Elements 11 and Canon CR2 Compatability

Will Elements 11 open Canon CR2 files or Will I still need to convert to DNG?

Each camera is supported specifically, so it depends on the model of the camera, how new it is, compared to the version of the camera-raw plug-in that PSE11 is using. If the camera is newer than the plug-in then it won’t be supported because Adobe didn’t have a chance to profile ti before the plug-in was created.
You can update your PSE11 to the latest compatible version with Help / Updates in the Editor module.
If your camera is a 70D then it will be supported with ACR 8.2 plug-in version (use help/about plugsin/camera raw to determine the version) but because PSE12 comes out in a few days/weeks, as does ACR 8.2, then perhaps PSE11 will not be updated to ACR 8.2 and you’d need to buy PSE12.
What camera model are the CR2 files from and what version of the ACR plug-in are you using?
Here is a web-page at Adobe that lists the version of ACR (and other programs) for each model of camera they support raw files from:
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

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Phtoshop CS and Canon CR2 (400D)

I have CS on Windows.
I have read this in the FAQ:
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Q: I have Photoshop 7, with Adobe Camera Raw 1; will there be an update to support the new cameras? What about Photoshop CS and Camera Raw 2.4?
A: Only the current version of Photoshop will receive ACR updates. However, when a new DNG converter is released, Camera Raw 2.4 in Photoshop CS and all versions of Camera Raw 3 in Photoshop CS2 will be able to open files supported by the new version of DNG converter. Photoshop 7 and ACR 1.0 do not support DNG, therefore you will need to upgrade to the latest version of Photoshop.
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And I don't understand it - though I suspect it may offer me a (partial?) answer to my problem. Adobe's efforts at explaining are useless.
Go to Camera Raw latest plug-in and it says it is not compatible with CS.
Go to Camera Raw 2.x which is compatible with CS but it does not support Canon 400D CR2.
Go to Camera Raw 3.x which DOES support 400D CR2 but is not compatible with CS.
Nowhere (that I can find - and I've spent hours looking and half that time getting "this page not available for scheduled mantenance") does Adobe deign to explain what to do other than tell me I need to upgrade to CS3 (as do customer services).
The answer above seems to imply that some technical combination of Camera Raw 2.4 and a "new" DNG Converter will somehow allow a back level version of Camera Raw (2.4 - which will work with CS I gather) open new/later camera raw files (e.g. 400D CR2).
Can someone confirm that this is the case and provide idiot-proof advice on which "new" DNG converter I need to perform this simple magic? Thanks so much.
(Gee - it's not like CS, CS2, CS3 are all THAT different, are they? Why can't they just make Camera Raw back-compatible? Seems to me like a deliberate blackmail strategy to "encourage" expensive upgrades. But I'm just a p'd off cynic.)
Hey-ho
Thanks,
George

G Sch - thanks for your further clarification - very helpful.
Jim - thank you, indeed, for your patience. Though it is perhaps not quite as saintly as some of your friends imply given the obvious validity of John Joslin's comments that "there are plenty of examples outside the rarefied air of the Adobe world where such backward and forward compatibility is achieved." Shame on me for not being sufficiently au fait with this rarified world that your friends thought I was testing your patience unreasonably, and thanks again.
Thank you, John J, for recognising there is a real world out here beyond the dubious business ethics of Canon and Adobe, where such compatibility is not just expected but taken for granted and EASILY achieved. (As I implied - I want to be a customer, not a well to be dipped into at every turn until I'm dry.)
As for Ramon - well I don't normally respond to such sneers but - well, how does it feel to be on that hook Ramon? They've certainly got you, haven't they! So every time you buy a new camera, you fully expect a) to be moved for no reason whatsoever, other than they can do it to you, to a new and different and incompatible raw file format, and b) have to allow for the expense of being forced to upgrade your PS software or else stop using it and throw away your investment in it. Hope it feels good. Me? I don't see anything unreasonable in my expectation - but then I haven't fallen for an apparent Adobe (and Canon) con trick - until now ;-) - and I won't again (unlike some, it seems).
Funnily enough I (and probably you too, Ramon) have bought many new bits of hardware (called PCs) over the years and have run many different operating systems and all of them, even my Win 3.1 and Win98 ones (and I can still run Win98 on my latest PC, by the way) still run apps that can open and generate files (e.g. .doc) that I can use on all of these PCs. That may not be the best analogy - but yes I did acquire a camera that was not available when CS was - but who'd have expected Canon to have different raw formats for 300D, 350D and 400D? Shame on me for not doing my research. And seeing as CS, CS2 and CS3 are not completely DIFFERENT applications but evolutionary, who'd have thought they'd make an ARC for CS3 that was deliberately not compatible with CS, just to extort an upgrade fee from me. Oh - sorry - you'd have thought it, Ramon, that's who.
One does wonder how it is that buying a new camera effectively has an "Adobe tax" tied to it, and who benefits from the tax. (If Canon had any sense they'd stop their end of this so there was no opportunity for Adobe to levy the tax - but where is the 'tax revenue' spent, I wonder?)
Perhaps my expectations are unjustified, and someone can/will produce excellent and justified technical reasons why the Canon raw formats changed and why CS3 is so utterly different from primitive old CS that there are good reasons why backward compatibility would ruin the company (after all I said I'd pay a few bucks for it when I needed an ARC update). But Adobe aren't showing any signs of explaining this, and nor is anyone else - so until then I'll continue to treat them with the contempt they appear to treat their "customers" with. I made an investment in CS and they have not just utterly failed to respect that and seek to protect my investment, they have gone out of their way to render that investment worth less. I'll be using the native Canon tools and other photo apps from now on, rather more than PS, even given the DNG route.
Well that's 5 minutes more of getting it off my chest. :-)
I have the information I sought - thanks, Jim and others - so if I don't come back I'm sure you'll forgive me if I leave you all to it.
(Probably best to just let it all lie, now, eh?)

Photoshop Elements 8 and Canon Powershot G15.

I have Photoshop Elements 8 and a Canon Powershot G15. I need to download Raw from this camera, which appears to be impossible, although it will download from my Nikon D60. Do I need a plug in to achieve the result with the Powershot; if so what will it cost and how do I get it? Thanks,
brucem

Hi,
The G15 is supported in Camera Raw 7.3 (or later) which, unfortunately, is not compatible with Photoshop Elements 8.
You can either upgrade to Photoshop Elements 11 (or later) or download and install the free Adobe DNG converter. You copy your CR2 to a folder and then give the DNG converter that folder name. The converter will then convert those files to the DNG format. the DNG files can then be used by Photoshop Elements 8.
DNG Converter 8.7
Mac – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5858
Win – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5864
Useful Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqGovpuihw
Brian

Photoshop elements 7 and canon powershot g12 - not compatible?

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to open the .cr2 files off my canon powershot g12 in elements 7. I know that the RAW update would be found in CAMERARAW 6.3 which is only for elements 9 and have installed the lastest compatible (5.4) on my system. Is there any way for me to open my files or will I have to upgrade or even switch to a different programme?
Thanks for your help!

I don't know if the language version has anything to do with it, but DNG isn't as universal as it was promoted as being and it's not always backwards compatible. You might try some of the different settings in the DNG converter prefs and see if they make any difference.

Photoshop elements 13 and canon protoprinter pro driver

I installed elements 13 to my computer and my automation tools such as canon photoprinter pro printer are no longer visible. Yje driver still exsists for my photoshop elements 12 and prints without a problem. I reinstalled the canon drivers without and chnage to photoshop elements 13.
There must be an issue with elements 13.1. Any ideas?

sillysully511 wrote:
Thank you. Right now I have Elements 11 and wanted to make sure if I purchased 13 it would work and I guess it does
You can always download the trial version before paying for it. Use it for 30 days and then buy the boxed version to activate your trial product. You only need to insert the serial number to activate the trial version if you decide to buy the boxed version.

PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 7 AND CANON ZOOMBROWSER

I have just bought elements 7 and wish to import all my photos with their keyword tags into elements, but the keywords do not seem to transfer. Please can anyone help?

I just confirmed that my ZoomBrowser EX (6.1.1) isn't writing the keywords into the industry-standard EXIF fields that other programs like PSE know how to read. Instead it's keeping them in the file "zb4meta.info" in the same folder as the photos. (You may need to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files to see this file.) That file is in a format that only ZoomBrowser understands.
Looking at the file, it would be straightforward to write a reasonably simple script that would write the keywords and comments into the files' EXIF fields. Perhaps someone on the Internet has already written such a program, or you have a friend proficient in scripting.

Photoshop Elements 9 and Canon 5D Mark II raw files

Does the newest Elements now open the Canon 5D Mark II raw files? I called their customer service number and the women I talked to seemed uncertain about it. I have CS5 at home, and of course, there is no problem opening those files. But at work, they only have Elements and the past versions wouldn't open these files. Hoping the new version will. THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT.

Yes photoshop elements 9 will open them.
Depending on which photoshop elements versions you have at work,
you may just have to update the camera raw plugin to open those files.
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Element 10 and Canon 5D Mark III RAW file

My Element 10 can read my Canon 40D RAW files but not the 5D Mark III ones. I downloaded Element Camera RAW update 6.7 and updated Adobe App Manager but could not install the former. An error message indicates that this extension does not apply. Any idea how to address this issue? Thanks.

Hi Sumit,
Indeed, according to Adobe download assistant, Element 10 with Camera RAW 6.7 update should work.
The error message is "Echec de la mise à jour" (in French) which means Update Failure. Reason given is "this update does not apply to your case".
Thanks for your assistance,
Raw

Premier Elements 9 and Canon HV20

Hi
Just installed a copy of Premier elements 9 onto a new laptop and when I capture footage in HD 1080i the captured footage is pixalated with green pixals. When I import using same cable and port in Standard def the caputed footage is fine.
Any clues as to what I am doing wrong/
Many thanks
Graham
Morecambe
Lancashire

Just for grins I tried to capture directly from the HV20 into PrE instead of going through HDVSplit. Capture worked without issue so I don't think there is a compatability problem between the camcorder and PrE. NOTE: my HV20 is NTSC and not PAL.
You may want to attempt to capture from the camcorder without a tape to further isolate the issue. This can be done by putting the camcorder in camera mode and simply capturing the footage. If this works and the tape capture does not then there is an issue with tape playback. If the non-tape and tape capture don't work then you either have an issue with the camera or the setup/hardware on your computer. It would be worth while to try to connect the camcorder to another computer.

Photoshop Elements 12 and Canon 70 D

Hi,
I have a new Canon 70 D and have Photoshop Elements 12.I am unable to open RAW files.
I down loaded DNG converter version 8.5 for windows but it still doesn't work.

Just go to Editor>Help>updates and update camera raw. (This won't work if you're using XP or Vista.)

Premiere element 7 and canon 550 camera

I recently bought the canon 550 camera and tried to open the video footage on premiere element 7 but was unable to do so - an error message popped -up saying '...codec not installed.' I have downloaded the latest dng and it works for converting the raw images but not the video. The video footage is currently on my hard drive. Am I uploading the footage incorrectly or is element 7 not up to date with the canon 550 camera?

Video from still cameras like this usually needs to be converted --ideally to DV-AVIs -- before it can be used in Premiere Elements, as we discuss in the FAQs to the right of this forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415317?tstart=0
If this video is an MPEG, you can convert it with MPEG Streamclip.
If it is an MOV, you can convert it with Super or Quicktime Pro.

Premiere Elements 7 and Canon HF10

I cannot get Premiere Elements 7 to recognize my Canon HF10 camcorder when I try to import the video files. I am able to import the files using Pixela which can with the camera, but I want to import directly from the camera. I am running Vista 64. Anyone else having problems like this?

Yes this has been reported before for the HF10 and HF100. Until there is a fix or workaround you will need to import via the Get Media From File or Folder option after having downloading the files to your hard drive using the software that came with the camcorder.
Plus see this thread for more details:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1753342#1753342

Elements 10 and Canon ZoomBrowser

I just upgraded from Elements 8 to 10, and I'm having several issues with it, First, when ZoomBrowser (ZB) calles Elements 10, the image is not passed to Elements unless it is the second time from the same folder, I have to open the image useing the open command. Second, when I save the image to the ZB folder, ZB takes 10 seconds or so to open the image. Elements 8 did have either one of these problems.
What should I be doing different??

Hi Tom,
Easy bit first: To get back to the Custom aspect ration, select No Restriction and enter sizes into the W & H - the aspect ration will change to Custom.
The menu option Crop (under Image) acts in two different ways. If you don't have anything in the photo select (say hand tool is selected) then the menu item will work the same as the Crop tool from the toolbar. If you have used the Marque to select an area of the photo, the menu item will then crop to that area.
Using the Marque/Crop method does not resample the image which is why the pixel size reduces and the quality looks the same as the original,
When using the pure Crop tool, if the resolution is left blank then it should not resample the photo and should reduce the pixel size and maintain the image. What I think you have found is that when you select Use Photo Ratio it always does a resample. This causes the pixel count to stay the same and the picture quality to reduce due to PSE adding pixels.
I always prefer to use the crop tool as there are more options like rotating the cropped area. The new overlays added in PSE 10 are great. I haven't had the problem with resampling before, mainly because I crop using either No Restrictions or a particular aspect ratio to match the output I am aiming for (paper size). As I said before, the experts on this forum have always recommended the Marque/Crop method because of the resampling problem. However, I now know what to watch out for when using the crop tool.
Please let me know if your observations don't match up with my ideas above.
Brian

Imovie and canon hv30 compatibility

is the canon vixia hv 30 compatible with the iMac OS X 10.5.4 and OS X 10.5.3? It looks like you connect with a USB port instead of Firewire and I thought you had to use firewire to connect to iMovie.

Hi
Canon HV30 is compatible with iMovie 08. You connect with a 6pin-4pin firewire cable. The USB cable is for transferring still images from the camera. Hope this helps.

Snow Leopard and Canon Printer Drivers - significant unhelpful change

Is there any work around for the following? I have a new mac book pro
with snow leopard. Which means I downloaded the new Canon driver for
Pixma 9500. And am now using Lightroom 3 rather than 2.
An option that used to exist no longer exists. It used to be when I
chose a paper profile (say Canon Premium Paper Pro) I could still
manage color options in the driver. I could adjust slightly the reds
or if it were black and white I could change the tone (warm tone/cool
tone). Now, which I chose a paper profile, those options are "blanked out." I
can't use them. Is this because of Snow Leopards CUPS functionality rather than the IJ.
Given how many variables there are with printing and getting the right
image, I really wish I had the option of adjusting my printer output even when I'm using a paper profile.
The options exist if I let the printer manage the colors (as opposed to
using the profiles) but the image is much farther off to begin with and
requires much more experimenting. I have not reloaded Elements 6 and Canon Easy Print Pro. I wonder if it will let me fiddle with color options? Or Elements 9 with an updated Canon Easy Print Pro.
I'm disappointed that I've lost this option by upgrading my hardware and software. I'd be grateful for any advice or feedback.

I don't have Lightroom to confirm this but maybe the application is contributing to your issue.
Looking at the menus of the v10.36.2.0 driver, which is the latest version of the Canon driver you would be using with the Pro 9500, there is the Quality & Media menu and the Color Options menu. Through the Q&M menu you can select the Canon paper types and then via the Color Options menu you can adjust the colors.
But if you open the Color Matching menu and change the setting from Canon Color Matching to ColorSync and then select a paper type you then find that the sliders in Color Options are not available. Maybe Lightroom is set to use ColorSync and thus the adjustment in the Color Options menu is not available for you.

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