Camera Raw vs. Photoshop CS3

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Dec 25, 2009
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Hello!

I want to buy earlier version of Photoshop and I cannot find answer on the following question:

Will the newest Camera Raw plugin (5.6) run on Photoshop CS3?

Thank you in advance for help
netman
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JD
Dec 25, 2009
Netman wrote:
Hello!

I want to buy earlier version of Photoshop and I cannot find answer on the following question:

Will the newest Camera Raw plugin (5.6) run on Photoshop CS3?
Thank you in advance for help
netman

It doesn’t appear to be for CS3. The latest for CS3 is 4.6?

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform= windows&product=39

These are "updates" not plugins.

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Mike Russell
Dec 26, 2009
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:38:14 +0100, Netman wrote:
….
I want to buy earlier version of Photoshop and I cannot find answer on the following question:

Will the newest Camera Raw plugin (5.6) run on Photoshop CS3?
….
CS3 supports up to Camera Raw 4.6.

There is support for newer cameras, if that is your concern. Use the 5.6 dng converter to convert your camera’s raw files to dng format, then read the resulting dng files into CS3’s Camera Raw 4.6.
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Netman
Dec 26, 2009
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:38:14 +0100, Netman wrote:
…
I want to buy earlier version of Photoshop and I cannot find answer on the
following question:

Will the newest Camera Raw plugin (5.6) run on Photoshop CS3?
…
CS3 supports up to Camera Raw 4.6.

There is support for newer cameras, if that is your concern. Use the 5.6 dng converter to convert your camera’s raw files to dng format, then read the resulting dng files into CS3’s Camera Raw 4.6.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

What are the differences between 4.6 version for CS3 and 5.6 version for CS4?
Is it only support for new cameras? Is it a new funcionality on 5.6 version? I have Canon 50D camera. Could I open my CR2 (RAW files) both on 4.6 version and 5.6 version?

Thank you in advance for help
netman
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nomail
Dec 26, 2009
Netman wrote:

CS3 supports up to Camera Raw 4.6.

There is support for newer cameras, if that is your concern. Use the 5.6 dng converter to convert your camera’s raw files to dng format, then read the resulting dng files into CS3’s Camera Raw 4.6.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

What are the differences between 4.6 version for CS3 and 5.6 version for CS4?
Is it only support for new cameras? Is it a new funcionality on 5.6 version?

Both. CameraRAW 5.x has new functionality, namely localized corrections.

I have Canon 50D camera. Could I open my CR2 (RAW files) both on 4.6 version and 5.6 version?

No, you can’t open them in 4.6 (unless you convert them first to DNG).

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Mike Russell
Dec 26, 2009
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:02:13 +0100, Netman wrote:

[re newer Camera Raw]
What are the differences between 4.6 version for CS3 and 5.6 version for CS4?
Is it only support for new cameras? Is it a new funcionality on 5.6 version? I have Canon 50D camera. Could I open my CR2 (RAW files) both on 4.6 version and 5.6 version?

There are a number of interesting changes not only with Camera Raw, but Bridge and CS4 itself. Direct support for your 50d may be enough enough reason to upgrade, but you can play around and see if Camera Raw is the cat’s meow for you or not. I still shoot a lot of Jpegs, though ACR is nice and I need to know about it for my customers.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

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