Quick question on ACR mutliple editing

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I'm currently learning and reading a book on CS4. I'm at a section where it tells you to open up multiple RAWs from a folder in ACR. It says they should all open and give you a film strip down the side to make it easier to apply changes to multiple images at once.

When I select my RAWs and open them at once I just get multiple windows instead of a film strip. I've been looking at settings for nearly two hours now trying to find how to get the film strip.

Please help!

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Are they actually opening in Camera Raw, or just straight in Photoshop?

And do you know exactly what I mean by that question? Hope that doesn't sound patronising!
 
Yeah they are both opening in camera raw instead of PS definately, I select two raws and select open and both raws open. One window behind the other, so I close down one raw and the other is behind it.

What I was hoping to achieve is whats in the book where you get a film strip of the opened raws on the side?

This is going from Scott Kelbys book on CS4, I have the latest ACR raw which I downloaded yesterday for CS4. He just says you select multiple raws and they open with a filmstrip.
 
If I goto file/open and select more than 1 raw file they open like your book describes, 1 raw open in the window and the others on the left hand side in a filmstrip.

I've looked at the options but can't find anything to change or customise.

Will have a look later.
 
You sure they are opening in ACR? Try opening from Bridge. Select the two files and press ControlR and that should open both on one ACR screen with thumbnails top left.
 
Yes definately opeing in ACR I will screenshot later to show you when I get home to show you what I'm getting.

Dumb question but I'm clicking open on there multiple raws with PS closed. Should I be doing it open?

Whats happening is it then boots PS and the raws are one window at a time in ACR.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Dumb question but I'm clicking open on there multiple raws with PS closed. Should I be doing it open?
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Ah that's it, PS must be open!
 
The 'filmstrip' down the left hand side of ACR can be collapsed to the side of the screen and hidden. If there is a little 'dash' mark on themiddle left hand side of the screen, put your mouse over it until the pointer changes, and then just drag the 'filmstrip' out.

And if that isn't the problem, then I don't know what it is. :shrug: :lol:

BTW once you have the 'filmstrip' click the 'Select All' button to apply the changes you make to all the open RAW files. ;)
 
Sorted thanks for that, what I was doing even with PS open was selecting all my raws by highlighting them, then right click open. This was not opening the filmstrip. I have to select them all and drag them into PS and then I get the filmstrip.

Cheers cleared that up :lol:
 
Yeah either that or open them from Bridge.

If you just select a load of files in Windows Explorer or Finder (on Mac) then 'open' them, you'll get an annoying behaviour where they come up one-by-one in ACR.

Do it from Bridge or by drag and drop, and they open simultaneously.

ACR is a bit of an afterthought addon, and at times it shows...
 
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