CR2 file types

Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted) however the
file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read these nor can ACDSee.
Can anyone advise how to get round this problem bearingv in mind I do not
want to save as JPG.
Thanks

Brian

Falcon wrote:
Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted)
however the file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read
these nor can ACDSee. Can anyone advise how to get round this problem
bearingv in mind I do not want to save as JPG.
Thanks

Brian

Ah, the hidden costs of a DSLR!

Try: RawShooter Essentials

http://www.pixmantec.com/products/ra...ssentials.html

David

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Falcon wrote:
Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted) however the
file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read these nor can ACDSee.
Can anyone advise how to get round this problem bearingv in mind I do not
want to save as JPG.

Download the latest version of Adobe DNG Convertor (free) from the Adobe
website and convert your .CR2 files to DNG. This doesn't lose any
information (DNG is a "universal" camera raw format), and provided your
Camera RAW plugin for CS is up-to-date (also a feee download from Adobe),
you will be able to open them in CS, and perform all the raw adjustments.

"Chris Brown" wrote in message
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In article ,
Falcon wrote:
Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted) however
the
file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read these nor can
ACDSee.
Can anyone advise how to get round this problem bearingv in mind I do not
want to save as JPG.

Download the latest version of Adobe DNG Convertor (free) from the Adobe
website and convert your .CR2 files to DNG. This doesn't lose any
information (DNG is a "universal" camera raw format), and provided your
Camera RAW plugin for CS is up-to-date (also a feee download from Adobe),
you will be able to open them in CS, and perform all the raw adjustments.

Hi Chris
Thanks for that answer which is perfect.
Cheers

Brian

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Falcon wrote:
Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted)
however the file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read
these nor can ACDSee. Can anyone advise how to get round this problem
bearingv in mind I do not want to save as JPG.
Thanks

Brian

Ah, the hidden costs of a DSLR!

Try: RawShooter Essentials

http://www.pixmantec.com/products/ra...ssentials.html

David
Hi DAvid
Thanks for the info. Will also check out the website.
Regards

Brian

Falcon wrote:
"David J Taylor"
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Try: RawShooter Essentials

http://www.pixmantec.com/products/ra...ssentials.html

David
Hi DAvid
Thanks for the info. Will also check out the website.
Regards

Brian

It sounds as though there are updates to the Adobe software which will
work, but some people prefer the results with different convertors, such
as RSE.

By they way: you haven't commented on the "DSLR has better colours" remark
a couple of us questioned. Can you post any examples on a Web site?

David

On $DATE , Falcon wrote:

Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted)
however the file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read
these nor can ACDSee. Can anyone advise how to get round this
problem bearingv in mind I do not want to save as JPG.
Thanks

The GIMP, version 2.2 which I use, says it will open these files
and it should be free to run on Window$ or Linux. I have not
tried this myself, but the CR2 format is listed in the "open file"
dialog.

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Fred Williams writes:

On $DATE , Falcon wrote:

Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted)
however the file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read
these nor can ACDSee. Can anyone advise how to get round this
problem bearingv in mind I do not want to save as JPG.
Thanks

The GIMP, version 2.2 which I use, says it will open these files
and it should be free to run on Window$ or Linux. I have not
tried this myself, but the CR2 format is listed in the "open file"
dialog.

The Gimp requires additional plugins to handle Canon raw files.

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Måns Rullgård

Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:39:35 GMT, in rec.photo.digital "Falcon"
wrote:

Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted) however the
file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read these nor can ACDSee.
Can anyone advise how to get round this problem bearingv in mind I do not
want to save as JPG.

I don't use PS, but don't all you need is the upgraded copy of ACR ?

No. The last ACR that CS supports is ACR 2.4, which doesn't support the
350D. But it does support DNG. The 3.1 DNG Converter, (and later
versions - the latest is 3.3 beta), can turn the raws into DNGs which
ACR 2.4 can read.

There are about 35 cameras and digital backs that were launched after
ACR 2.4 shipped that can be supported via the convert-to-DNG route.
This is Adobe's official route for supporting new cameras without
upgrading to CS2, (which takes the ACR 3.x series).

(And, in response to the poster's mention of ACDSee. ACDSee Pro Photo
Manager, expected January, is supposed to support the 350D. Or at least
the Rebel XT, which is the same camera with a different name.
Unfortunately, some products fail to support cameras with different
names, because they don't recognise that they can!)

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Barry Pearson
http://www.barry.pearson.name/photography/
http://www.birdsandanimals.info/

"Falcon" wrote in message
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Hi everyone
My new Canon EOS 350D saves files in RAW format (which I wanted) however
the file extension is CR2 and my Photoshop CS cannot read these nor can
ACDSee.
Can anyone advise how to get round this problem bearingv in mind I do not
want to save as JPG.
Thanks

Brian

Your camera came with Zoombrowser - it converts RAW to jpeg or TIFF.

John