RAWWWWWW help

[rico]

Help!

Gone out and taken some great (in terms of what i could see on the camera's viewer) shots and took them in RAW. All the files are .NEF and photoshop doesn't read them.

I apparently need a patch for it to work... but where would i get such a patch?

Running Photoshop Elements 2.0 on OS-X

thanks

[ErnestM]

I think you have to upgrade to Elements 3.0 to get RAW import ability. Check it out at adobe's web site. I know that Photoshop CS handles RAW no problem. In fact there is a recent patch for the RAW import feature on the web. That may have been what you heard about...

ErnestM

[rico]

I ended downloading a program called Bibblepro which allowed me to batch convert them into JPEG.

Also downloaded The Gimp but haven't looked at it yet. Too busy listening to new music!

[chrisjl]

rico said:

I ended downloading a program called Bibblepro which allowed me to batch convert them into JPEG.

Doesn't that miss the point of RAW? (i.e. giving you fine control over the "development" process of individual images)

[rico]

Well yes it does... but if i can't edit the RAW pics i'm screwed and i wanted to see the pics i took... thus converting them is the second best option. I assumed when i took the pics that my photoshop would work with RAW.

I'll shoot in FINE until i can get my hands on a better version of Photoshop or use the GIMP more

[mx5alive]

I think that at least some of the idea of shooting in raw is that you can then use more sophisticated software than your camera's software to covert into jpeg. I just found that the added conversion time simply wasn't worth it for me personally. However, for professional use the Raw must be the way to go.

[_dobbo_]

I've struggled a bit to pick any differences between using raw and fine on my D70 - so for now I'm sticking with fine until I get a bigger flash card.