Olympus RAW

[martinw70399486]

I bought the new Olympus tough tg-5 and shoot photos in RAW. I use the Photoshop Elements 14 but unfortunately, PSE 14 cannot read this «.orf»-Format. I think the TG- has a new .orf-Format.

What can I do that PSE 14 / Camera RAW can read those RAW’s? I downloaded the newest Camera RAW 9.12 but I think PSE 14 is not supporting 9.12.

Does it helps if I buy the newest Photoshop Elements Version? I do not want to buy Photoshop CC or CS.

I am looking forward for your advices.

[ssprengel · Accepted solution]

Each year Adobe releases a new version of Elements.  Adobe only updates their current versions of software for new cameras which would be PSE15; however, with Elements, it usually stops getting updates in late Spring or early Summer because a new version is being created for release in the Fall.

Short story is that you’ll likely need to buy the next version of PSE, presumably 16, whenever it is released in the next month or three, to be able to use your camera’s native raws with it.  In the meantime, you can use the Adobe DNG Converter 9.12 or newer to create DNGs from the TG-5 raw files, and those DNGs, but not the raws, will open in the older version of PSE’s ACR plug-in.

If and when you buy a new version of Elements that has ACR 9.12 or newer, then it’ll be able to work with the DNGs and the raw files from your camera, which might be confusing if you have them all in the same folder, so you might want to put the native raws in a subfolder of the DNGs, at least while you’re creating DNGs from RAWs, so you don’t get mixed up which images you’ve worked on (the DNGs for now).  Don’t delete the raws, though, in case you want to work with them in the future, with some other software that doesn’t understand DNGs.

Once you have PSE16 then you won’t need to create DNGs from raws anymore.

The DNG Converter is available, here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adobe-dng-converter.html

[martinw70399486]

Perfect. Thanks a lot for your help. I think I will than wait for PSE 16. Thanks again for your support. This Forum has now a new fan now 🙂

[jenniewren4850]

Why should we have to keep paying for Elements updates? I have only recently bought a MacBook and had to re-buy Elements 14 at a cost of £84. I really can't afford to keep buying a new version and as I now have the Olympus M10 iii it seems I have no choice as I can't do anything with my RAW files. DNG Converter is so confusing.

[John Waller]

DNG Converter is so confusing.

The key is that you convert folders of Raw files then edit the DNGs. Once you get the hang of that concept, it's fairly simple.

Try Camera Raw: How to use Adobe DNG Converter - YouTube

[jenniewren4850]

Thank you

[jenniewren4850]

Hi John

For some reason when I download the DNG Converter the begin numbering box is greyed out so I can't enter a start number. Do you know why this is?