Camera Raw in CS5 problem

Installed CS5 with no major problems on a Win 7 x64. Never mind that Adobe has a way with passwords etc. (need not be so IMHO) In CS3 I had Camera Raw pop up whenever I loaded a jpg file – it took the longest time to figure out how to do the same in CS5 (bottom of preferences screen 2 items).
So far I have not been able to figure out "when" and "where" the Sidecar XMP files are created. If I use CRaw on a jpg named Xyz.jpg and then save it – will there be some sort of xyz.xmp file created some place? I have searched the entire PC and have only found Preferences.xmp and Previous.xmp on the C:\ drive. (I do all my work on a D:\ drive only) The original xyz.jpg file is also altered in size. I understood that it was to remain unchanged – since all changes were to be in the Sidecar file. ( Is it somehow jammed into the original xyz.jpg? – If so how can one undo this?)

I’m sure I’m making a big deal out of nothing. What setting(s) am I missing (besides being old)?
As a rule google is my friend. It has failed me this time – as has the hell files.
Regards,
mike

Mike wrote:

Installed CS5 with no major problems on a Win 7 x64. Never mind that Adobe has a way with passwords etc. (need not be so IMHO) In CS3 I had Camera Raw pop up whenever I loaded a jpg file – it took the longest time to figure out how to do the same in CS5 (bottom of preferences screen 2 items).
So far I have not been able to figure out "when" and "where" the Sidecar XMP files are created. If I use CRaw on a jpg named Xyz.jpg and then save it – will there be some sort of xyz.xmp file created some place? I have searched the entire PC and have only found Preferences.xmp and Previous.xmp on the C:\ drive. (I do all my work on a D:\ drive only) The original xyz.jpg file is also altered in size. I understood that it was to remain unchanged – since all changes were to be in the Sidecar file. ( Is it somehow jammed into the original xyz.jpg? – If so how can one undo this?)

I’m sure I’m making a big deal out of nothing. What setting(s) am I missing (besides being old)?
As a rule google is my friend. It has failed me this time – as has the hell files.
Regards,
mike

XMP files are only created if you open a RAW file. If you open a JPEG or a TIFF in CameraRAW, the settings are stored inside the EXIF data of the image, not in a separate XMP file.

XMP files are only created if you open a RAW file. If you open a JPEG or a TIFF in CameraRAW, the settings are stored inside the EXIF data of the image, not in a separate XMP file.

Thanks for the info.
I only have CS5 – so how can I get my original file back without any CRaw changes that are stored in the image?

Mike wrote:

XMP files are only created if you open a RAW file. If you open a JPEG or a TIFF in CameraRAW, the settings are stored inside the EXIF data of the image, not in a separate XMP file.

Thanks for the info.
I only have CS5 – so how can I get my original file back without any CRaw changes that are stored in the image?

When CameraRAW opens, just set the changes back to zero. Another possibility is to change the CameraRAW preferences, so that JPEG’s are never opened in CameraRAW. If Photoshop opens the JPEG directly, so bypassing CameraRAW, the changes will not be applied.

On Sat, 29 May 2010 00:05:58 +0200, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

Mike wrote:

XMP files are only created if you open a RAW file. If you open a JPEG or a TIFF in CameraRAW, the settings are stored inside the EXIF data of the image, not in a separate XMP file.

What if one does NOT select the XMP ‘Save option" but instead select the Camera Raw "save option"? Is it still stored in the image or some other place?

Mike wrote:

On Sat, 29 May 2010 00:05:58 +0200, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

Mike wrote:

XMP files are only created if you open a RAW file. If you open a JPEG or a TIFF in CameraRAW, the settings are stored inside the EXIF data of the image, not in a separate XMP file.

What if one does NOT select the XMP ‘Save option" but instead select the Camera Raw "save option"? Is it still stored in the image or some other place?

Some other place: the CameraRAW database.

I have a utility that will compare files – regardless of how they are named.
It says that no matter how or where the files are stored – and then set back to no change in ACR – NONE of the restored files were identical to the ‘unmolested’ originals. They may have been similar – as a lot of things are in this world. The available documentation is self contradictory. I see no reason to trust Adobe any more than Exxon or BP. We need their products but…

Mike wrote:

I have a utility that will compare files – regardless of how they are named.
It says that no matter how or where the files are stored – and then set back to no change in ACR – NONE of the restored files were identical to the ‘unmolested’ originals. They may have been similar – as a lot of things are in this world. The available documentation is self contradictory. I see no reason to trust Adobe any more than Exxon or BP. We need their products but…

But you do trust that utility a lot more than Exxon or BP apparently… The files were altered, and then brought back to their original state. That means they are still altered compared to files that were never touched in the first place. You also have to realize that only the EXIF data of an image can be altered. That doesn’t mean that the pixels of the image were altered.

In article <1jjd7zg.1qqtxkq1owgppcN%>,
(Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

Mike wrote:

I have a utility that will compare files – regardless of how they are named.
It says that no matter how or where the files are stored – and then set back to no change in ACR – NONE of the restored files were identical to the ‘unmolested’ originals. They may have been similar – as a lot of things are in this world. The available documentation is self contradictory. I see no reason to trust Adobe any more than Exxon or BP. We need their products but…

But you do trust that utility a lot more than Exxon or BP apparently… The files were altered, and then brought back to their original state. That means they are still altered compared to files that were never touched in the first place. You also have to realize that only the EXIF data of an image can be altered. That doesn’t mean that the pixels of the image were altered.

Agreed. Mike – what utility are you using? ImageMagick?

In article <1jjd7zg.1qqtxkq1owgppcN%>,
(Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

Mike wrote:

I have a utility that will compare files – regardless of how they are named.
It says that no matter how or where the files are stored – and then set back to no change in ACR – NONE of the restored files were identical to the ‘unmolested’ originals. They may have been similar – as a lot of things are in this world. The available documentation is self contradictory. I see no reason to trust Adobe any more than Exxon or BP. We need their products but…

But you do trust that utility a lot more than Exxon or BP apparently… The files were altered, and then brought back to their original state. That means they are still altered compared to files that were never touched in the first place. You also have to realize that only the EXIF data of an image can be altered. That doesn’t mean that the pixels of the image were altered.

Agreed. Mike – what utility are you using? ImageMagick?