Learning Adobe Camera RAW from Scratch

Learn to perform basic adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw, including exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, and shadows, and refine color with whites, blacks, temperature, tint, vibrance, and saturation.

Adjust brightness across highlights, lights, darks, and shadows with the curve in Adobe Camera Raw, using sliders, curve points, and red-green-blue channel tweaks and presets.

Learn to reduce noise and correct color spill in Adobe Camera Raw by adjusting detail, luminance, color, and sharpening. Also explore super resolution and before-and-after previews to fine-tune results.

Use the color mixer in Adobe Camera Raw to adjust hue, saturation, and luminance for color ranges, using a point color dropper on reds, oranges, yellows, blues, purples, and magentas.

Learn to convert color photos to black and white using the black and white mixer in Adobe Camera Raw, adjusting reds, oranges, blues, purples, and magentas for better black-and-white control.

Learn how color grading in Adobe Camera Raw adjusts midtones, shadows, and highlights, with black and white mode, color bleed, and global tint to balance luminance.

Adjust optics in Adobe Camera Raw by using manual or profile options to control distortion and vignetting. Select a camera and lens, enable auto corrections, and tweak fringing colors.

Learn to apply lens blur in Adobe Camera Raw with AI-assisted analysis to focus on chosen areas. Experiment with circular and bubble bokeh, cat-eye effects, depth visualization, and auto mask.

Learn to use the calibration panel in Adobe Camera Raw to adjust the red, green, and blue primaries by tweaking hue and saturation, using version six processing.

Explore effect adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw by dialing texture, clarity, and contrast, apply dehaze and vignette, and use greens to evoke an old image, with before and after comparisons.

Use automatic masking in Adobe Camera Raw to select the subject or background and adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, color, texture, and noise reduction.

Explore brush masking in Adobe Camera Raw to selectively adjust exposure, contrast, and highlights on a chosen area, draw or erase on the mask, and manage multiple brush masks.

Learn to apply a linear gradient mask in adobe camera raw, drag to shape the gradient, adjust exposure and hue, use presets and color overlays, and add multiple gradients.

Use the radial gradient mask in Adobe Camera Raw by dragging to create it, then add another with the plus button and adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and color correction.

Explore color and luminance range masks in Adobe Camera Raw, selecting color ranges and luminance areas to adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, and temperature.

Learn to add and subtract masks in Adobe Camera Raw using subject mask, brush mask, linear gradient, and radial gradient, including hiding, showing, and deleting masks.

Apply mask overlay in Adobe Camera Raw, switch overlay color, toggle visibility, adjust opacity, manage pins and unselected masks, and view affected areas on black and white.

Invert, duplicate, and hide masks in Adobe Camera Raw to adjust affected areas. Adjust brush size and feather, preview with color overlay, and toggle masks on or off as needed.

Learn to set white balance in Adobe Camera RAW by sampling gray with the eyedropper, then adjust temperature and tint, or use auto and custom options.

Adjust blacks, shadows, highlights, and whites using the histogram in Adobe Camera Raw to reveal detail, toggle black and white and hdr modes, and monitor clipping.

Use the generative remove tool in Adobe Camera Raw to erase unwanted elements by painting with a brush, selecting areas, and allowing generative AI to analyze and remove them.

Use the generative remove tool with object detection to let the brush adapt to targets for precise removal, then visualize spots by adjusting contrast to locate them and edit selections.

Use the heal tool in Adobe Camera Raw to sample from a similar spot and remove blemishes, adjusting size and feather to soften edges.

Master the clone tool in Adobe Camera Raw to replace selected areas with an exact texture copy, adjust opacity and feather, and compare with the heal tool for quick fixes.

Crop, flip, and rotate images in Adobe Camera Raw by adjusting crop ratio and angle, using manual transformation to pull the image vertically or horizontally, and flip as needed.

Use the red eye removal tool to select pupil size and darken level, then click auto to detect and remove red eye in your photo.

Master pet eye removal in Adobe Camera Raw using the Pet Eye tool: auto-detects eyes, or manually drag to adjust and apply correction.

Learn to select multiple images in Adobe Camera Raw, merge them to a panorama, choose cylindrical or perspective options, adjust boundaries, fill edges, and save as a DNG.

Merge bracketed exposure images to HDR in Camera Raw, adjust alignment and ghosting, and save as a DNG for richer color and details.

Apply quick image looks by selecting presets from the preset menu on the right, previewing options like vintage, black and white, or optics, and applying them in Adobe Camera Raw.

You can create custom presets by adjusting texture, clarity, contrast, exposure, vibrance, and color, then save as a personal preset under user presets to apply to new photos.

Create and compare snapshots in Adobe Camera Raw to save, name, and switch between different looks—vibrance, curve, yellows—then delete snapshots you no longer need.

Enable open in Photoshop as a smart object, load your Camera Raw project as a smart object in Photoshop, and edit exposure and shadows by double-clicking.

Apply pre-existing profiles in Adobe Camera Raw to quickly alter the image look; browse profiles like adaptive black and white or monochrome, and adjust their amount and intensity.

Save your edited image as a DNG file using Adobe Camera Raw, selecting save as DNG, choosing a destination folder, and applying document name as the file name.

Export edited images from Adobe Camera Raw in multiple formats, including PNG, TIFF, JPEG, PSD, and DNG, by using custom presets, saving to a chosen folder, and adjusting export settings.

Export four images from the filmstrip in adobe camera raw by selecting them, choosing custom in the convert section, setting the file extension, naming a batch folder, and saving.

Learn to customize Adobe Camera Raw by adjusting general preferences, including dark or light themes, edit panel behavior, filmstrip layout, tooltips, show file name, and zoom options.

Learn how to adjust file handling preferences in Adobe Camera Raw, including embedding XMP in DNG, using sidecar files, and managing previews for DNG, JPG, TIFF, AVIF, and JPEG XL.

Configure performance in Adobe Camera Raw by enabling GPU for open and save, and image processing, adjust cache size, set the temporary files location, and delete temporary data when needed.

Configure default raw options in Adobe Camera Raw, including HDR editing and loading defaults. Override Adobe defaults with camera-specific settings and apply presets by default.

Open the gear icon to adjust workflow preferences and presets. Set color space, bit depth, resize, gamma or web color profiles, sharpening, and smart object options.

Set image ratings with stars from the filmstrip or thumbnails, apply color labels, and mark or unmark files for deletion or rejection in Adobe Camera Raw.

Enable the sampler overlay in Adobe Camera Raw to sample colors from a photo, view RGB values for multiple points, move samples, and reset the sampler as needed.

Enable the grid overlay in Adobe Camera Raw, adjust its size and opacity, and use it as a reference point for rotating images, with on/off toggling as needed.

Learn to change the histogram color space in Adobe Camera Raw, switching from RGB to Lab color or CMYK and viewing the corresponding values.

Learn how the gamut warning in Adobe Camera Raw highlights colors that won't print accurately by selecting a color space, such as CMYK, and adjusting saturation to preview printability.

Learn to edit photos in Adobe Camera Raw by adjusting exposure, highlights, shadows, contrast, color, and details, apply masking and color grading, and export as JPEG.

Master the Adobe Camera Raw interface, navigate filmstrips, and apply core adjustments from curve and detail to color grading, masking, and healing.