If you’ve ever used Camera Raw, you know all the quick and easy ways it can improve your photographs in a matter of minutes and without all those adjustment layers. Now what if you forgot to take RAW files on your last photo shoot or you just don’t have the capabilities to shoot RAW?

Worry, no more - Photoshop allows you to open and edit JPEG files within Camera Raw.
It even saves your changes within the JPEG file, just like Camera Raw files.

NOTE: I’ve only found this useful with flattened TIFF or JPEG files, native
Photoshop files won’t work.

Step 1: In Photoshop, go to File > Open and highlight the JPEG file, but
don’t click OK. Go to the Format drop down menu and change it from JPEG to
Camera Raw, click open.



Step 2: Make your adjustment in Camera Raw just like you would with a regular RAW file. Click the preview button to see your changes. NOTE: The preview will only show/hide the changes you’ve made in that section (under that tab).



Step 3: Click Open Image to bring the file into Photoshop.

The next time you double click on that JPEG file, it will automatically open
in Camera Raw.



To open it in Photoshop as the original file, go to the menu and select Camera Raw Defaults, then click Open Image.