How do you open your Camera Raw file as a smart object in Photoshop?

Applying the Camera Raw filter to a Smart Object By pressing Shift + Cmd + A (on a Mac) or Shift + Ctrl + A (on a PC) on your keyboard you open the image in Adobe Camera Raw. After making your adjustment, click the OK button to apply your changes to the layer.

Is Photoshop Raw the same as Camera Raw?

Adobe developed Camera Raw in 2003 as a Raw image converter for Photoshop. Photoshop cannot directly open Raw files. It needs another program to decode the files. This is the job of Adobe Camera Raw.

Why would you choose to open raw images as smart objects?

If you open or place a Camera Raw file into Photoshop as a Smart Object, you’ll be able to readjust it at any time via Camera Raw. To learn more about Smart Object layers, see pages 308–311.

What is the downside of using a lot of smart objects?

You cannot directly edit the pixels of a Smart Object layer. For example, you can’t paint, perform dodging and burning or cloning directly onto a Smart Object. This is regarded as a disadvantage to a lot of photographers and becomes a reason never to use Smart Objects.

How do I get Camera Raw to open automatically?

Go under the Photoshop CC (PC: Edit) menu, under Preferences, and choose Camera Raw (all the way at the bottom). When the Camera Raw Preferences dialog opens, near the bottom, you’ll see the JPEG and TIFF Handling section. From the JPEG pop-up menu, choose Automatically Open All Supported JPEGs, and then click OK.

Should I edit raw or JPEG in Photoshop?

Raw has more options for correcting exposure issues With a JPEG, white balance is applied by the camera, and there are fewer options to modify it in post-processing. With a raw file, you have complete control over white balance when editing the image. Lost detail in overexposed highlights cannot be recovered in a JPEG.

Can Adobe Photoshop edit raw images?

Photoshop Elements can open raw files only from supported cameras. Photoshop Elements does not save your changes to the original raw file (non-destructive editing). After processing the raw image file using the features of the Camera Raw dialog box, You can choose to open a processed raw file in Photoshop Elements.