Open in Camera Raw

cape codcape cod Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
edited December 19, 2012 in Digital Darkroom
:scratch After stitching a panorama in Photoshop .. an saving as a Tiff file I am unable to open in Camera
Raw ..in Bridge when viewing the open option it is grayed out .. I use CS 5 ..
I have no clue ...thanks
don

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,893 moderator
    edited December 15, 2012
    This is just a guess, but I wonder whether your panorama might be too wide. IIRC, ACR 6 is limited to 10,000 pixels in each dimension. Check with Adobe.
  • basfltbasflt Registered Users Posts: 1,882 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2012
    why ?
    there is nothing in ACR that is not available in CS5
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,764 moderator
    edited December 17, 2012
    Richard wrote: »
    This is just a guess, but I wonder whether your panorama might be too wide. IIRC, ACR 6 is limited to 10,000 pixels in each dimension. Check with Adobe.

    Sadly, it's worse than that. Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) is limited to 9,999 x 9,999 pixels. :D

    These guys know their stuff (around 85% into this presentation, under "Camera Raw, Did You Know?"):
    http://www.schewephoto.com/workshop/RW-CR.pdf

    Photoshop CS4 onward appears to have a size limitation of 300,000 by 300,000 pixels. (Previous versions were limited to 30,000 by 30,000 pixels.) It's not clear if the TIFF format allows that maximum resolution, but the 8BPB/PSB formats do allow this resolution.

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/PhotoshopFileFormats.htm#50577409_72092
    basflt wrote: »
    why ?
    there is nothing in ACR that is not available in CS5

    ACR is a component of PS CS5, as is the panoramic section. As such, the 2 - components appear to have different image size capabilities and different constraints.
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • basfltbasflt Registered Users Posts: 1,882 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2012
    ziggy53 wrote: »
    ACR is a component of PS CS5, as is the panoramic section. As such, the 2 - components appear to have different image size capabilities and different constraints.
    OP said that the pano was already saved as TIFF
    so , no benefit for ACR anymore

    best practice is ACR first , then panoramic section , not the other way around
  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2012
    Isnt ACR for RAW conversion, in which case why do you need ACR?

    edit: Doh! sorry Basflt....what he said.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,893 moderator
    edited December 18, 2012
    There are some things that ACR does more easily than PS, in particular one-click white balance. Once in a while, I realize days after I'm finished with a pic that something needs tweaking and it may be faster to do it with ACR than in PS. Doesn't happen often, but it's always good to have tricks up your sleeve when you need them. For panoramas, I generally first process all of the component shots as a synchronized group in ACR, then use PS to merge them.
  • cape codcape cod Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited December 19, 2012
    Additional Issues
    My original file was not anywhere near that big ...
    What is odd to me I can only open a NEFF file in raw ..
    When I go to Bridge and attempt to "open in raw" it is grayed out.
    I should be able to open a jpeg and it's grayed out as well
    don
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,764 moderator
    edited December 19, 2012
    cape cod wrote: »
    My original file was not anywhere near that big ...
    What is odd to me I can only open a NEFF file in raw ..
    When I go to Bridge and attempt to "open in raw" it is grayed out.
    I should be able to open a jpeg and it's grayed out as well
    don

    In Photoshop:

    Edit - Preferences - Camera Raw - JPG and TIFF Handling (located at the bottom of the page)

    Then select: "Automatically open all supported ...", for both the JPG and TIFF drop down menus.
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
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