lbp Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 When saving a batch of photos after doing RAW edits in Camera Raw, can I go back and cull another session in Bridge while those photos are saving or would I disrupt the saving process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Saving how? The adjustments to your raw files in ACR are saved as XMP data and should save really quickly after you click "done" and ACR closes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbp Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 In camera raw, I saved my edits as a PSD to a folder on my desktop so when I am ready to edit they are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 You don't need to save as PSDs until you are actually ready to go into PS (and have done some work in PS). You can just click "Done" in ACR and your adjustments will be saved to XMP data so you can make adjustments later. And, though I'm not a Mac user, I don't believe you are suppose to save your files on directly to the desktop. Hopefully @Christina Keddie, @Brian, or one of the other admins that have more Mac experience can help. I'm also not sure if saving your images in such a way, on a Mac, would cause you trouble if you decide to open additional files to edit or to cull more in Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 50 minutes ago, lbp said: In camera raw, I saved my edits as a PSD to a folder on my desktop so when I am ready to edit they are there. Yeah, this is REALLY bad. Don't do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbp Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 I had no idea! I wish I had... So I should just cull in bridge, do my raw edits in camera raw and then select done until I am ready to open them in PS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Absolutely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbp Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Thank you! I will do that from now on then. I thought if I didn't save them from camera raw my edits wouldn't save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 This is going to speed up your workflow so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 You are correct @Samantha LaRue. The more crap you have on the Mac Desktop, the slower the thing runs. The Mac OS treats every file and folder on the desktop as an open window. In fact, the fastest way to speed your Mac up is to clear the desktop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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