Need Photoshop CS4 for RAW5?

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I have a Canon 7D and shoot in RAW. With the wonderful 'WIC RAW Codec Pack' I am able to browse thumbnails for my images in windows explorer. :D

(For those of you who don't know about or use it I strongly recommend it! Available from www.fastpictureviewer.com which is also a brilliant app).

Unfortunately, I cannot then open those .CR2 files in Photoshop CS3 which I have at work. I receive a 'Could not complete your request because of a program error.' message. :thinking:

From what I gather you need the RAW5.5 update which is available from adobe.com works for CS4 but not for CS3.

Does anyone know a way to open the latest RAW files without the need to upgrade my copy of photoshop? :help:

Cheers!
 
You can open them with the DPP software that came with the camera. Alternatively you could convert them to DNG files. The converter is on the Adobe web site and comes with the camera RAW download

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Cheers for suggestions. That's a total pain though.

I want to open RAWs straight off my camera in photoshop! Converting them to another format is going to be extra steps, more time and more HDD space.

...and in the blue corner, weighing in at £170, an upgrade to CS4....hmmm....
 
Grendal's right. Adobe stopped supporting raw formats in CS3 once CS4 came out. The only alternative is to either use the free DNG converter, or upgrade to CD4. The DNG is the quickest and cheapest option. You'll also save yourself some drive space as the DNG converter does a better job of lossless compression than the camera does. (It has more computing power available to it, plus it can take a bit longer over the conversion)
 
Will ask the boss nicely for an upgrade :D
 
Assuming that you are going to save files in PSD or the like, you can open them in DPP, then use the open in photoshop link.
This converts to TIFF and opens in photoshop on the fly. When you save, you save as PSD (for saving layers etc.). This doesn't increase the need for extra disk space. This is the route I am using on CS2 at the moment.
 
davidsteward said:
Cheers for suggestions. That's a total pain though.

I want to open RAWs straight off my camera in photoshop! Converting them to another format is going to be extra steps, more time and more HDD space.

...and in the blue corner, weighing in at £170, an upgrade to CS4....hmmm....
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as you got to open them in a RAW converter of one type use the DPP and open in PS as a tiff no different then ACR
 
This gets covered soooo many times...

If used correctly the DNG convertor will actually save you space though, as DNG files are actually smaller than raws whilst retaining all the detail, but Google can give you all the benefits...
 
Sorry to have brought up something that's covered a lot, there's so many posts i'm sure tons of useful stuff passes me by.

I'm using the DNG converter, and Lightroom 3 beta to satisfy my 7D Raw needs at the office now :) Cheers for help.
 
Careful with using the LR3 Beta. As it's name implies it is a Beta release and not all the functions are functioning. The Luminance noise reduction option for example. Also the catalog probably wont be back compatible with LR series 2.

Adobe suggest that the public Beta is for evaluation and feedback only so don't commit to it for important work, as once the Beta runs out you may be stuck
 
Fair comment, I'm just using it to select keepers, save as JPG then I do any adjustments in photoshop.

I'd buy 2.5, but what is with Adobe and cranking up their product prices a billion % every year? I remember when lightroom was £80 and flash was £40....... :(:(:(
 
davidsteward said:
Cheers for suggestions. That's a total pain though.

I want to open RAWs straight off my camera in photoshop! Converting them to another format is going to be extra steps, more time and more HDD space.

...and in the blue corner, weighing in at £170, an upgrade to CS4....hmmm....
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this is not a one stop route as it will open ACR as well as Photoshop
 
Lightroom £80? I thought it was always about £200?

If you are just using it to make selects etc before taking into Photoshop, maybe Bridge would be a better and much cheaper bet?
 
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