60D and ACR

don't suppose anyone knows when the ACR will be updated to process 60D raw and if this will be possible via CS4 or whether need upgrade to CS5?

It will probably be like when the 7D was released and it will take a while for Adobe to catch up. In the meantime try the free DNG converter, that worked for me until Adobe did the ACR update.

My CS5 ACR reads the files fine. Updated the ACR though, so check Adobe's website.

robonrome wrote in post #10983622
don't suppose anyone knows when the ACR will be updated to process 60D raw and if this will be possible via CS4 or whether need upgrade to CS5?

ACR has already been updated for the 60D, but you will either need to get CS5 with ACR 6.2 or download the free DNG converter version 6.2. When a new version of Photoshop is released, older versions are no longer updated to accommodate new camera models. The features in the new CS5 version of ACR (6.2) make the upgrade worthwhile. You can try out CS5 for 30 days to see if you like it by downloading from the Adobe web site. Greatly improved noise reduction and lens data are two features that make the upgrade worthwhile.

thanks does the DNG converted launch out of CS4 or do you need to run convert to TIF or similar outside and then open in CS4?

robonrome wrote in post #10984443
thanks does the DNG converted launch out of CS4 or do you need to run convert to TIF or similar outside and then open in CS4?

You can open them directly in Photoshop. Also, when converting to DNG you can select the compatibility all the way back to ACR 2.x.

K6AZ wrote in post #10984516
You can open them directly in Photoshop. Also, when converting to DNG you can select the compatibility all the way back to ACR 2.x.

thanks anyone have a link to best place to get the DNG and maybe instructions on how to use..?

http://www.adobe.com/p​roducts/dng/

It's really simple to use. It's very handy if you're broke and can't afford CS5.

K6AZ wrote in post #10984541
http://www.adobe.com/p​roducts/dng/

It's really simple to use. It's very handy if you're broke and can't afford CS5.

hey, that's me... well I am now I splurged on the 60D

Hmmm I downloaded and installed the Adobe DNG, but find it says the Canon Raw Codec I have doesn't recognise the CR2 files produced by the 60d... I've looked but the latest Canon Raw Codec I can find is 1.7.0 and does not seem to include 60D? AM I missing something...surely Canon wouldn't release a new camera without providing and updated Codec?

Perhaps, you do not have the DNG converter set up properly. You will need to set it to a version that CS4 (if that is what you have) supports. For example, I have mine set to ACR 4.6 and later so that it will be compatible with CS3. You should have the compatibility set to version 5.4 and later, if you are running CS4.

I do not think that any codecs are required that you would not already have.

I hope that this is not a silly question, but I presume that you did actually run the DNG converter program on the CR2 files that you wanted to convert to DNG files, didn't you? After that, you will use ACR to open the DNG files (not the CR2 files which are never changed). I always open ACR from Bridge, but it whould not matter if you used Photoshop to open the DNG files. The DNG files are viewable in Bridge, but the CR2 files for your 60D will still appear as icons. Your comment about codecs makes me think that perhaps you are using Windows Explorer rather than Bridge for navigating through you image folders. If so, you are missing out on a lot of stuff that will help with your work flow.

When I got my 7D, I had to start using DNG converter since I was too cheap to upgrade from CS3. Also, I had to set the compatibility in DNG converter to 4.6. I have used the trial version of CS5 and really like it so I presume that I will be upgrading soon, but need to upgrade my PC first since my PC really bogs down with some of the compute intensive things in CS5.

Bill Boehme wrote in post #10987221
I hope that this is not a silly question, but I presume that you did actually run the DNG converter program on the CR2 files that you wanted to convert to DNG files, didn't you? After that, you will use ACR to open the DNG files (not the CR2 files which are never changed). I always open ACR from Bridge, but it whould not matter if you used Photoshop to open the DNG files. The DNG files are viewable in Bridge, but the CR2 files for your 60D will still appear as icons. Your comment about codecs makes me think that perhaps you are using Windows Explorer rather than Bridge for navigating through you image folders. If so, you are missing out on a lot of stuff that will help with your work flow.
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Yes it's in DNG when I go to select the CR2 files to convert that it pops up and tells me that the Canon Raw Codec I have won't recognise them... so I never get through the conversion. I do use Bridge, but generally open ACR from CS4. I'm confused

IT WORKS! I was trying to select the actual CR2 files from DNG and that's when that error messgae came up. If i just select the folder they're in and hit convert it goes ahead and I can see the thumbnails in Bridge and then open using ACR in CS4

robonrome wrote in post #10988495
IT WORKS! I was trying to select the actual CR2 files from DNG and that's when that error messgae came up. If i just select the folder they're in and hit convert it goes ahead and I can see the thumbnails in Bridge and then open using ACR in CS4

Wonderful! I did not think of also mentioning that you select the folder and not individual files.

Bill Boehme wrote in post #10988550
Wonderful! I did not think of also mentioning that you select the folder and not individual files.

Thanks for your help usually is something simple that throws me with computers