Damien Symonds

Oh geez, that's REALLY dangerous. Don't do that.

Of course it is.

While the files are where?

Also, in Photoshop, go to File>Open, and try to open two raw files together. Do they open in ACR that way?

No, no, that's ok. Desktop is fine. Can you tell me the resolution of your Macbook screen? Camera Raw won't open if the screen resolution is too low, but it seems unlikely to be the culprit here.

Can you conduct the experiment with raw files on your internal hard drive please?

Wait a minute ... you're not trying to open these files from Dropbox, are you??

@Lorie?

What happens when you try?

OH!!!!! Yes, Bridge can't open jpeg files in ACR unless your version of Bridge exactly matches your version of Photoshop. That's just how it is, I'm afraid.

No, don't confuse the stupid Camera Raw Filter with the real Camera Raw. They are definitely NOT the same thing. Forgive me for asking the obvious question - are you SURE you're working with raw files? You camera hasn't been switched to jpeg accidentally?

You mean in ACR, right?

PLEASE dive back into class. I've covered the new interface, you'll be comfortable with it in no time. In the meantime, there are two ways to open raw files from Bridge. One is Cmd R, the other is Cmd O. Have you tried both?

@Bellasmama please don't wait any longer to dive into your Raw Class!

Yeah, definitely worth trying.

There isn't a better procedure, sorry

Gretchen, you're not ready to be doing full edits yet. PLEASE dive back into class, hurry.

@CMSPhotographs I'm sure Brian will want to know exactly which camera you have (and how old it is etc), and also what brand and type of cards. Sorry, never mind.

What did you decide?

I would give them both 4 out of 5. Easily good enough to use, but neither of them utterly perfect. The second one has a tiny bit of motion blur.

No, try again: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

Paging @gelz ...

Sample the pants colour, and add a Solid Color layer of that colour. Set that layer's blend mode to "Color". Mask it to the wet patch plus some of the surrounding pants so the colour blends. Carefully select the wet patch, then add a Levels layer BELOW the Solid Color layer. Adjust the middle slider until it matches as closely as possible. At this point you might want to go back to the Solid Color layer and tweak its colour a bit. Once you're as happy as possible with all that, add a new blank layer above the other layers, and clone on it. No matter how careful your selection was for your Levels layer, there will still be edges visible. Gently clone over those.

Looks good from here.