Down Sampling ACR or CS4

Anybody out there down sample in ACR then work with the file in photoshop?

I work at the native resolution of the file for anything vaguely interesting or important. When I do proofs and want 600 or 1000px images I usually use the photoshop image processor.

Doesn't really matter though. I'd do it all in ACR/Bridge if it gave me the option to set my output resolution exactly instead of in steps.

I've never seen a use for it when opening a file in Photoshop -- the Photoshop Resize works fine for me (although I typically do this when Exporting from Lightroom).

I have used the ACR resizing to just convert/save an image quickly, at a generic size, for something like posting here. But if working in CS I'm more likely to use the Image Processor.

I don't have CS5 -- I've heard that there is an Export function (kinda like Lightroom?) If that's true, what's the process? Do Raw processing in ACR then click Done to go back to Bridge, then call Export and set your various options there like you do in Lightroom?

windpig wrote in post #13128767
Anybody out there down sample in ACR then work with the file in photoshop?

Only if I'm 100% sure that the files are intended for a certain use, and it makes a significant difference. (for instance a lot of 39Mp medium format files, to be used at A4 max)
If the customer later needs bigger files, I'll have to re-do the edits, but at their cost.

Hi guys

Thanks for the responce.
Basically they're to be 1024 X 683 files for the web. I'm just trying to determine if the downsampling out of ACR would be better than PS. It looks like a little better file using ACR, but it's close.

windpig wrote in post #13133848
Hi guys

Thanks for the responce.
Basically they're to be 1024 X 683 files for the web. I'm just trying to determine if the downsampling out of ACR would be better than PS. It looks like a little better file using ACR, but it's close.

Does ACR in CS5 give you the option to specify a "custom" output size? My older version doesn't -- you have to pick from a list of "preset" sizes. This is where the Image Processor or an Export function would come in handy!

Tony

"preset" sizes

So I down sized to the smallest in ACR, then down sized further in CS4.

Ah, well then...if you do want to go that route at least ACR will do it "automatically" once you choose an image size...