HOW TO USE Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Task 13 How to Set Camera Raw Preferences

In Bridge, select Edit, Camera Raw Preferences to open the Preferences window (in Mac OS X, select Photoshop, Camera Raw Preferences). You can also access the Preferences window from within the Camera Raw application by clicking the arrow at the upper right of the Settings area.

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Save Image Settings in drop-down menu:
Camera Raw never adjusts the actual Raw image fileadjustment settings are stored separately. Select whether to save adjustment settings in a central database or as individual Sidecar files in the same folder as the Raw image. Sidecar files have a .xmp extension.

Apply Sharpening to drop-down menu:
If set to Preview Images Only, adjusting the sharpness from within Camera Raw doesn't actually sharpen the imageit sharpens just the preview of the image. Select All Images to actually apply sharpening to the image.

Maximum Size field:
Camera Raw uses a cache to speed loading and recalculation of previews. Here you can change the maximum size of the Camera Raw cache.

Select Location button:
Click to browse to a new location for the Camera Raw cache.

Purge Cache button:
Should the cache get too large or corrupted, you can click this button to empty it.