RAW files from supported OM5 mark 2 & with the current RAW plug-in & and Elements 2025

[jonathan_3779]

I have recently bought the OM5 mark 2 camera (and have checked this is on the Adobe list of supported cameras for editing RAW files).  I have also just updated my laptop to a reasdonable spec for editing pictures.  As part of this I have downloaded the current version of elements 2025 and the current raw plug-in onto the new laptop.  I'm now disapointed to be getting the "can't open" when I try and open a RAW file.  Any advice very welcome as I have deliberately updated my kit thinking this would solve my previous problems with this.

[Glenn 8675309 · Accepted solution]

Your camera requires ACR 17.4.1 or greater.

Do this and you will ok.  THE LOCATION OF THE 8BI FILE IS CRITICAL!

__________________________________________________________

If you haven't been able to update the Camera Raw plug-in for Elements, follow these steps, Primarily because your new camera needs a newer version of ACR to support RAW files:

Download and install the latest Camera Raw version from https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html

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 (just the .8bi file) 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 earlier.

[jonathan_3779]

Thank you Glenn for this, I can confirm it has solved my problem.

Previously, when I had been following the online guidance and downloading the RAW plug-in from the Help option within Elements 2025, it was downloading version 17 'only' for the plug-in and also then wasn't showing any option within Elements help to update from this version 17.  But now all good with v.18 of the plug-in installed (or rather as you say copied to where it needs to be).  Curious as to why Elements wouldn't default to the latest download of the plug-in.

Thanks again

Jonathan

[Glenn 8675309]

ACR installs 18.0 with PSE 2026.    It's a "scaled back" version of the ACR you find in photoshop.  99.9999% of features you may read about that are new in ACR only apply to photoshop.   

" Curious as to why Elements wouldn't default to the latest download of the plug-in."   I think it's because the majority of users don't use it.   I wish it, and organizer were optional add ins "Oh you want the image organizer AND you want adobe camera raw?  That will be $20 more dollars please".   Kick those 2 items out of the basic install and lower the prodduct price $20.   

PSE should have a "Hey, there is an update to ACR for your version, want to install it?" feature.

I set up one of my cameras to shoot in RAW.  No what? Makes no difference, for me, joe schmo average   user. 

Not all users even think about acr, their lives and image editing are not affected one bit by not using it.  "But goodness  Bill, you tell me you only have ACR 16.1?  Version 18 is out, so you better get it" 18 is better than 16.1".

Users sometimes will wrap their heads around Adobe Camera Raw, "investigate" it and determine "By golly I always must have the latest version of raw  simply becuase it's the latest"  I manually install whatever the latest version just to see how it works.   When I get the time I check backwards compatibility with previous versions.    You simply cannot get ACR version 18.0 to work with PSE  2014-- there is an upward limit to compatibility. 

Below is what ACR looks like in photoshop.  No, you can't get this version for pse.