/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/i-can-not-install-adobe-camera-raw-in-my-cs6/m-p/10201975#M212438Nov 03, 2018
Nov 03, 2018
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You cannot update Camera Raw in CS6 past version 9.1.1.
The real question now is which camera make and model are you trying to import Raw images from?
If your camera is new and requires a version of Camera Raw later than 9.1.1 then you'll either have to join the Cloud and get Photoshop CC or stick with CS6 and use the free Adobe DNG converter.
a) installing ACR 9.12.1 since it is the "Minimum Camera Raw plug-in version required" for my new camera Nikon D850,
b) installing ACR 11.0,
c) trying to open the Camera Raw via Adobe Bridge CS6,
and in all my .NEF file from my Nikon D850 can not still open. Note that while installing any of those I ensure that all Adobe software is closed/quitted.
Also I wish to remind you that i have MacBook Pro Mid 2015, and Adobe Photoshop CS6. I DON'T WANT TO PAY MONTHLY FOR A SOFTWARE (PHOTOSHOP) I DON'T ALWAYS USE!
OK well forget about Camera Raw because you cannot install the version you need on CS6. 9.1.1 is the last compatible version for you.
None of the other versions you mention are compatible with CS6 so don't waste your time trying to install them. It won't work. You'll never be able to open D850 Raw files in CS6.
Your remaining option is to stick with CS6 and use the free Adobe DNG converter.
Do you know if it's true that Canon/Microsoft will not realease a new codec for the cr3 files to be readable in Windows Explorer? Also do you know if you can program your camera to use the old cr2 files? I own an EOS R.
What I gather is that people are actually forced to either pay for the CC version or use three times their storage space to convert to DNG if they want to manipulate their images.
Three times because you would keep your raw format and add additional png files - my raw is 19MB and the correspoinding png is 37MB. Not sure what is usual.
Yes, I know codecs will not allow you to manipulate any raw information - you need a processing software for that. It does seem bizare to me that your general Explorer will not be able to simply see the image however and you will need an additional software. To me it's not very user friendly especially since historically has been made available.
»What I gather is that people are actually forced to either pay for the CC version or use three times their storage space to convert to DNG if they want to manipulate their images.«
People are forced to accept that there are consequences to decisions.
If one decides to stick with the perpetual license of an obsolete Photoshop and ACR version (and I am not argueing against this legitimate decision per se) then one has no right to expect being able to use it to process RAW images created with camera models that did not even exist when it became obsolete.
If one prefers processing RAW images with ACR instead of the camera maker’s proprietary software one might want to petition them to allow shooting DNG so that Adobe does not have to play catch-up with each new camera model’s RAW format.
Whoah. You'd have those pngs regardless, wouldn't you? Don't try to pin that on the dng conversion 😉
Windows 10 displays thumbnails for raw files natively. No need for a codec.
As for upgrading - it was always like that, it's nothing new that came with CC. If you wanted to use ACR 7.1, you had to have Photoshop CS6. If you chose to stay on CS5 it was no go. You had to have - and pay for - the latest Photoshop version.
People try to make this about subscription, but that has nothing to do with it. You can't use an old Photoshop version if you want the newest ACR. As it always was.
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