The Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter 5.2 are now available on (For Photoshop CS4 customers I recommend choosing the ‘Updates’ option from the Help menu) This release includes additional features and new camera support. Lightroom will be updated to version 2.2 in December to provide the equivalent camera support.
I’m a bit confused to say the least with all of this Tom and I wonder if you would be so kind as to clear up a few points.(1) I currently use CS3 and LR2.1(2) I have downloaded the DNG Converter 5.2 only believing that I can still use this to convert RAW files to DNG. Am I correct in this thinking?
I have NOT downloaded ACR v5.2 as this applies only to CS4 – yes?(3) The download file for the DNG Converter is 35.1MB in size (Windows) and installs differently to previous versions in so much as that previous versions were run from the desktop whilst the newer version is now to be found in Programme files. Looking in Programme files I see that the DNG Converter file size is only 7.55MB so my question is why the large download size and what did the remainder of the download file contain and where did it go. Ian Lyons on the LR forums suggests that the remainder of the file contained the ‘final release’ of the Colour Profiles although my system (CS3 and LR2.1) still only show the beta2 profiles.(4) What am I missing here please?
The DNG Converter is now provided with an installer that places the Camera Profiles in a common system location. You can move the DNG Converter application wherever you like after the installation is completed. Hi Tom.Having read some of the feedback from this and earlier blogs I would like some clarification on the following issue. I’m not a techie so need a plain english explanation.I run Photoshop CS3 and have just purchased LR2 (and upgraded to 2.1). I understand LR2.2 is due out in December. What raw processing capability/compatibility with LR2.2 will I lose if I stay with CS3 (which uses ACR4.6) rather than upgrading to CS4?I hope this makes sense.CheersHelen If you have a new camera with a raw format supported only in Camera Raw 5.2 or later, you’ll lose some of the Lightroom-Photoshop integration functionality. How do you remove Camera Raw 5.2?I installed it attempting to install the DNG converter.
It wasn’t clear from the adobe web site that the camera raw was a separate download. I’m a CS3 and LR2 user, so I realize that camera raw 5.2 is improper for my system.Now, I can’t seem to remove camera raw or find it anywhere on my system. Please install Camera Raw 4.6 from the following download page: That will replace the Camera Raw 5.2 version that you installed. The DNG Converter will not install Camera Raw 5.2 -TH. I just installed Lightroom 2 on my Mac. Then I got a notice that I could download 2.2, but that there is a problem with Panasonic FZ28, which is one of my cameras.
Now I’m afraid to download 2.2. Does it support the FZ28? Does regular Lightroom 2?Also, I have Photoshop Elements 6. Will this work with Lightroom 2.2? With my FZ28? Lightroom 2.2 supports the FZ28 with DNG file handling exceptions listed on our Camera Raw support page: This is also referenced in the ReadMe file for Lightroom 2.2 but who reads those, right?