Wednesday, 13 January 2010

What program will open .CR2 Raw, Other than photoshop CS3?

Photoshop CS3 will not open up .CR2 Raw files for me at all, i have gone and downloaded the adobe camera raw plug in and tried installing it exactly how they told me to on the directions but it still wont open them, it keeps telling me there is an error because its a wrong file. So im looking for a new program to use , please help
I Need the files to open so that i can edit them.

Best Answer

I use a free down load by Fast Stone that opens my CR2 shots. Just Google for Fast Stone

Answer by Jim A on 10 Jan 2010 10:37:30

If the camera that uses RAW files was purchased new, Canon should have Digital Photo Professional included in the box.

Answer by thankyoumaskedman on 10 Jan 2010 10:46:50

You'll have basic editing software provided with the camera. If you want something more powerful then you either have to look at Adobe's Photoshop Elements (the latest 2 versions) or Corel's Paint Shop Pro X2 or later. That's pretty much it. The plug-in from Canon is os you can view your files in File Manager, it provides no further functionality.

Answer by Crim Liar on 10 Jan 2010 10:54:15

If you updated Adobe Camera Raw to the newest version, perhaps you aren't opening the files properly. In Photoshop, go to the menu item File>Open (might be Open As, I forgot which one) and select Camera Raw in file type and navigate to the directory where your raw images are stored. Raw images are actually edited in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) which CS3 will launch.

If you still can't get ACR to open, you can use a program called UFraw to edit your raw images.
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The raw editor is similar to ACR, but not as slick. Plus, you need to configure it with the proper input color profiles for your camera in options. See [URL Truncated] for camera profiles.

Answer by qrk on 10 Jan 2010 10:55:29

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