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@TheDigitalDog, most Elements users would not consider Elements 2020 to be pretty old. There is a reason they don't feel the need to subscribe to the latest and greatest. 😜
By @Greg_S.How about new camera support and lens profiles?
Don't use Elements, don't use a crippled version of ACR, do subscribe. Don't have any idea what 'most Elements users' expect <G>.
By @TheDigitalDog
Andrew,
New camera support and lens profiles can be solved by the workarounds posted by Greg among others. I agree with you that using the DNGconverter is the official answer from Adobe, but the workaround has been published in an official doc mentioned in this forum.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/camera-raw-update-not-available.html
You are not alone to advocate subscribing to the Photographer's plan in this forum. However, even if you don't see the various and conflicting, good and bad reasons to choose the 'perpetual' or 'buy-once' Elements formula, we want to be useful and positive for fellow users. We state facts, you also state some facts, but as ACPs we are often disappointed to see that Photoshop users trying to help don't get the picture and ignore major facts specific to the 'crippled' version. That's a pity because we could get from them some precious help about important subjects like workflow and color management.
I think that Photoshop experts wanting to help in this forum should be granted a PSE license together with their subscription to be able to really understand and help.
I attempted to upgrade to Camera raw 14 on my Mac as shown in the workaround, however step 7 on the attached screenshot does not exist in my Library files..Plug-ins/CC/file formats
does not exist in my Library files
There are three Library folders on the Mac. Make sure you're looking at the correct one.
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reveal-library-folder-in-macos/
You need to download the update from the link. You can do this for free.
By @softigger
The update only works for the full Photoshop.
Elements users do appreciate how Photoshop users are trying to help, but what those don't know is:
1 - Elements having only a 'crippled' version of ACR, a new 'slim' version of ACR is produced for working with Elements without a number of features. That takes some time. Elements being a non-subscription license model, there is no continual updating. Elements is not continually updated, a new version is issued every year. There may be one update during the year, for major bug fixing or ACR updating at most. The official answer from Adobe is that Elements users can use the DNGconverter for free to wait for a new PSE version next year.
2 - Less known: what senior PSE users are advising is indeed to download the full Photoshop version of ACR, and to follow a precise workflow to install it into Elements so that new cameras are recognized. That does not make the full features of the Photoshop version available.
3 - All users of the present Elements forum are aware of the major current discussions of PSE2022 about the lastest Mac OS being not yet supported. So, issues about ACR can't be solved before the OS incompatibility is solved.
I thought that if I buy the current Version I'll get the current ACR 14.0 but it seems I was completely wrong
Not wrong. They do offer ACR updates for Elements but not via the usual user-friendly Updates method in the UI.
You have to follow the curious workaround steps outlined in the link @Greg_S. posted above
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/camera-raw-update-not-available.html
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