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Camera Raw: It’s Like Lightroom on a Layer
When Adobe created Lightroom, they took their Camera Raw plug-in from Photoshop and added it to Lightroom (it has the same sliders, in the same order,
that do the exact same things). But, in Lightroom, they call it the Develop module. Luckily, you don’t have to jump back to Lightroom to make edits like
you would in the Develop module, because you can use the Camera Raw filter right within Photoshop. Here’s how:
Step One:
In Lightroom, press Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E) to open the image you want to edit in Photoshop. If you come to a point where you want to add a Develop
module edit, but you’re not ready to head back to Lightroom quite yet, just go under the Filter menu and, right near the top, you’ll find Camera Raw Filter
(as seen here).
Step Two:
This brings up the Camera Raw window (it’s generally just called “ACR,” for short), and if you look on the right side of the window, you’ll see all the
same sliders, with the same names, that do the same thing as in Lightroom’s Develop module, so this should all be familiar to ya. The functionality is the
same, but things appear a little differently: for example, the toolbar (that includes the White Balance eyedropper tool) is in the top left, and instead of