I use Adobe Camera Raw to edit my Jpegs. From my understanding, Jpeg editing in ACR is supposed to be DESTRUCTIVE - I do not see a sidecar XMP file created when I edit JPEGS.
However, the edits I make to JPEGs in ACR do not show up on the actual JPEG file.
As an example here are the steps I take.
1) Right click on a JPEG and say "Open in Camera Raw"
2) Desaturate the image so that it is totally black and white
3) Click done - when I do this I notice that the image within the Adobe Bridge Browser is now in Black and White
4) At this point, I want to verify that the actual image has been converted to Black and White. So I close down Adobe Bridge entirely. Then I navigate to the same directory using Windows Explorer (standard system file browser).
5) My expectation is to see the same image with my ACR edits (i.e. Black and White). However, the image is still in color.
I have placed 2 screenshots online at
http://www.trick-photography.com/acr/Screenshot1.JPG
(Adobe Bridge after ACR edits)
and
http://www.trick-photography.com/acr/Screenshot2.JPG (Windows Explorer)
As you can see the image in Adobe Bridge is Black-and-White. However the actual image is not altered. I have tried to refresh thumbnails and images in both Adobe Bridge and Windows Explorer and that does not work.
In order to see my edits, I have to open the image in ACR and save it to a new folder. This takes lots of time, and I do not think this is the right way because JPEG editing is supposed to be DESTRUCTIVE in ACR.
However, the edits I make to JPEGs in ACR do not show up on the actual JPEG file.
As an example here are the steps I take.
1) Right click on a JPEG and say "Open in Camera Raw"
2) Desaturate the image so that it is totally black and white
3) Click done - when I do this I notice that the image within the Adobe Bridge Browser is now in Black and White
4) At this point, I want to verify that the actual image has been converted to Black and White. So I close down Adobe Bridge entirely. Then I navigate to the same directory using Windows Explorer (standard system file browser).
5) My expectation is to see the same image with my ACR edits (i.e. Black and White). However, the image is still in color.
I have placed 2 screenshots online at
http://www.trick-photography.com/acr/Screenshot1.JPG
(Adobe Bridge after ACR edits)
and
http://www.trick-photography.com/acr/Screenshot2.JPG (Windows Explorer)
As you can see the image in Adobe Bridge is Black-and-White. However the actual image is not altered. I have tried to refresh thumbnails and images in both Adobe Bridge and Windows Explorer and that does not work.
In order to see my edits, I have to open the image in ACR and save it to a new folder. This takes lots of time, and I do not think this is the right way because JPEG editing is supposed to be DESTRUCTIVE in ACR.