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Having had some great assistance in the Elements HowTo forum I can now load Raw files to Organizer and edit them with ACR 5.2 ( I'm shooting them with a Panasonics FZ28)When I save them I get two options .DNG or .dng
Whichever one I use (and I'm not sure what the difference is?) I cannot open them again as DNG or dng files in organizer for subsequent selection and processing.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
ps I'm using Elements 6 with Windows XP

If we are both talking about Programs/Photoshop Elements 6.0/Plug-ins/File Format as the correct location ,Yes. If there is a separate plug-in for opening a DNG file as opposed to opening a Raw file into the Organizer and subsequently Editor I'm not so sure then.
Following Barbara and Paige's advice I had downloaded ACR 5.2 as a zipped folder ,moved the original Camera Raw 8BI file out,unzipped the folder and moved 5.2's 8BI file into its place. Should I have moved/downloaded anything else?
ps I have tried opening the files from Windows, right clicking and looking for ACR in the Open With list but it isn't listed.

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