different. In any case it's the ACR look which is "real". You can bring all in sync by rebuilding the Bridge cache, but that would simply make them all look "dreadful"...
    To start with a clean slate, open the folder in Windows Explorer and delete/rename athe "sidecar" .XMP file, then open image again in ACR. If it doesn't help - it means your raw file is not ideal and you need to tweak it using all the nice and numerous ACR sliders ne_nau.gif

    This happens to me in Bridge. If looking at a pic I already converted to JPEG from RAW, when bridge sees the revamped pic, it adds what I did already, to the preview making the preview look horrible and washed out, even if re-opening it in Bridge (as a RAW file). If I just OPEN the file....it looks fine which means it's stored fine, it's just the preview that's screwing up.

    It has to be something in the defaults of the the other program and maybe it too, is doubling the effect of whatever you did in Photoshop in the preview?
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2009
    I'm sick of bridge...

    ....went back to BreezeBrowser Pro and I am happy again.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2009
    ElginetPhotos wrote:
    This happens to me in Bridge. If looking at a pic I already converted to JPEG from RAW, when bridge sees the revamped pic, it adds what I did already, to the preview making the preview look horrible and washed out, even if re-opening it in Bridge (as a RAW file). If I just OPEN the file....it looks fine which means it's stored fine, it's just the preview that's screwing up.

    It has to be something in the defaults of the the other program and maybe it too, is doubling the effect of whatever you did in Photoshop in the preview?
    It's possible that something went wrong during the caching process..
    Simply tell Bridge to ditch the cache and rebuild it. To avoid long waits try it on a couple of images first: copy a couple to a new folder (via Bridge, it's important) and tell Bridge to rebuild the cache for it. See how it goes.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • southernyankeesouthernyankee Registered Users Posts: 4 Beginner grinner
    edited August 22, 2009
    Have you checked your RAW defaults? You might be seeing a change you made on a previous file, and accidentally saved it as a default...
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