Lens Correction Missing in CS5 ACR

george_prescott · June 21, 2014

Recently I had to reload windows and all my software, including CS5, which I purchased around 4 years ago. I re-downloaded from the Adobe website, but now I don't see the lens correction in ACR. There is a tab for lens correction, but instead of being specific to the lens I used there are just some generic controls for chromatic aberration and vignetting. Any advice on how to get this feature back?

Thanks!

George

JDMvW · June 21, 2014

On my CS5 ex (but MAC) there is a second tab for manual as opposed to automatic. Is it missing from your version? Was it perhaps a part of the extended edition (I've long since forgot what was extended)?

JDMvW · June 21, 2014

Very few older lenses are profiled, but there are sources for profiles somewhere or other.

george_prescott · June 21, 2014

No, only one tab, but that was the way it was before as well. The difference is when you click on the tab there is no way to pick any lens at all, as if that is just not a feature of photoshop. I'm attaching a couple of screenshots to show what I am seeing now<div>

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george_prescott · June 21, 2014

Here is the second screenshot.<div>

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george_prescott · June 21, 2014

On the second screenshot this is completely different than what I had before. Previously there was some sort of checkbox for enabling automatic lens correction, and it was automatically populated with the lens I used. I don't recall ever having to do any kind of setup when I originally purchased the software, it was just there.

George

JDMvW · June 21, 2014

I think you're still on the "Basic" function.

Click on the 'lens element' looking icon, for "lens correction" -then maybe you'll see the tabs?

george_prescott · June 21, 2014

I've already clicked on "Lens Element" icon before taking the screenshot in the second picture. Note that the header name changed from "Basic" in screenshot 1 to "Lens Corrections" in screenshot 2.

JDMvW · June 21, 2014

So you did. Well, good luck, it's beyond my ken, I'm afraid. I'm a long term user, but not a software 'mechanics' guru on this program.

I have transferred the program over three different Mac machines and several versions of the Mac OS X, and everything has always been the same.

blumesan · June 21, 2014

Your lens correction tab is certainly different from what I see in CS5. If you reinstalled from the original disks, have you updated the software since reinstallation? Normally just opening the program should inform you that an update is required.

Perhaps you need to install the lens profile data. Go to Adobe site and get the "Adobe Lens Profile Downloader" Then run this application. You need to have the lens profiles on your computer in order to manually or automatically select a profile.

bgelfand · June 21, 2014

Try clicking on the little box I marked in red and select Camera RAW Defaults; see if that helps.<div>

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blumesan · June 22, 2014

Brooks, I am fairly sure that will not change any of the options available in the lens correction panel.

George,

After a second look I note your screen grab of the lens correction panel is vastly different than the current one. Among other things it is missing three "sub-tabs" at the top, for profile, color, and manual.

blumesan · June 22, 2014

Here's the lens correction panel in PSCS5

blumesan · June 22, 2014

Here's the lens correction panel in PSCS5

Wouter Willemse · June 22, 2014

Is ACR itself updated to the latest available version for CS5? Didn't Adobe introduce the lens profiles during the "lifespan" of CS5? Even if you downloaded the latest installation from Adobe, it might still be that ACR isn't updated in the installation package, so I'd always check for updates still.

ant_nio_gomes · June 22, 2014

As Wouter refers check for updates via the "Help" tab and see if there are some available that can solve your problem.

I had to install CS5 a couple of months ago and besides I have a physical CD I checked Adobe's site for updates. After installing them (ACR included) I've got the program with the lens correction and as far I can recall this facility was introduced via one of ACR's updates.

george_prescott · June 22, 2014

Thanks to all for the replies so far. It seems strange that the download from Adobe would immediately require updating, but I am being told that there are updates available. However, when I try to run them I keep getting an error. I'll keep working on it.

george_prescott · June 24, 2014

Well, I've uninstalled and reinstalled the software and tried to apply the applicable updates but I keep getting an error message stating that it is unable to download them and try again later. Although they do appear to be downloading.

john_wheeler6 · June 27, 2014

Hi George - Check the About Plugins > Camera Raw and check the ACR version. If it 6.0 that is probably your problem. The manual tab was introduced in ACR 6.1. The last version of ACR is 6.7 for CS5

Here is the manual download page for ACR 6.7 from Adobe:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5373&fileID=4999

Not sure this is you issue yet hope this helps.

george_prescott · July 9, 2014

John,

Your suggestion worked! Thanks very much for your help!

George

john_wheeler6 · July 9, 2014

Great! Glad to hear it George.

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