I tried CS2 trial version last night, and i see those XMP files. The Pef in
question was
with CS and no
XMP files were there.
So i quess i have CS setup for its own parameters for Raw then, by what you are
saying..
I DO have the book, but i'm only in the first 1/4 of it so far.:-)
Dave
> Whether RAW parameters will be saved for
a .PEF file depends upon how
> you've set up Camera Raw's preferences.
>
> PEF files are read only.
>
> If you've set Camera Raw preferences to save settings in .XMP
> "sidecar" files and keep the .PEF and the .XMP files together in the
> same directory, when you open a .PEF file, all the associated Camera
> Raw preferences from your last edit session are preserved. (This is
> one of the advantages of using DNG instead of PEF files. If you've
> set the preferences for sidecar files, DNG files are writable and the
> settings are stored as XMP metadata in the DNG file itself, no need
> to track and keep the two files together.)
>
> If, however, you have set Camera Raw preferences to maintain
> parameters in its own cached database, fully expressed path/file name
> to a given .PEF file will be used to save the RAW conversion
> parameters. I'm not sure that Camera Raw can track the file's
> settings if you change what directory you have it in, or whether the
> same Camera Raw centralized database will be used with different
> versions of Camera Raw on the same system. (I'm not sure what happens
> with this setting when using DNG files, but I suspect you lose the
> data if you move the file.)
>
> You *need* to read "Real World Camera Raw...", Dave. ;-)
> Sheesh, Bruce should give me a commission.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2006, at 12:10 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
>
> > Hi gang.
> >
> > I dont have PS at work, but, if i open a PEF file from a previous
> > adjustment done in CS, will the changes still be there or will the
> > original raw file, unadjusted pop up.
> >
> > I'm just trying to fiqure if i can get the changes i made to the IR
> > sepia shot to show anywere so i can do a printable copy and save.
> > The more i think of it, the more i think i did the changes in Raw
> > and only the curves and sepia in PS.??
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Equine Photography in York Region
> >
>
