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Fuji RAW "RAF" How to read with photoshop?

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September 21, 2013
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Anyone tell me how to read a RAF file please?

I am using PS Elements 8 and a Fuji X20 with *.RAF files.

The PS e8 is fully updated.

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areohbee

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Charleton_A_WymanAuthor

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Sadly the DNG software does not do such a good job as the MAC OS (Preview).

The converter program looses light and definition in the convertion.

Pretty poor show Adobe!!!

Yammer

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Charleton A Wyman wrote:
Sadly the DNG software does not do such a good job as the MAC OS (Preview).
The converter program looses light and definition in the convertion.
Pretty poor show Adobe!!!

That's all down to the way you use the software. If you prefer the preview (made by the camera, not MacOS) then there's no point shooting Raw. There's a common misconception that Raw files are supposed to impress, straight out of the camera. They are "Raw" and need cooking. Camera JPEGs (and Raw previews) are already cooked. Shooting Raw enables you to be a better chef than the camera. Metaphors over.

Noel Carboni

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I don't have to buy a new car when I have a new child, or change my wife.

I once argued as you are, Charlie.

Yet I met with the same answers that you are now getting, and I saw the light.

Yammer is right on - your software does everything it did when you bought it. In fact one of the features it has (and had when you bought it) was the ability to open DNG files. Now, it may be that your version of Photoshop Camera Raw doesn't do as good conversions as today's newest versions, owing to engineering advancements in the past few years. Your car maker doen't retrofit every new feature they deaign either into your old car, especially not for free!

That Adobe provides you the DNG converter for free is proof they have stopped short of being predatory. But if you want the ultimate in convenience and the best image quality, of course you have to pay. Personally I think the balance they've struck is genius.

You seem convinced you're not able to get good images via the RAF->DNG->Raw conversion process. That's very likely YOUR fault, not the fault of the software. You should concentrate on improving your skills there.

Oh and I can assure you I've forgotten more about software engineering this morning than you'll ever know.

-Noel

Noel Carboni

Legend

Adobe doesn't make a practice of adding new camera support to older versions of Photoshop that are no longer currently selling.

If your camera is newer than your version of Photoshop, you'll want to do one of two things:

1. Use the latest version of Adobe's free DNG converter to convert your raw files to the .DNG format, which can then be read by your older version of Photoshop.

-or-

2. Upgrade Photoshop to the latest version, which (assuming support for your camera has already been added) will be able to open the raw files directly.

-Noel

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Charleton_A_WymanAuthor

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Reply. Thanks for the advice.

If true this is yet another reason why I do not intend to buy anymore Adobe Software.

But thanks all the same.

Which of the multide of versions and updates would I need?

It's obvious enout to me that a simple patch to my version of Photoshop would be easier for everyone, expecially Adobe.

Noel Carboni

Legend

You bought a new camera... Why not buy the latest new software to deal with its files?

-Noel

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