Write XMP Usable By Adobe Camera RAW

[garibaldi]

Hello,

I do most of my RAW processing in Aftershot Pro, however for some photos I want to add a layer mask and other tasks that work better in Photoshop. However, if I export to TIFF and then import into Photoshop, I can't go back and tweak white balance or other settings later in Photoshop. Thus, I would like to be able to open the XMP file generated by Aftershot Pro and have Adobe Camera RAW be able to read the adjustments I've made in Aftershot Pro. I see that someone wrote afp2xmp which appears to convert basic tags, but it doesn't have support for Adobe Camera RAW tags.

For example, the ASP tag "bopt:blackPoint" should get converted to "<crs:Shadows>" for Adobe Camera RAW. This way, non-destructive edits made in Aftershot Pro would be transferrable to Adobe Camera RAW. Does such a tool exist already? If not, I'll work on writing an enhancement to afp2xmp to support this functionality.

Thanks!

[afx]

The underlying engines are completely different, so translating image adjustments is not possible.

cheers
afx

[garibaldi]

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Is there any way for me to edit most of my images in ASP, but then if I decide I want to add some layer masks or other tasks better suited to Photoshop, import them to Photoshop but retain the ability to adjust the RAW file (e.g white balance, etc)? I think Photoshop calls this a Smart Object.

What about converting the RAW+ASP XMP to DNG and then importing the DNG into Photoshop? I know ASP doesn't natively support DNG, but could I use a 3rd party tool to convert it?