IPhoto 09 and photoshop CS4

I'm new to iPhoto w/ my new macbook pro but am a photographer and longtime user of PS. I figured out how to use PS as my editor in iPhoto, but can't figure out how to open RAW files in PS through iPhoto. PS is opening RAW files as jpegs which doesn't work. So, specifically, I'm wanting to double-click to edit photos imported to iPhoto and i want iphoto to recognize which files are RAW and need to be opened with PS camera RAW. Is this possible?
Darci

darciv
Welcome to the Apple user to user assistance forums
iPhoto menu ==> preferences ==> advanced
Check the "use RAW when using external editor" box
And you might look at Aperture - there is a free trial and it is more adapt at handling RAW
LN
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