Canon G9 RAW with photoshop

[David P]

Just a few further thoughts ...

First, if spending money is involved, I keep arguing that Photoshop Elements, at £50 or so, does all of what 98% of users are ever going to want; and the current version should (I presume) support the G9. And it's always worth considering Adobe Lightroom... previous discussions here refer.

Second, it is true that the RAW plugin for PSE does less than the plugin for PSCS3. But I suspect that again, for most people PSE would suffice.

Third, the biggest strength of RAW conversion lies in areas like colour balance (and preserving the very finest image detail). Whilst you can (of course) make exposure corrections, and it's bound to better doing so in RAW than in JPEG, don't imagine it's a magic cure. There's still no substitute for getting the right amount of light onto the sensors, if it's quality you're after. But if you want to see a quick demo of the benefits of RAW, see White Balance Follies.

Fourth (and I'm quoting from The Luminous Landscape)
If you are not using Photoshop CS3, which is needed to run the latest version of Camera Raw, and which offers support for a slew of new cameras, don't despair. Just download the latest Adobe DNG converter, batch run your raw files through it, and then load them into your old version of Camera Raw and Photoshop.

[oddfish]

Originally Posted by hughesy

Hi
I was just wondering how i would convert the RAW .cr2 files from my Canon G9 into files that i could work with in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 full version.

Thanks

Hughesy

You may like to have a go with this:-

Photo-Freeware.net - RAW Shooter Essentials Download

which is freeware and does a pretty workmanlike job - I believe Adobe bought it out, but at the moment it's still available out there...

Cheers

Oddfish

[Steve Sub]

Originally Posted by David P

Fourth (and I'm quoting from The Luminous Landscape)
If you are not using Photoshop CS3, which is needed to run the latest version of Camera Raw, and which offers support for a slew of new cameras, don't despair. Just download the latest Adobe DNG converter, batch run your raw files through it, and then load them into your old version of Camera Raw and Photoshop.

Good suggestion, but it wouldn't help the OP, cos he only has PS7, which came with Camera Raw 1.0, which wasn't compatible with DNG!
However, I agree that Elements would be enough for most purposes, or Oddfish's suggestion.
Steve

[hughesy]

Thanks everyone for all the help. I now have Photoshop CS3 and can open my CR2 files all ok.

Thanks

Darren Hughes