Photoshop Elements 4 and RAW help please! (1 Viewer)

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Baron Birder

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• Apr 29, 2011

• #1

I decided to try and shoot for the first time in RAW with my Panasonic FZ50. When I tried to download the photos into Elements 4 it wouldnt recognise the files. I looked into the plug ins with my Elements and couldnt see a RAW converter mentioned.

Ay help and suggestions as to how to solve this would be much appreciated.

If it involves downloading upgrades help as to where such downloads should be saved into would also be welcome

Thanks:t:

 

Keith Reeder

Watch the birdie...

• Apr 29, 2011

• #2

You would need to have Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) installed - I expect there will be an ACR already installed as it comes with Elements - but you'll need to update to the most up to date version of ACR that's compatible with Elements 4, which is ACR 3.7.

I've checked, and the FZ50 is supported by 3.7.

 

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MalR

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• Apr 30, 2011

• #3

You could also convert the Raw files into Tiffs, using the Silkypix software that came with your camera. You can apply the conversion to as many images as you want in one batch. It will take a few minutes, but once it's done you'll be able to open the Tiffs in Elements.

Malcolm

 

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Baron Birder

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• Apr 30, 2011

• #4

Thanks Keith and Malcolm.

I downloaded ACR 3.7 successfully and converted my first RAW image. When compared to the jpeg it took at the same time the difference is amazing. Much richer colours light variation etc...!

Many thanks

 

Keith Reeder

Watch the birdie...

• Apr 30, 2011

• #5

Yep, that sounds about right, BB - and you've got massively more processing "wiggle room" in RAW than in jpg, which can make all the difference.

 

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Baron Birder

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• Apr 30, 2011

• #6

Keith Reeder said:

Yep, that sounds about right, BB - and you've got massively more processing "wiggle room" in RAW than in jpg, which can make all the difference.

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Thanks. Now all I have to decide is whether to shoot in RAW all the time and buy lots more memory cards or just occasionally when I think the shot might be worth it.

Whats your experience?

 

H K

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• Apr 30, 2011

• #7

Thanks. Now all I have to decide is whether to shoot in RAW all the time and buy lots more memory cards or just occasionally when I think the shot might be worth it.

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Some cameras shoot both a Raw and a Jpg file for the same image .At times you may need to view an image on a friends computer or send it . Raw can be useless in these situations .There is a lossless compression that saves a bit of space .
Seems Odd to smash a 12 MP camera's image down to an 800 pixel square to post on the web .