Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 85

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 80 User Guide Moving the Luminance Smoothing slider to the right reduces grayscale noise. To save changes to camera raw images The Camera Raw dialog box lets you save changes you've made to a camera raw file. Note that saving the file does not make it possible to open it in Photoshop Elements (to open a camera raw file click the Open button, then you can edit and save the file like any other image). 1 In the Camera Raw dialog box, apply adjustments to one or more camera raw images. 2 Click the Save button. 3 In the Camera Raw Save Options dialog box, specify where to save the file and the file naming to use if you're saving more than one camera raw file. 4 Choose DNG from the Format menu, and then specify any other save options that you want. You can also specify a JPEG preview for the DNG file. 5 Click Save. Note: The Digital Negative (DNG) format is Adobe's proposed standard format for camera raw files. DNG files are useful for archiving camera raw images because they contain the raw camera sensor data and data specifying how the image should look. Camera Raw image settings can be store in DNG files instead of in sidecar XMP files or the Camera Raw database. To open a camera raw image in Photoshop Elements After you process a camera raw image in the Camera Raw dialog box, you can open the photo and edit it using the tools in Photoshop Elements. 1 In the Camera Raw dialog box, apply adjustments to one or more camera raw images. 2 Click the Open button. The Camera Raw dialog box closes and the photo opens in Photoshop Elements.