CameraRaw 12.4 with Lightroom CC (2015)

[Dimi276501683x3l]

Hi, is CameraRaw 12.4 compatible with Lightroom CC (2015)

[TheDigitalDog]

Version parity no. Making “Edit in Photoshop” not compatible for Camera Raw.

[dj_paige]

Even if you download and install Camera Raw 12.4, it will have no effect on your Lightroom whatsoever. So, compatible is the wrong question. Will it help? Not a bit.

[Dimi276501683x3l]

is there another way to import cr3 files (Canon r5) into Lightroom CC

[dj_paige]

Always a good idea to state the real goal, rather than what you think is a step in the process. Knowing the goal, yes there are ways to get these photos into some older version of Lightroom. Use the Adobe DNG converter program, version 12.4 or later. https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html

[Dimi276501683x3l]

Thank you!
My goal was to continue to work only with Lightroom, and I had hoped to save the intermediate step with DNG-Conwerter.
But this seems to be a necessary step

[TheDigitalDog]

is there another way to import cr3 files (Canon r5) into Lightroom CC

By @Dimi276501683x3l

Convert to DNG, its free, and as outlined, you go here to get it and more info :https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/digital-negative.html

Again, IF you wish to use the round trip processing or raws from LR to Photoshop and back, Camera Raw has to be on version parity with LR. Camera Raw does this part of the processing. You can still do this and have LR render those raws but you'll see a warning that the two are not on version parity. 

Of course, if you don't use this workflow, that disconnect is moot.