Yes, PSE 2024 can open CR3 files. The first time you try to open an image in the raw format you will be prompted to downlolad Adobe Camera Raw.
GO HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT VERSION OF ADOBE CAMERA RAW YOU CAMERA NEEDS:
There are lots of cannon cmaeras listed that use the CR3 format- the highest version off ACR listed for the CR3 format is ACR 15.3.
If your camera is not listed- menaing it's really new, you can still manually download and install Adobe Camera Raw version 16.0.
There is no extra benefit in manually installing ACR 16.0 if your camera does not need it.
Follow these instructions to do that if you need to manually install Adobe CAmera Raw (ACR) version 16.0.
The following is a workaround to update Camera Raw within Elements. It is recommended to wait for Camera Raw updates within the product for issue fixes.
If you haven't been able to update the Camera Raw plug-in for Elements, follow these steps:
- Quit all Adobe applications.
- On macOS, double-click the .dmg file to mount it.
- On Windows double-click the downloaded .zip file to unzip it. (Windows might unzip the file for you.)
- On macOS, double-click the .pkg file to start the installer.
- On Windows, double-click the resulting .exe file to start the installer.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Once installed successfully, close the installer window.
- Navigate to the following folder:
- On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/CC/File Formats
- On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats
- Copy the Camera Raw plug-in from the CC > File Formats folder that is mentioned in the above step.
- Navigate to the following folder:
- On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/Elements<Version Number>/File Formats
- On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements<Version Number>\File Formats
- Replace the existing Camera Raw plugin in Elements<Version Number> folder with the plug-in that you copied in step 8.
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