On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:16:22 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2013.06.03 19:19 , wrote:

Over the weekend I purchased a Nikon D3200 camera. This camera uses
NEF-Compressed RAW format. I use Photoshop CS3 mostly out of laziness
in updating. Also though there is the cost with seeming annual
upgrades. CS3 did everything I need it to do so if it ain't broken
don't fix it.

I didn't read most of your rant but here's what you do:

1. Get the free Adobe DNGConverter to convert your raw files to DNG.

2. Keep using CS3 as before.

Thank you both very much. Sorry about the rant.... Been months since I
had a good one and that certainly did not qualify as a good one.
However I am disapointed in Adobe. Actually I started out just to say
I thought this was going to hurt them. Also, this is what I get for
having lived in a cave for a couple of years.

Elements you say? Hummm. DNG. Had not gotten that far into the problem
solving. Been to enraptured with the new camera. You both have,
magnanimously given me a couple of directions to pursue. Thank you for
your generosity and for mercifully snipping the rest of a poor rant
aired in the wrong place.