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Anonymous
March 20, 2017
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Bridge and Raw images

Hi,

Please can you tell me how to update my CS3 Bridge/Adobe/Camera Raw/Photoshop so that it reads Raw images from my Nikon D300?

Many thanks.

Suzanne

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    Jeff Arola
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    April 1, 2017

    Hello,

    My laptop has Windows 7 Ultimate and Microsoft Office is 365 Business.

    kind regards,

    Suzanne


    I guess the first thing to do to actually check what camera version is presently installed.

    In photoshop cs3 go to Help>About Plug-In and click on the words Camera Raw and see what version its says.

    If it says 4.6, then you have another problem other than the camera raw version.

    If it's not 4.6, then the downloaded Camera_Raw_4_6.zip needs to be unzipped and the enclosed Camera Raw.8bi

    copied to Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS3\File Formats.

    1. Double click on the Camera_Raw_4_6.zip to extract the contents.

    2. Right click on the Camera Raw.8bi and click Copy.

    3.  Go to Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS3\File Formats and right click an empty area and

         click Paste and click Yes to  replace the existing Camera Raw.8bi file.

    Hopefully now cs3 will open the D300 nefs

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    Jeff Arola
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    March 20, 2017

    You want camera raw 4.6, which is the newest camera raw plugin for cs3 and reads the nikon D300 nefs.

    windows

    Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Windows : Camera Raw 4.6 update

    mac

    Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh : Camera Raw 4.6 update

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    Anonymous
    March 23, 2017

    Hi,

    Thank you for your message.

    I downloaded 4.6 as you suggested (I had the options of 'open', 'save' and 'save as' and tried both of the first two). The PLUG-IN has saved as a motif in my documents and when I click on it I am taken straight into Photoshop. The RAW images that I already have in Bridge still will not open. I fear I may have done something wrong as this download does not seem to have made any difference and as I am not the best, shall we say, when it comes to technology!

    If you have any other suggestions I'd be very grateful to hear them.

    Kind regards,

    Suzanne

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    Jeff Arola
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    March 23, 2017

    What operating system are you using?

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    John T Smith
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    March 20, 2017

    Updates start here and select product, read to see if you need to install updates in number order, or if the updates are cumulative for the individual product http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/

    However... I will GUESS that your CS3 is too old to allow installing a newer version of Raw

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