Layers wont open in Camera Raw

[leviathon]

Hi,

I keep having unpredictable behaviour from Photoshop CS6 on a macbook pro, regarding opening layers in Camera Raw.

According to the Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book, once I have opened the camera Raw image in Layers, I should be able to right click on the image and the option- New Smart Layer via Copy, should pop up, giving me two totally separate layers( marked IMG_3846 copy and IMG-3846). From there I should be able to click on either one and it will open in Camera Raw.

But...this only happens at odd times.

The rest of the time, the Layers have a partial lock next to the image. The only way I have found to get around this is to right click..convert to Smart Object..and then >New Smart Object via Copy> this then gives me two layers(marked Layer copy0 and layer 0). When I click on either of these however, they do not open in Camera Raw but a pop up message appears stating:

After editing the contents, choose File> Save to commit changes. Those changes will appear upon returning to IMG_384.JPG
The file must be saved to the same location. If the Save As dialog appears, choose Cancel, and flatten the image before saving.

This leads to two completely different copies that I cant use in Layers.

Does any one know how I can continuously get only the first description?

I hope you can understand this.

Thank you.

 

[leviathon]

Ok, maybe if I put it another way;

Sometimes I open a Camera Raw object in Layers, and the photo is just the photo, with its usual name, and from there I can directly click on New Smart Object via copy, and then by clicking on either layer, it will directly open into Camera Raw again.

Other times, it opens into Layers with the name 'Background' next to it, with a partial lock. I then have to bugger around making copies, none of which open in Camera Raw.

Does any one know how I can consistently open my Camera Raw object into Layers, so that it Does Not have the partial lock and name Background next to it?

Sorry, if my previous message doesn't make sense, I hope this is more intelligible.

 

[Steve]

Open the raw file in ACR and make your adjustments.
Press the Shift key and click on Open Object.
Now the image is a smart object in PS.
Cmd+J will create a copy of than layer.
Double clicking on either layer will open it in ACR