Re: Canon 40D and Raw under CS2

John Passaneau writes:

>>> >>
>>> >> I have CS2. I am thinking of getting the
>>> >> new Canon 40D which has 14 bit color in its
>>> >> raw files.
>>> >>
>>> >> The CS2 version of raw converter will not handle
>>> >> the 40D files natively, so I would have to go
>>> >> the Raw -> DNG -> Adobe Raw.
>>> >>
>>> >> My question is will this workflow preserve the
>>> >> 14 bit per channel color at the time of raw
>>> >> conversion, or will I have to upgrade to CS3
>>> >> to be able to take full advantage of the 14
>>> >> bits?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks in advance,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Andrew Hall
>>> >> (Now reading Usenet in comp.graphics.apps.photoshop...)
>>

John> As I understand it there is no version of Adobe ACR that will work with
John> raw files from the 40D and CS2. Adobe is not going to put out an upgrade
John> to make it happen either. That leaves you with 3 chooses for 40D raw
John> files and CS2:
John> 1-upgrade to CS3.
John> 2-Use the latest version of Adobe DNG converter to convert to DNG and
John> then load them into CS2's ACR.

I am aware of this option.

My question was with that workflow support the 14 bit color of
the 40D in the raw conversion. Or will DNG convert the 14 bit
color to 12 bit?

John> 3- Use Canon's or some other third party raw editor.
John> Adobe is no longer supporting CS2 from what I read.

John> John Passaneau


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Andrew Hall
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