Loading An Image
The Optics standalone supports loading Camera RAW, JPEG, PNG, TIFF as well as Kodak® Cineon and DPX file formats used in motion picture and television production.
For more information on working with Camera Raw images, go to the
Working With Camera RAW Files tutorial.
1 Start the Optics Standalone and open a JPEG, PNG or TIFF image using File > Open.
or
2 In Photoshop or Lightroom, apply Optics.
• Photoshop/Elements: In the Filter menu, select Optics from the Boris FX group.
• Lightroom: In the Photo menu, select Edit In and then choose Edit in Boris FX Optics.
![](https://borisfx-com-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/v1701720928/documentation-optics/optics-2024/single_filter_open-sa.jpg)
The image appears in the Viewer and thumbnails (small images) are created for all of the effects in the current category of the Filters window.