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CS5, Bridge CS5 & Camera Raw 6

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March 3, 2019
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I have Photoshop CS5 (that I haven’t used in a while, but I want to ‘dabble’ with now ie don’t think it’s worth a subscription, yet) and I just bought the Nikon Z6 Kit.

According to the Schewe & Fraser book, I should get; Bridge CS5 and Camera Raw 6 - if I want to do that dabbling in RAW.

1.) Does CS5 Support the New Nikon Z6 or do I have to get CS6 (and, if so, is it mostly backwards compatibile with Photo CS5)

2.) Same Question with RAW 6?

And what will this cost me???

Thanx for any help!

George

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Correct answer Per Berntsen

CS6 will not support the Z 6, and besides, it's no longer sold.

You have two options – either subscribe to the Creative Cloud Photography Plan ($10 a month), or use the free DNG converter to convert the raw files to DNG files that can be read by CS5. You will have to set Compatibility to Camera Raw 6.6 or later in the converter preferences.

Digital Negative (DNG), Adobe DNG Converter | Adobe Photoshop CC

Be aware that you'll be missing out on all the new features that have been added to Camera Raw since version 6.6. (the current version is 11.2)

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GeoRadyAuthor

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Okay, thought it wasn’t gonna be that easy (cheap)

Yes, the Northrop’s mentioned in they’re book that they use Lightroom to “import, organize and export, as well as light editing“ but use Photoshop for working with layers and touchups and stuff.

I assume that’s the Cloud App that‘s packaged with PS

Honestly, the only real need I have for the Video project is to incorporate some Historic illustrations in a documentary reference... so it might be waaay overkill to get heavily back into photograph... but I’ll think about it.

Thanx Again

g

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GeoRadyAuthor

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Got it! So I assume that the $10 subscription would include - all three software components - to shoot RAW with the Z6 ie starting from scratch. Then it might be worth doing this all on the MacBook Pro (since that is where I’ll be working on the vide/photogy stuff... and I’ll have a NAS to offload the content to... anyway.)

Thanx for the Guidance, Guys!

D Fosse

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That's right. You get Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom.

And BTW, don't be confused by the "Cloud" name - they all install and run locally on your machine, and save to your local hard drive. Just as they always did. The difference is just a new licensing model where your bank account is charged monthly, $10, and the app calls home once a month to verify payment. It will still run for up to 99 days without internet connection.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Oh, one more thing. If you intend to use Lightroom, there's a little naming confusion now. The old Lightroom is now "Lightroom Classic CC". What goes under the name Lightroom CC now, is a brand new app that is in fact genuinely cloud based. This confusion has bitten quite a few people. I think you also get the cloud version of Lightroom included in the Photography plan.

Anyway - come back if you have further questions.

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GeoRadyAuthor

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If I go for the Photogtaphy Plan (for $10 a month) what gets upgraded? Photoshop CS5 to CS? Or just the Bridge to CS? and the latest/greatest Cameraw Raw...

It sounds like - even if I upgrade to Bridge CS? to get the latest drivers for tHe Nikon Z6 - I would still need to convert to the DNG std IF I stay with my Photoshop CS5

If that’s the case, what is the Plan to upgrade all three to the latest/greatest software... all synch‘d up? I guess I could just drop the subscription at any time IF I‘m not really getting much use out of it?

(To further complicate the question, I have Photoshop on my PC but I just bought a MacBook Pro to utilize FCPX to process the Nikon/Atomos 4K ProRes RAW video... and all this “still photography” is remnants of what I used to doing... I’ll be spending 90% of my time using FCPX onmy MacBook... which is why I don’t want waste $$$ on software I’m not going to use much...$

Open to all suggestions.

D Fosse

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What Per is saying is that you can't upgrade CS5 (or CS6). Both are many years past any upgrade path. There is no CS anymore and hasn't been since CS6 in 2012.

The newer versions are subscription based. We are now up to CC 2019, which in version numbering is version 20. So your CS5, which was version 12, is now eight major releases behind.

If this isn't a priority, I'd go with the DNG converter. This converts your NEFs to the universal DNG format, which (with the right compatibility settings) will allow you to open the files in CS5. The sensor data are unchanged and there is no quality loss as such - but you will be restricted to the 8-year old capabilities of ACR 6.

If you want to realize the full potential of the camera, however, a subscription that gets you all the newest versions as they come is $10 a month. A lot has happened in the ACR conversion engine since CS5.

Per Berntsen

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CS6 will not support the Z 6, and besides, it's no longer sold.

You have two options – either subscribe to the Creative Cloud Photography Plan ($10 a month), or use the free DNG converter to convert the raw files to DNG files that can be read by CS5. You will have to set Compatibility to Camera Raw 6.6 or later in the converter preferences.

Digital Negative (DNG), Adobe DNG Converter | Adobe Photoshop CC

Be aware that you'll be missing out on all the new features that have been added to Camera Raw since version 6.6. (the current version is 11.2)

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