Raw 5.3 problems with CS4

Question

When will Adobe debug Camera Raw 5.3?
In its present form it will not even run on my two MacIntosh computers, an Intel and a G5!
My systems are 10.4 and 10.5, and I have 3.5 gigs of ram, I have several external Hard drives
Plus the fact there are no useful instructions to guide me out of this mess!
After installing Raw 5.3 in Photoshop CS4, on an Intel Mac, my raw processing is DISABLED!!!
JPEG is recognized, but any raw format images are not recognized!
If I then de-install 5.3, and go back to 5.2, everything is fine!
I am very disappointed with this condition!
Dan Meacham, Santa Clara
[email protected]

Answer 1

The more virulent the rant, the greater the likelihood PEBKAC. It
<i>
<b>never</b>
</i> fails.
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<br /> There are three possibilities of user error here:
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<br />* the ACR-plug-in download was not decompressed properly;
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<br />* the wrong plug-in was downloaded (Windows version instead of Mac); and, most likely,
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<br />* the plug-in is in the wrong location. Here's the correct location:
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<br />c
<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1uqXUuws2WCRPEy2o7T4yfEYCqO08" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1uqXUuws2WCRPEy2o7T4yfEYCqO08_thumb.jpg" border="0" />
<br />c This shows the correct path to ACR 5.2, which is the one you have to replace with ACR 5.3 at this precise location.
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<br /> One possibility not connected with user error is
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<br />* a corrupted download. (Try downloading it again.)