Using RAW images from Canon T3i in PSE 6

I have a new Canon T3i which is set to create both RAW CR2 files and jpegs. How can I open the RAW files in Photoshop Elements 6? I've searched the internet for two hours now and can find no answer which seems unambiguous, short of buying the latest and most expensive version of Photoshop. I'll readily admit that I'm a digital novice, but I have extensive experience in analogue photography and chemistry-based darkrooms. I love the images I've created with my T3i and processed in PSE 6 and Silver Efex Pro, but I'd like to get the next (RAW) level.
Bob Ingraham

Adobe has to update their software to support each camera, and they only update their current versions of each product when each camera comes out.
You can update to the current version of PSE, which is 9 and update the Camera RAW to the latest version to make sure it supports your camera, or you can convert your images to DNG using the latest version of the Adobe DNG Converter, and then open them in the older versions of Camera RAW like what comes with PSE 6.
Obviously you can also upgrade to Photoshop for big bucks or Lightroom for medium bucks. The adjustments available in the Camera RAW hosted by Elements aren't as extensive as those available in Lightroom or Photoshop, though, so you get what you pay for.

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The camera and PictureViewer are likely showing you the embedded JPG, while DPP and LR are decoding the raw data which appears to be corrupted. Assuming you have formatted your SD cards in the camera and the issues are always in the same positions in the same images when you transfer them multiple times from the card to different computers via different methods, then the data is on the card that way.
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or Snow Leopard - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3825.
Evidently the camera is so new that even the Adobe Camera RAW converter doesn't support it yet - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
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Hi everyone,
First of all, i have no idea were to post my question so im very sorry if its in the wrong place....
I have just bought a new camera which im very stoked with! A Canon D7. Guess if i was surprised when i couldn't open my raw images in photoshop! I work in CS3 and i really need to be able to open the images in Brigde and then Photoshop. And not having to open them in Canons software first.....
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