Can't convert Canon CR2 RAW files to photoshop CS2- please help!

Mary Ann,

In Photoshop, Help/About Plug-Ins; click on Camera Raw. What version is indicated?

I have a student who is having problems with his newly purchased copy of CS3. Bridge is not reading the files from the Canon 40D and Camera RAW is not working. We tried loading the updates at the Adobe site, but it is still not reading the RAW files.

Loretta, If you can't upgrade at the moment, the easiest solution is to convert the 1DsMarkIII files to DNG. Download the latest DNG converter from here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3821

8o

Loretta,

You must be blind. CS3 is light-years ahead of CS2.

2/3 of the way there.

> CS4 is just around the corner

If they stick to the 18 month cycle that would be October 2008.

Zwilling,

Why the hell should I or anybody else subsidize your operations?

Is your twin ("Zwilling") as deranged as you are?

There will be no further updates for any version earlier than CS3. Period.

And CS4 is just around the corner, so don't expect CS3 to be supported for much longer either.

I'm afraid it's time for a reality check. Support for Camera Raw for a version of Photoshop ends when that version of Photoshop has been replaced by a new version. That's just the way it is. As far as I know, it never will change.

My opinion of CS3 is that all of the "main" features of Photoshop remain the same. Your fear of down time (I think) is unwarranted. Your workers should still be able to use all of the skills they have developed. Then, they can learn the new features as they have a need for them. But if you are not willing or able to keep up with the Photoshop technology then there isn't much of a solution for you.

You could use the DNG converter and convert your raw images to Digital negative files. Those could be opened with Photoshop CS2 and ACR 3.7. That is Adobe's solution for continued raw support in previous versions of Photoshop. You can always use the latest version of the DNG converter, which will support the most cameras, to create DNG files that can be opened using ACR 3.7. Again, if that is not a reasonable solution, you are going to find your choices extremely limited in Photoshop.

Ramón G Castañeda, "Can't convert Canon CR2 RAW files to photoshop CS2- please help!" #36, 23 Dec 2007 11:19 pm
>Because your damn camera didn't exist when CS2 ceased to be >supported.
>
>You can afford a 1DSmkIII and you're too cheap to spend $199 on an >upgrade to Photoshop CS3? Give me a break!

No problem, I'll pay the $199 for the upgrade to CS3, if you pay for the training, that my employees need to be able to use CS3 instead of CS2. And if you pay for the drop of work performance that will occur during the first weeks with the new software.

So, how is the deal, adobe? Will you upgrade all of my employees, or will you find it cheaper and be a better customer support to upgrade that damn camera raw for CS2 to support recent cameras (EOS 1ds Mark III would be sufficient for me ;) )