ACR Auto Settings Question

keenasmustard · 6th of July 2006 (Thu)

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to make ACR not default to having all of the auto settings checked in the first "adjust" tab?- ie exposure, shadows etc. I have been advised to uncheck these and make my own adjustments, but I want a way to save the time it takes to manually uncheck them. Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

gpocock · 6th of July 2006 (Thu)

I think Control-U will do it

Best wishes

Geoffrey Pocock

keenasmustard · 6th of July 2006 (Thu)

Thank you very much Geoffrey! That did the trick!

Nick C. · 6th of July 2006 (Thu)

If you don't want auto adjusting on any raw image you can 'Save New Camera Raw Defaults' after you Ctrl+U too.

jfrancho · 7th of July 2006 (Fri)

Set WB to Auto or As Shot
Exposure to 0
Shadows to 0
Brightness to 50
Contrast to 25
Saturation to 0
Then Save New Camera Raw Defaults from the flyout menu.

You may want to go to the other tabs and set some other common default settings. I chose a medium contrast curve and sharpening (preview only) set to 35 as my defaults as well.

EDIT: Fixed default Brightness to read "50" instead of "0".

DavidW · 7th of July 2006 (Fri)

I would have Brightness at 50 by default - but apart from that, I'd say jfrancho is on the mark.

David

Nightcrawler · 7th of July 2006 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidW

I would have Brightness at 50 by default - but apart from that, I'd say jfrancho is on the mark.
David

Agreed. That's what I have my defaults at.

jfrancho · 7th of July 2006 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidW

I would have Brightness at 50 by default - but apart from that, I'd say jfrancho is on the mark.

David

Yes, 50 is default. Sorry about that. I'll fix the list. Thanks

cyclone · 7th of July 2006 (Fri)

Quote:

If you don't want auto adjusting on any raw image you can 'Save New Camera Raw Defaults' after you Ctrl+U too.

and then make sure you hit done.

6th of July 2006 (Thu)	#1
keenasmustard Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 280	ACR Auto Settings Question Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to make ACR not default to having all of the auto settings checked in the first "adjust" tab?- ie exposure, shadows etc. I have been advised to uncheck these and make my own adjustments, but I want a way to save the time it takes to manually uncheck them. Hope that makes sense. Thanks __________________ My Gear

6th of July 2006 (Thu)	#2
gpocock Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 204 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: ACR Auto Settings Question I think Control-U will do it Best wishes Geoffrey Pocock

6th of July 2006 (Thu)	#3
keenasmustard Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 280	Re: ACR Auto Settings Question Thank you very much Geoffrey! That did the trick! __________________ My Gear

6th of July 2006 (Thu)	#4
Nick C. Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,356 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: ACR Auto Settings Question If you don't want auto adjusting on any raw image you can 'Save New Camera Raw Defaults' after you Ctrl+U too. __________________ Nick

7th of July 2006 (Fri)	#5
jfrancho Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,341	Re: ACR Auto Settings Question Set WB to Auto or As Shot Exposure to 0 Shadows to 0 Brightness to 50 Contrast to 25 Saturation to 0 Then Save New Camera Raw Defaults from the flyout menu. You may want to go to the other tabs and set some other common default settings. I chose a medium contrast curve and sharpening (preview only) set to 35 as my defaults as well. EDIT: Fixed default Brightness to read "50" instead of "0". __________________ Last edited by jfrancho : 7th of July 2006 (Fri) at 12:21.

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DavidW Goldmember Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 3,165 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: ACR Auto Settings Question I would have Brightness at 50 by default - but apart from that, I'd say jfrancho is on the mark. David

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