navigating between editor and raw

[richrdstone]

If I load three raw pics, They load into AC Raw, them I make adjustments to one and click the open image button.  And it loads into pse editor.

How do I get back to the AC Raw screen to get the next pic?

Thanks
Rich

[fotofrank]

The short answer - you don't. Once you exit ACR it's done.

Once in ACR you can edit all three of the images, the select them all and open them as three different images in the PSE editor to continue processing them. While in ACR you can select all of them and apply the same charges to all of them at one time.

[pontiac1940]

As Frank said, it is important to make sure all three (or all 17 raw images) are selected before hitting "done" or "open" (the terminology changed with diff ACR versions). (The "white" border in each thumbnail should be highlighted ... see below.) 

In this example, the ACR changes have been applied ONLY to the top image. If I wanted all of the images to get the same adjustments then all images to the left would have to be selected. Or you can select (say) three similar images out of the entire list of 17 images on the left. Do this by hitting <ctrl> and clicking each thumbnail one at a time of the images that will get the same adjustments.)  When done editing (the images opened in ACR) make sure all images are selected before opening in PSE. This can be done manually, one at a time by clicking on the left image thumbnails and <ctrl>. Repeat for each image you want to open in PSE. To select all thumbnail images at one time place the cursor on one of the thumbnails and then <ctrl><a>

In this example only the white border around the top image is highlighted. To open all of the other images <ctrl><a> will lightly highlight the borders of the other thumbnails. Click open in lower right to open in PSE. If you click "Done" the adjustment changes will be saved but not opened in PSE. 

[Sepiana]

Apr 30, 2022 23:20:36 GMT richrdstone said:

May 1, 2022 0:06:29 GMT fotofrank said:

The short answer - you don't. Once you exit ACR it's done.

Once in ACR you can edit all three of the images, the select them all and open them as three different images in the PSE editor to continue processing them. While in ACR you can select all of them and apply the same charges to all of them at one time.

If I load three raw pics, They load into AC Raw, them I make adjustments to one and click the open image button.  And it loads into pse editor.

How do I get back to the AC Raw screen to get the next pic?

Rich, Frank is absolutely right. You can't do what you want.

Someone else had a similar question. See the answer by michelb (Adobe Community Professional); it corroborates Frank's answer.

Multiple Images in ACR

[richrdstone]

thanks, now for the next problem

[Tpgettys]

Apr 30, 2022 23:20:36 GMT richrdstone said:

If I load three raw pics, They load into AC Raw, them I make adjustments to one and click the open image button.  And it loads into pse editor.

How do I get back to the AC Raw screen to get the next pic?

Elements+ allows you to go back into ACR directly from the PSE editor.

[photomono]

I know I am late to this party, but here's a thought. If you open your Camera Raw file into Photoshop as a smart object, you have the ability to go back and re-edit that file in ACR while you are in PS. When you open as a smart object in PS, the thumbnail of the layer will have a symbol in the lower right corner. To go back to ACR for additional edits, just double click on the thumbnail.

[Sepiana]

Jul 3, 2022 15:43:22 GMT photomono said:

If you open your Camera Raw file into Photoshop as a smart object, you have the ability to go back and re-edit that file in ACR while you are in PS. 

Hi photomono,

You are absolutely correct; this works in Photoshop. However, richrdstone mentioned in another thread he is using Elements 2020. ACR in Elements doesn't have the option to open the file into the Editor as smart object. These are the options.

Open:
Apply changes and open image.
Alt-click to open image without updating image metadata.