Why aren’t Adobe Camera Raw edits applied when loading DNGs into Photoshop layers from Bridge?
Asked 5/14/2021
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I’m selecting multiple DNG files in Adobe Bridge and using Tools > Photoshop > Load Files into Photoshop Layers so I can auto-align them for a timelapse workflow. The files do load as layers in a Photoshop document, but the Adobe Camera Raw adjustments I made are not applied.
If I open a single image from Bridge into Photoshop, the Camera Raw edits appear correctly. The problem only happens when sending multiple files into Photoshop as layers.
I’d like to keep the raw/DNG workflow for alignment, then export the final result to JPEG later. Is there a known reason Camera Raw edits may be ignored in the “Load Files into Photoshop Layers” command, and is there a workaround?
Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Photography Stack Exchange contributor
5y ago
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I've found a potential solution: in blanket applied a different camera RAW profile to the entire batch of RAW images, then when I made specific edits and automated the add to layers dialog, it loaded the images with the RAW files intact.
Originally by user111343. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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A workable fix reported by the community is to first apply a Camera Raw profile across the whole batch of raw files, then make your individual edits and run the Bridge command to load them into Photoshop layers.
In this case, doing that allowed the files to load as layers with the Camera Raw changes applied while keeping the raw files intact for alignment.
So the issue appears to be related to how the automated “Load Files into Photoshop Layers” process is reading Camera Raw settings. A practical workaround is:
- Batch-apply a Camera Raw profile to all selected DNGs.
- Make any image-specific Camera Raw adjustments.
- Use Bridge to load the files into Photoshop layers.
If single-image opens preserve the edits but the multi-layer command does not, that points to the layer-loading workflow rather than your raw files themselves.
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