RAW to TIFF??

I have been using Photoshop Elements 8 to convert my RAW files to tiff for the conversion to HDR. I have been getting terrible results with this process:
1.     Choose Edit with Photoshop Elements from the organizer
2.     Open Image from Camera Raw
3.     Save as tiff from the editor
So I tried using the process multiple files option from the file menu in the editor and the resulting tiff files work great. What is the difference??

Is it possible you did not have the ICC Profile check box checked when you saved  from Edit with Save as (and possibly have AdobeRGB as the working Color Space)?
I noticed with some tests that the Multiple Files processing always imbeds the ICC Profile, whereas Save as only imbeds it if you check the ICC Profile check box.
This can lead to washed out colors because the image is written in Color Space AdobeRGB, but (without the imbedded ICC Profile) possibly interpreted as sRGB.
If I embed the ICC Profile upon Save as, I get the exact same output from both methods (with a Canon .CR2 file as input).
If you'd like me to investigate this a little further, you can post your TIFFs somewhere on the web, so I can have a look at them (e.g. yousendit.com).
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

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