Photoshop 7 & CRW

[Burnszilla]

I can't get Photoshop 7 to open a .Crw file. I have the canon plugin installed.
Is it possible?
Can someone help me.

[SkipD]

You need to convert the raw (.crw) file to a .tif first. Use the software that was provided with the camera for this. There are also other programs available, but I haven't used any of them and can't tell you what they are.

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Skip,

If you use File>Import, you get the choice to use the Canon converter inside PS.

Regards,

[SkipD]

I just tried that, Roger. It appears that the only way is to have the camera connected via USB. Is this correct?

If not, how do I get the Canon Raw Image Converter software to act as an import tool (like scanner software)?

What I do now is pull the raw (.crw) files off the Compact Flash card to my hard drive using a card reader, then run the Canon Raw Image Converter on the files. After conversion to .tif files, I run Photoshop.

[Roger_Cavanagh]

SkipD wrote:
I just tried that, Roger. It appears that the only way is to have the camera connected via USB. Is this correct?

If not, how do I get the Canon Raw Image Converter software to act as an import tool (like scanner software)?

What I do now is pull the raw (.crw) files off the Compact Flash card to my hard drive using a card reader, then run the Canon Raw Image Converter on the files. After conversion to .tif files, I run Photoshop.

You can use the PS plug-in to read and convert files on the hard disk, but from the way you have described your workflow, I would stick with that. It is essentially what I do except I use Downloader to pull files off the CF card and convert using YarcPlus, then open the TIFFs in Photoshop. So unless you have a real particular reason to use the plug-in converter...

Regards,

[xoul]

Adobe just released a photoshop plugin for raw images, the site doesnt says much and its a little too expensive at $99


[url=http://www.adobe.com/store/products/plugIn.jhtml?id=catPlugins_Adobe_CameraRaw]Photoshop Camera Raw & JPEG 2000

[xoul]

Here is the link of the supported cameras, user guide and Q&A:

[url=http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html]Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw & JPEG 2000 plug-in bundle

[Amazer]

xoul wrote:
Here is the link of the supported cameras, user guide and Q&A:

[url=http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html]Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw & JPEG 2000 plug-in bundle

Do you know whether the plug in will be published also for PhotoshopElements?

[dn7elson]

Amazer wrote:
Do you know whether the plug in will be published also for PhotoshopElements?

Note that the Photoshop 7 plug-in is a $99 cost item; on that basis, I would doubt that it would be offered for a limited feature program. Somehow, charging $99 for a plug-in to a bundled program gets few takers.

[Roger_Cavanagh]

dn7elson wrote:
Amazer wrote:
Do you know whether the plug in will be published also for PhotoshopElements?

Note that the Photoshop 7 plug-in is a $99 cost item; on that basis, I would doubt that it would be offered for a limited feature program. Somehow, charging $99 for a plug-in to a bundled program gets few takers.


According to the blurb Adobe Camera RAW will work with PE for 8-bit images.

It is pretty nifty and much faster than converters based on the Canon SDK. About 5 secs per image on my 933 PIII compared with 15-20 for BB/YP.

Regards,

[dn7elson]

Roger_Cavanagh wrote:

According to the blurb Adobe Camera RAW will work with PE for 8-bit images.

It is pretty nifty and much faster than converters based on the Canon SDK. About 5 secs per image on my 933 PIII compared with 15-20 for BB/YP.

I figured that it would work, presuming that the file formats and core were the same. Why someone would want to pay $99 for a plug-in for a $99 list program was more of the issue.