Adobe Camera Raw overview

When you capture an image with a camera set to use the Raw Capture mode, your …camera is not actually creating an image file. …Instead, it's storing a data file that contains the actual information that was …captured by your image sensor during the exposure. …Capturing in your camera's raw mode can greatly improve the quailty of the final result. …But it does require an extra step in your workflow. …Specifically, you must convert the raw capture into actual pixel values. …With some software, that sort of happens behind the scenes.…

But with Photoshop, we have the opportunity to fine tune the adjustments …that are being applied during that raw conversion process. …And we do that through Adobe Camera Raw. So when you open a Raw Capture, you'll …see Adobe Camera Raw, which looks like this. …We have a nice preview of the image that we've opened. …We also have some tools up at the top left that we can use to work with the photo. …We have a Preview check box so we can turn off or on the adjustments, as we see fit. …