new camera Nikon Z50

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December 11, 2019
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According to the Adobe website, there is supposed to be a December 9 upgrade to include the Z50, but I can't find it. Elements 2018 says I am up to date, but it won't handel NEF files. Where can I get the update?

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Correct answer 99jon

Yes I just tested and those NEF files do open in PSE 2020 with ACR 12. See image below.

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Legend

Yes I just tested and those NEF files do open in PSE 2020 with ACR 12. See image below.

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99jon

Legend

Use one of these links to download the free DNG Converter. You can use the app to convert a whole folder of raw files in a couple of clicks.

DNG Converter for Windows

DNG Converter for Mac

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toxdoc42Author

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There are alternatives to "convert" Z50 "RAW" files to jpegs, but then Elements would be editing a jpeg, not the RAW. That is disappointing, particularly, when the Adobe site says that Elements does support the camera as of December. I was just in Elements and I still cannot open a RAW file directly.

MichelBParis

Legend

You did not read the information I gave you.

First take the time to understand what a raw file is and why it's the responsability of Nikon, Canon and others to create a new format for each new camera. Why don't you protest loudly to your camera manufacturer because they chose to create a new proprietary format for your camera, instead of the standard 'raw' format that smarter manufacturers have chosen natively?

No, the DNGconverter has nothing to do with conversion from raw to jpeg. It's a raw to raw conversion.

No, what Adobe has announced is a version of ACR for Photoshop and the equivalent for Lightroom.

You would be right to protest together with all Elements users that Adobe takes too long to create a "crippled' ACR version for Elements. However, that would make sense for PSE2020 users, less so for PSE2018 knowing that only the current version can be updated. The only exception to update a previous version was one month ago, when the ACR version of PSE2019 has been updated to 11.4 Just after PSE2020 was issued... Unfortunately, version 11.4 as well as the current 12.00 for PSE2020 don't yet support the Z50.

MichelBParis

Legend

Two important things to know:

1 - faq:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements/faq-will-photoshop-elements-work-with-my-camera-or-why-won-t-my-raw-files-open/td-p/4303022

2 - The ACR plugin in Elements is only available some time after the one of Photoshop, sometimes only in the next yearly release.

So, in your case, today no Elements version is able to be updated to the necessary ACR 12.1 plugin, even the current PSE2020. Older PSE versions will never be updated. PSE2020 users will be prompted to update when the port to Elements is ready. Using the menu Help >> Update shows the option greyed out until the version is ready.

So, as usual when you buy any* new camera, chances are that the ACR plugin is not ready.

Then, either you use the proprietary converter supplied with the camera to output tiff files,

or you download the free DNGconverter mentionned in the faq.

That standalone program (not a plugin) batch converts a whole folder of raw files to the DNG raw format that older PSE can read and edit. An additional (but free) batch step, with same quality.

*any:

Except a number of manufacturers who are smart enough to use the DNG raw format natively.