how to convert olympus RAW (.orf) to work with CS5?

[memark3]

Hi-- I've never worked with RAW before so I'm learning as I go-- & immediately hit head-on into this wall--can't even begin to work with it.  I tried downloading some conversion filters that sounded like they would work with converting this format, but no go.  OLympus was no help, other than saying to buy the update to the latest Photoshop. And of course Adobe has no customer support. Anyone know the good solution?  If so--muchos gracias. 

Mark

[JJMack]

If your oly is a newer model then the orf versions supported in  CS5 's  ACR version 6.7 you can download Adobe  ACR 8.7.1 version with the DNG converter and create DNG files for your OFR files and process the DNG files using CS5 ACR 6.7.

Olympus
E-P5	ORF	8.1	5.0
E-PL6	ORF	8.1	5.0
OM-D E-M5	ORF	6.7, 7.1	4.1
OM-D E-M1	ORF	8.3	5.3
OM-D E-M10	ORF	8.5	5.5
XZ-10	ORF	7.4	4.4
PEN E-PL5	ORF	7.3	4.3
PEN E-PL7	ORF	8.7	5.7
PEN E-PM2	ORF	7.3	4.3
STYLUS XZ-2 iHS	ORF	7.3	4.3
STYLUS 1	ORF	8.3	5.3
STYLUS 1s	ORF	8.7	5.

[Benjamin Root · Accepted solution]

Use Adobe's free DNG converter to convert proprietary raws to the universal DNG raw format. Here are the links:

Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Windows : Adobe DNG Converter 8.7.1

Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh : Adobe DNG Converter 8.7.1

Benjamin

[memark3]

Thanks to both of you -- I figured there had to be a simple solution, but the previous conversion filter I found online that didn't work, turns out it was simply an earlier version of this.  Now I just have to learn to work with RAW -- and CS5 as well -- I've always used my old familiar Elements, which does the relatively simple things I need.  But now I'm being forced to download an upgrade to my brain.   A good thing, I'm sure . . . . Mark