This means they start out looking dull in comparison to their edited JPEG cousins. Raw files are unique to each camera manufacturer. There are dozens of different types of Raw files. Adobe Camera Raw decodes these files into a format that Photoshop can read.įrom the start, Adobe Camera Raw has included image editing tools. These allow you to make adjustments that Raw files need to look good. You can change settings like white balance, contrast, saturation, and sharpness. Camera Raw developed into what photographers now recognise as the Develop module in Lightroom. But there are some differences between ACR and Lightroom. They based the Develop module on Adobe Camera Raw. Even today, the user interfaces of the two programs have a lot in common. Let’s take a deep look, comparing Lightroom vs Camera Raw. The workspace in Adobe Camera Raw looks like the Develop Module in Lightroom. Image adjustments are grouped into panels. Open a panel to reveal sliders that control individual adjustments. The 2021 version of ACR (13.3.0.807) is a hybrid of Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic. Most tools are organised into panels like Lightroom Classic, but Camera Raw uses a few tool labels updated in CC. The Basic panel includes the same controls as Lightroom Classic. The expanded Curve / Tone Curve panel also looks similar. Camera Raw uses the term ‘Color Mixer’ like Lightroom CC rather than the HSL panel of Classic. The Optics and Geometry panel are the same as those found in Lightroom CC. But the Effects and Calibration panels are more like Classic. In both Lightroom and Camera Raw, you can crop, heal spots, and clone. You can make local adjustments using Radial and Graduated filters as well as an adjustment Brush. The icons and location of the local adjustments are like those found in Lightroom CC. Comparison of menu panels of Lightroom Classic (left), Lightroom CC (centre), and Adobe Camera Raw (right) Image Editing Results The 2021 version of ACR feels a bit more like Lightroom CC than Lightroom Classic. We tested the difference between Camera Raw and Lightroom head-to-head to see if either produced better results.
We started by opening the same Raw file in both programs. The first thing we did was click the Auto button. Comparing the results of Auto image processing in Lightroom Classic (left) and Adobe Camera Raw (right) This lets us see if underlying algorithms for analysing images were the same for the two programs. We then edited the image using the same settings in both programs. Compare two images: the first edited in ACR the second edited in Lightroom Classic. It does not matter if you edit in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom. In the 2021 update to ACR (13.2), Adobe renamed the Enhanced Details tool to Raw Details. Also included is the Super Resolution tool. The Super Resolution tool doubles the width and height of your image.
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