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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Camera Raw Q&A => Topic started by: Nill Toulme on May 31, 2010, 03:03:15 pm

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: Nill Toulme on May 31, 2010, 03:03:15 pm

What's the easiest way (or any way... I can't find one) to copy ACR adjustments from one image to another?

This is why I hate learning a new app... I'm sure it's staring me right in the face.

Nill

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: john beardsworth on May 31, 2010, 04:21:22 pm

In Bridge, Edit > Develop > Copy Camera Raw Settings, and then use the Paste equivalent.

Lightroom's much easier as there similar Sync command lets you choose which adjustments to copy.

John

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: john beardsworth on May 31, 2010, 04:23:47 pm

And I forgot there's a Synchronise button in the Camera Raw dialog

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: Nill Toulme on May 31, 2010, 05:12:04 pm

Thanks.  I must say it would never have occurred to me to look to Bridge for this.

I don't see a Sync button.  Where is that hiding?  I did find a way to do it in ACR though.  On the little bar that tells you what panel you're in — Basic, Tone Curve etc. — there's a tiny little arrow on the right that takes you to a little dialog where you can select, among other things, "Image Settings," "Camera Raw Defaults," and happy day, "Previous Conversion."  That last one seems to dump the adjustments from, yep, the last conversion.

I think I'm going to tackle LR next.  I've used C1 for years, and I like most of v5.1, but I don't like its noise reduction treatment of high ISO images.  ACR 6.1 and LR3 seem to be far ahead in that respect.

Nill

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: john beardsworth on May 31, 2010, 05:16:07 pm

Open multiple images from Bridge and you get a filmstrip in the Camera Raw dialog. The Sync button is at the top left.

I'd recommend you do things the other way round. Lightroom is a much better editing environment for managing and processing multiple images.

John

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: Nill Toulme on May 31, 2010, 05:19:32 pm

Thanks John.  LR here I come.

Nill

Title: Copy adjustments to another image?
Post by: john beardsworth on May 31, 2010, 05:22:08 pm

http://www.lightroomforums.net/ (http://www.lightroomforums.net/) is a good resource.

As a hint about why you'll find LR better, just get an image into Develop and hit the "Y" key (pressing Y again will clear it).

John