can't show new camera raw photo with Nikon D3200

[davidblevins]

<p>I purchased a Nikon D3200 camera but my raw images can't be shown in CS5 or in photo shop elements #10. I thought it is as easy as downloading 7.1 from adobe website but it still doesn't work. Help, i known I can use Nikon software but I love adobe!</p>

[howard_m]

<p>you can also d/l and use the Adobe DNG converter and CS5 will open that.</p>

<p>Adobe never supports new cameras on old versions of PS so if the 3200 was released after CS6 was released, then only CS6+ will support it.</p>

[bgelfand]

<p>The latest version of Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) supported under CS5 is ACR 6.7. The D3200 is not supported under ACR 6.7.</p>

<p>Your choices are</p>

<p>1) Spend $200 to upgrade to CS6 and ACR 7.1 which does support the D3200.</p>

<p>2) As Howard suggests, use DNG to convert the NEF files to DNG files and process the DNG files in CS5.</p>

<p>You will have to upgrade to Elements 11 to use the orginazer with your D3200 NEF files.</p>

<p>Be aware that Adobe has changed their upgrade policy. From CS5 onward, and after January 2013 for other releases, you must upgrade every release to get the upgrade price. In other words, if you do not upgrade to CS6 from CS5, you will have to pay full price for CS7.</p>

<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of Adobe.</p>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>I started with CS3. then upgraded to CS4, then CS5 but decided to try and save a few bucks by skipping CS6 and waiting for CS7. Brooks's statment that I must upgrade to CS6 or else pay full price for CS7 is news to me. Is there an Adobe web page that explains the rules?</p>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>(duplicate post)</p>

[keith reeder]

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<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of Adobe.</p>

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<p>They're in the business of making money, Brooks - that's capitalism for you.</p>

<p>David, think seriously about Lightroom...</p>

[francisco_salaquanda]

<p>Just pull the raws out of the camera with ViewNX2 and Transfer, save them as tifs and use PS5 to edit them. This way you are getting all the attributes of Nikon nefs and then using PS to post process. Best of both worlds.</p>

[howard_m]

<p>Kent,</p>

<p>Unfortunately, yes, the change in Adobe's upgrade policy is true. Instead of being able to upgrade from the last 2-3 versions, they will be requiring you to stay current in order to get upgrade pricing.</p>

<p>If you haven't tried Lightroom, you should.</p>

[Matt Laur]

<p>Also, consider Adobe's Creative Cloud pricing model. When you get it on sale (which happens sometimes), you get their entire suite of products for a monthly pittance ... and if you buy or upgrade even a couple of those on a regular basis, the subscription has you ahead of the game. And if you subscribe, you've also got video editing and FX tools, Illlustrator, and all sorts of other gems at your disposal. They're making it pretty compelling if you use two or more of their products.</p>

[bgelfand]

 

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<p>Brooks's statment that I must upgrade to CS6 or else pay full price for CS7 is news to me. Is there an Adobe web page that explains the rules?</p>

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<p>Here is a link to the Adobe page:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/eeurope/products/photoshop/buying-guide-upgrades.html">http://www.adobe.com/eeurope/products/photoshop/buying-guide-upgrades.html</a></p>

<p>Yes, I realize that Adobe, like most other companies, is in the business making money. They appear to be transitioning to a subscription model for their "professional" products - the Creative Suite set of products. Unfortunately full Photoshop falls in this suite of products along side Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, etc. I suppose they think that non-professional (meaning people whose day job is not photography and therefore cannot deduct the cost of Photoshop from taxes) will make do with Lightroom and Elements. To make matters worse for us non-professional users, Adobe is trying to move to a 1-year update schedule from the current 18-month schedule. That means you will be spending $200 per year to stay current on Photoshop and not miss the update pricing, which is the approximate subscription price.</p>

<p>Also the upgrade package is available only directly from Adobe; retailers no longer sell the upgrade packages.</p>

 

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll have to get the CS6 upgrade after all. (Lightroom is great, but Photoshop is the key program for the way I work.)</p>

[jnina]

<p>With View NX2 you can adjust colors, saturation, highlights, contrast, etc. Then you can convert the files to Tiff, JPEGS, etc. and work with them in CS5. Since you will be working with them first as RAW in ViewNX2 then you will no be loosing anything!</p>