Adobe Digital RAW

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For those of you who shoot RAW and use Photoshop, this plug-in is fantastic for your conversion and editing process. Here's some details:

Digital camera raw file support

The camera raw functionality in Adobe® Photoshop® software provides fast and easy access to the raw image formats produced by many leading professional and midrange digital cameras. By working with these "digital negatives," you can achieve the results you want with greater artistic control and flexibility while still maintaining the original raw files.

The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in became the latest must-have tool for professional photographers when it was released in February 2003. This powerful plug-in has been frequently updated to support more cameras and include more features, and is available as part of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® software is built upon the same powerful raw processing technology that is available in the camera raw plug-in.

The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in (2.3 or later) now also supports raw files in the Digital Negative (DNG) format. Find out more about the benefits of DNG, a publicly documented raw file format recently announced by Adobe.



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Download links:

MacOS
Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh : Camera Raw 4.5 update

Windows
Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Windows : Camera Raw 4.5 update


***Note***

The Camera Raw 4.5 plug-in is not compatible with versions of Photoshop earlier than Photoshop CS3, versions of Photoshop Elements earlier than Photoshop Elements 4.01 for Macintosh or Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows®, or versions of Adobe Premiere Elements earlier than 3.0.

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Install instructions:

To install with Adobe Creative Suite 3 or Photoshop CS3:

Automated installation on Mac OS or Windows:

1. Select Help > Updates.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the latest available Camera Raw update.

Manual installation on Windows:

1. Exit Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Double-click Local Disk (C.
4. Navigate to: (Please read directory carefully)

Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS3\File Formats

5. Move the existing Camera Raw.8bi plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw.8bi, from the download into the same folder as step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop CS3 or Adobe Bridge.

Note: If generic camera thumbnails appear in Adobe Bridge, follow these steps:
1. Check to make sure the plug-in was installed in the correct directory in step 4 above.
2. Start Adobe Bridge.
3. Choose Tools > Cache > Purge Central Cache.

Important: Purging the Central Cache deletes cached thumbnail information for all folders. It also deletes labels, ratings, and rotation settings for read-only files (for example, files on a CD or locked files) or file formats that don't have XMP support.

To install with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0:

1. Exit Photoshop Elements.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Double-click Local Disk (C.
4. Navigate to: (Please read directory carefully)

Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 6.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats

5. Move the existing Camera Raw.8bi plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw.8bi, from the download into the same folder as step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop Elements.

To install with Adobe Premiere Elements:

1. Exit Adobe Premiere Elements.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Double-click Local Disk (C.
4. Navigate to location designated by your version of Premiere Elements: (Please read directory carefully)
a. Premiere Elements 3.0:
Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0\Plug-Ins\Common\PSA
b. Premiere Elements 4.0:
Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0\Plug-Ins\Common\PSA
5. Move the existing Camera Raw.8bi plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw.8bi, from the download into the same folder as step 4.
7. Launch Adobe Premiere Elements.