2 Replies Latest reply: Aug 22, 2011 4:32 PM by BJBBJB1 RSS

    Using Smart Filters to keep Camera Raw and filter plug-ins access

    BJBBJB1 Community Member

      I am wondering if what I am trying to do is reasonable and possible.

       

      I know I have seen some workarounds where you can open a RAW file directly in Camera RAW,copy a background, make it a smartfilter, and do your editing and then I guess you can go back and still access your Camera RAW settings which definitely has value.  This kind of is outside my normal workflow as I normally start with Lightroom and that won't work I don't think from Lightroom (unless perhaps if I send it to PS "without LR adjustments?".  Now of course you always have access to the original file and starting settings in lightroom, but once you layer PS edits and layers on top of that, you really can't go back.  I'd be willing to start from within Photoshop if somehow this would work.

       

      And, I regularly use smartfilters when I use my NIK filters in PS.

       

      What I ran into today was a situation where it would have been VERY nice to be able to go back to my camera RAW starting develop settings before I went down a long path of Colorefex and Silverefec filters.  Well, at the end, I determined my RAW sharpening was too strong at the beginning of my workflow.  So I was able to get back to my filter settings of course, but I could not get back to Camera Raw to adjust that.

       

      So, is there a way to somehow keep your Adobe Camera RAW settings available to access, however while still being able to layer NIK filters also in a smart filter situation?  Is this a multiple smartfilter soluton?

       

      Thanks for any input,

      BJBBJB1