Canon 5D Mark II and Photoshop CS3 - PhotoCamel

hawkinsa · 07-04-2009

Does anyone know if CR2 files can be processed with this combination? The only way I seem to be able to get around it is to process CR2s into DNGs which seems to be a bit lossy.

Any advice appreciated.

fredlef · 07-04-2009

You would have to download camera raw from Adobe then you can load as CR2 and work the RAW in the Camera Raw add on. You can't however process them directly in CS3 without conversion. If I was using this combo I'd give 16bit TIFF a try. You can process directly in Adobe Lightroom however.

brian.austin · 07-04-2009

According to Adobe, the 5DII is only supported in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 5.2 and higher. ACR 5.x is not supported by CS3. The only workaround is going with a non-PS RAW converter (ie LR2.4 or another converter) and feeding into CS3 as a TIFF, as Fred mentioned.

The DNG converter works better with the correct camera profiles. Make sure you've got everything installed correctly before writing it off as "lossy". DNG is a lossless converter so perhaps there is something off on your tuning.

fredlef · 07-05-2009

Brian's right - i overlooked the cs4 dependency for Camera Raw with the Mark II.

hawkinsa · 07-05-2009

Thanks All. This is good to know before I purchase the Mark II!

Thank you.

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fredlef Guanaco Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 252 CamelKarma: 802 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Canon 5D Mark II and Photoshop CS3 You would have to download camera raw from Adobe then you can load as CR2 and work the RAW in the Camera Raw add on. You can't however process them directly in CS3 without conversion. If I was using this combo I'd give 16bit TIFF a try. You can process directly in Adobe Lightroom however.
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brian.austin Photocamel Master Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 7,014 CamelKarma: 4180 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Canon 5D Mark II and Photoshop CS3 According to Adobe, the 5DII is only supported in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 5.2 and higher. ACR 5.x is not supported by CS3. The only workaround is going with a non-PS RAW converter (ie LR2.4 or another converter) and feeding into CS3 as a TIFF, as Fred mentioned. The DNG converter works better with the correct camera profiles. Make sure you've got everything installed correctly before writing it off as "lossy". DNG is a lossless converter so perhaps there is something off on your tuning.
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fredlef Guanaco Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 252 CamelKarma: 802 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Canon 5D Mark II and Photoshop CS3 Brian's right - i overlooked the cs4 dependency for Camera Raw with the Mark II.
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