Adobe Camera Raw

The development of advanced image formats for the digital cameras, such as the proprietary NEFs and RAWs, with their enhanced characteristics, meant that the corresponding requirements for software that was intended for processing such data also had to be improved accordingly. Photographers who relied heavily on Adobe Photoshop for their editing workflow always craved for a dedicated tool for importing, handling, and manipulating RAW images. Here is where the Adobe Camera RAW plug-in came into play, with its comprehensive collection of tools that address the editing process from a purely photography-based perspective.

Just as its bigger brother, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic, this plugin also deals with the editing process from a photographer’s perspective. And we believe that this is appropriate, especially considering its scope and practical utility.

For those who are accustomed to a classic image editing workflow, they will be able to take their images through a sequential process, which tackles processing starting from the basic elements, such as exposure, white balance, and let’s say contrast, and all the way-way down to more specific adjustments, such as de-hazing, color, aberration and lens corrections.

The image processing capabilities don’t encompass just the basic adjustments that control the tonal aspect of images. One can also rely on the histogram and curves for altering the loaded images, as well as perform more “destructive” adjustments, such as cloning, healing, and, of course, cropping.

Being both an external component for both Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as sharing a multitude of features with them, we believe that integrating Camera RAW’s capabilities in one’s workflow is a quite facile process, thanks to the easy external processing that can be defined in both of the aforementioned apps.

Be it that you choose to rely on it as a standalone solution, or as a side-kick for Photoshop and Lighroom, this plug-in can provide the reliable performance required when dealing with the exigent requirements of the editing involved in professional-grade digital photography, and in particular, advanced processing of RAW images.