## The Photoshop Darkroom: Notes for Sample Files

As I note on page 205 of The Photoshop Darkroom, I’d prefer that you try the techniques that I explain on your own photos. However, I know that some folks like to follow the steps shown using the exact images in a case study.

If you are one of these people, I have made low resolution versions of my images used in step-by-step case studies and examples available for download.

1. Legal stuff. These low resolution image files are watermarked and are licensed to you solely for your use in conjunction with learning the techniques I explain in The Photoshop Darkroom. I maintain full copyright in these images and you are not authorized to use them for any other purpose whatsoever.

2. Organization. When you download and unpack the archive of low resolution image files, to help you find the image you need each file or folder name references the page(s) in The Photoshop Darkroom that provides the case study using the image in question.

3. File Types. There are two kinds of files included in the download archive: PSD files and TIF files. TIF files are saved with the same settings as the original RAW files “As Shot.” You can open these files in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) and work with them just as you would the original RAW files. See Working with TIF Files in ACR below for more details.

The PSD (Photoshop) files in the archive represent examples and case studies where the RAW conversion has already taken place. Just open these files normally in Photoshop. For example, the file used in the Noise Processing case study on pages 78-83 is saved as a low resolution PSD file since RAW conversion using ACR does not come up in this example.

## Working with TIF Files in ACR

TIF files have been saved with the same settings and characteristics as the original RAW files set to “As Shot.” You can use these files to practice RAW conversion, multi-RAW processing and hand HDR.

To open one of these files in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), load them in Adobe Bridge. Then choose File > Open in Camera RAW.

In Photoshop CS4 and ACR 5, you can open TIF files in ACR without going through Bridge. To do this, check the Automatically open all supported TIFFs option in ACR preferences as shown in the figure. Again, if you have an earlier version of Photoshop, you should open these TIF files as RAW files using Adobe Bridge.

To open the Camera Raw Preferences dialog, click the third button from the right in the main ACR window.