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Camera Raw editing is not enabled

Aug 17, 2012 11:29 AM

The Camera Raw option in Bridge 6 is dimmed and not available when I wont to edit a picture file in Camera Raw.

I got this message:
Camera Raw editing is not enabled

Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature"

 

Any help will be highly appreciated

Best regards

Frank

 
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    Aug 17, 2012 1:07 PM   in reply to fjustesen

    Mac or PC? 

     

    Can you open the photo in question using Photoshop?

     

    The error suggests you have Bridge installed but not Photoshop installed.   If you do have Photoshop CS6 installed then it seems like Bridge CS6 is not detecting that Photoshop is installed.

     
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    Aug 17, 2012 9:36 PM   in reply to fjustesen

    Please answer the question posed in post #1.

     

    Macintosh or Windows?

     
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    Aug 21, 2012 2:17 PM   in reply to fjustesen

    Did anyone find an answer to this yet?

     
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    Aug 21, 2012 3:03 PM   in reply to glynharper

    I would guess that the CS or PS installation is corrupted and an uninstall of everything Adobe, clearing the preferences, running the CSCleaner script and a re-install might fix things. 

     

    Installs can become corrupted if beta and release versions of the same product have been installed or if a mixture of single-purchase-apps and suite-bundled apps are or have been installed on the same system, where, for example, Bridge is looking for the bundled version of PS while the PS actually installed, now, is the single-app-purchased version, and Bridge is looking the wrong place to confirm PS is there.

     

    It also could be that Bridge is seeing an expired license for a beta or other-purchase-model version that knows that app is no longer installed.  If CSCleaner doesn’t fix licensing issues, then maybe there is a different thing to do to reset licensing.

     
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    Oct 1, 2012 3:42 PM   in reply to ssprengel

    Now I can open JPEG from the Bridge CS6 right in ACR 7.1 by double click or <Enter>:

     

    ACR.jpg

     
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    Oct 12, 2012 11:23 AM   in reply to Bourbogne

    that problem is happening for legitimate copy of photoshop ? 

     
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    Nov 17, 2012 7:59 AM   in reply to fjustesen

    Bridge CS6 for Mac users ... I was able to right click on photo in Bridge. Select Develop Settings and Select Camera Raw Defaults.

     
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    Jan 18, 2013 11:29 AM   in reply to fjustesen

    I have this same issue, only I am not getting an error message, I just cannot select "open in camera RAW" because it is greyed out. I didnt have this problem last week, but all of a sudden, I cannot open anything from Bridge in Camera RAW. There have been no solutions posted for this issue and it is costing me serious time and money here. ADOBE!!!!!  SOMEONE PLEASE RESPOND WITH AN ACTUAL FIX!!!

     
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    Feb 5, 2013 9:08 PM   in reply to fjustesen

    I think I found a solution... it worked for me anyway.  I opened Photoshop, then from the File menu I selected Browse in Bridge.  I then closed Photoshop and was able to open raw files in Bridge.

     

    Hope this helps...

     
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    Feb 20, 2013 3:08 PM   in reply to Mike_D_1961

    I am having the same issue with not being able to open Camera RAW from bridge. I can see the button and select it , it will act like it is opening it and then come up with  a message saying " Camera Raw editing is not enabled.    Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifing product has been launched atleast once to enable this feature."    I am working on a PC with Photoshop CS6. It is a ligit copy. I have tried updates, uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing works. I am able to get to camera raw thru photoshop , just not thru bridge which is what I need so I can edit multiple pics at once! HELP!!    I tried mike _d_1961 suggestion of opening photoshop, then from the file menu selecting browse in bridge, Closing photoshop and trying to open raw and it is still NOT working!    I see several people are having this issue you would think there would be a fix somewhere!! 

     
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    Mar 1, 2013 6:40 AM   in reply to fjustesen

    I found a workaround online that might help the engineers trying to fix the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpGJRP-daA

     
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    Apr 30, 2013 10:20 AM   in reply to fjustesen

    Make sure you update all of your photoshop software (bridge --> help --> updates).  That was what my problem was apparently, because it's working now.

     
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    May 5, 2013 6:57 PM   in reply to baltimorebaltimore

    Folks

     

    The problem is still out there. I am running a Mac with legal copys of my Adobe products.

    The Cntrl R command in Bridge is Grayed out and unaccessable.

     

    I noticed this problem today when I went to do some work and I noticed the feature in Bridge was dead.

     

    .........And as I go to get a screen shot of what it looks like.... Its all working again.......

    All I did was to stop all programs running, reboot my machine (curse a little) and restart everything from stratch...

     

    I then came over here to leave a note since nothing has change and poof.... it is working now.... Go figure....

     

    If it happens again I will doc what I did and post screen shots.

     

    -David

     
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