Anyone have info regarding possible update of ACR to include Canon 10D. I haven’t yet figured out how to contact Adobe on this subject since they only seem to recognize the software if you want to buy it, or as part of Photoshop CS. Do I wait, or do I spend another hundred dollars for Capture One LE. Any good advice???
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From what I have been told Adobe is not going to sell ACR separately any longer. I have Capture One Rebel Edition and like it alot. I also have several 10D profiles that I use along with the 300D profile. In most cases you can get an accurate conversion with out many adjustments.
Our friend Ray Robillard is trying out Capture One LE for the 10D and has had a very good experience with it so far. I use a much simpler program called BreezeBrowser, but it doesn’t have nearly the adjustment capabilities of Capture One. Ray’s enthusiasm is infectious, so I may go with C1LE before all is said and done…
C1LE is just superb! The pros include the ability to have 20 files being converted in the background while you start working on the others. It has curves and levels, therefore limiting the use of Photoshop Elements (not to say I don’t like to work in PSE, but the less time it takes, the more I have to play with my camera!). With the FVU, you either had to convert all pictures with the same setting, of wait for each setting to be applied before converting the picture. Very long process. With C1LE, you don’t have to wait to see the result.
You can adjust exposure either with the predefined White Balance or the Kelvin scale. You can even adjust the color tint (or color cast) that sometimes get in the way when you adjust color temperature. It also saves in 16 bits, for those with PS7 or PCS.
I activated it yesterday. I completed the conversion of 57 pictures in under two hours. With FVU, it would have took me more than 4.
If anyone needs help with this software, contact me. I’m no expert, but I’ll do my best 🙂
Pardon my ignorance here, but isn’t the 10D already supported by Adobe CameraRaw? Or are there conversion features missing? If so, what’s missing.
The 10D produces .CRW files which I know are supported by CameraRaw.
I’m 10D / Windows / BreezeBrowser user. I know when the latest version of BreezeBrowser came out w/ support for the 10D, it has many more .CRW conversion features specific to the 10d than it did for my G2.
I’m thinking about upgrading to CS, and CameraRaw is one of the reasons I’d do it. I like BreezeBrowser, but eliminating the extra step, would simplfy my life. If CameraRaw doesn’t support the 10D, maybe I’ll wait.
Although the thread was originally based on importing Canon 10D RAW images (.crw files), it also applies to the Canon Digital Rebel (Canon 300D) and also the Canon D60. I’m not sure what other Canon models may apply.
As I shared in my thread on this topic, unfortunately Adobe no longer sells the Camera Raw plug-in. Neither do any distributors whose websites I visited.
I called Adobe sales and tech support today. Customer service (sales) was surprised because they couldn’t find it anywhere, and tech support thought it was for sale still but the kind man checked with another support rep who told him, "No way, no how." I asked cust service if a new Elements was to be released w/ raw support but she replied that Elements 2.0 just came out so that’s unlikely.
I found a couple of 3rd party raw plug-ins on Google by searching on "Minolta raw files" — you could also search on "Canon raw files" and find a couple, more than likely.
The Minolta Dimage Viewer is quite good quality and saves the raw files as TIFF or JPEG so it’s not a disaster, just an inconvenience (it’s way slower than Elements, which is why I wanted the plug-in in the first place).
I just installed my Minolta Dimage Viewer onto my new computer (2.8GHz P4 w/ 512MB RAM and 7200 rpm disk) and it worked much faster than it does on my 1.4GHz laptop w/ 5400 rpm disk and 512 MB RAM.
I tried Dimage Viewer vs. BreezeBrowser demo vsn and found that on my Dell flat panel display the Dimage Viewer image is noticeably sharper with noticeably better color than BreezeBrowser delivers when opening the same RAW image.
I’m definitely sticking with Dimage Viewer. I always liked the quality, just not the speed. Now speed is no longer a problem.
Guess the best recommendation I can give now is to get a fast cpu and use the camera manufacturer’s included RAW file program viewer. Should work just fine and you can always save as TIFF if you want to use Adobe. Maybe that’s why Adobe discontinued the Camera Raw plug-in, it’s not necessary any more w/ fast CPUs, can’t say for sure. I just know I’m happier now than I was just an hour ago.
Robert, I’m trully happy for you that the Minolta converter works fine. But the Canon converter is a pain in the rear end to use. It’s slow, its interface is poorly designed (at best) and it’s very basic. Breeze, Capture One and others are the salvation for us, Canon users 🙂
Unless of course you use a Mac..where salvation is not available….(Capture 1 for the mac is only available in the professional version and I think PS would be as cheap, given I can get an academic copy…)