Cr2 files go Black and white

Hi - I'm new to the forum - and to Photoshop! I'm currently using (ie - trying to learn) Cs5 on Windows 7. I've searched the forum but can't find an answer to my problem. I can open Cr2 files ok but when I go to save them (as a Raw) file I get the message "Some image data cannot be saved with this file format. Save anyway?". On opening the saved file I get a greyscale image - but it looks as though multiple images have been overlaid on each other and not aligned properly. Can someone please help me from the bottom of a very steep learning curve?

The Photoshop Raw file format isn't the same thing as Camera Raw, it's a very old file format that doesn't support much of anything. Also, you cannot save to camera raw file formats (CR2, NEF, those ones) so don't bother looking for a way. If you want to save your documents with layers and everything then use something like .PSD or .TIFF

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