# Camera raw files

You can process camera raw files from within Photoshop Elements and set certain values that are common to all image file formats (such as contrast, tonal range, and sharpness). After you process the raw image files, you can open the file, edit it, and then save it in any format supported by Photoshop Elements. By processing the raw files, which are like digital negatives, and then working on them in Photoshop Elements, you can experiment with your images while keeping the original “raw” files.

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- Processing camera raw image files

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