software question

csrgavh said:
Hi Joe -

I just checked on my Mac. I can't open the RAF files in PSE9 or PSE8. I can in Aperture and Lightroom. I had always assumed that when installing the updated ACR files it handled PSE too. Not true this past time. Not a big deal for me since I very seldom use PSE anymore. I'm sorry if this is not of any help to you though.

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Craig
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there is a download for pse8 and another for pse9...it's not the same as for lightroom etc.

i would like to try lightroom but it's almost 400 bucks here plus i'm lazy and know what i like to do in pse...what a pain to learn a new system.
 
back alley said:
does pse open x100 raw files? or, and i think i would have to...still download the update?
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Good question. I'm assuming (again) that the latest version will work since ACR is supposed to work with PSE but might be worth asking at adobe pse forum before committing to purchase. And specs say you can edit raw image files but then it says that for PSE8 too. Maybe its just an x100 file format problem.
 
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Joe, have you checked eligibility for Adobe education pricing? If there is a student or teacher in the family...
 
I would have thought that DNG converter is batch converting all the x100 raws files in the folder to DNG format and saving them in one go so that will will take some time. But assuming it saves them all from then on you look at dng files only. But what you are saying is that bridge cannot read adobes own dng format which is very odd.
 
i was just reading on another site that the upgrade does not work on pse at all.
if true that means i need to buy lr3 or cs5...
 
back alley said:
i was just reading on another site that the upgrade does not work on pse at all.
if true that means i need to buy lr3 or cs5...
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Oh that's a bugger. But if you are happy to let DNG convert do batch covert all files in a folder then surely you can access dng files without the need for other software.
 
I run both Mac and Windows and use my X100 on both. I hope I'm not wrong and don't want to add to the confusion, but my eperience was:
In Mac - (Aperture) it's not the Aperture that needs to update, it's the Mas OS itself. So - Aperture stays the same, update Mas OS; now Aperture likes X100. - I don't know if this holds for PSE (mac)
HOWEVER
Windows - I use Adobe CS4 (Not wanting to buy CS5)
No way for X100 - as ACR 6.4 only wants to talk with CS5.
So in Windows I need to :
a) buy CS5 (no way)
b) (and this is what I do for raw (if I used raw which I don't on Windows))
- must use the stand alone Adobe DNG converter (free) with ACR 6.4
 
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