Using Raw Files of Nikon D800 and Canon 5D markIII in Adobe Photoshop Elements

Many times we see different threads on Adobe Forums and Elements-Village about using raw files of different camera models by Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Pentax or Sony etc. This article is specially for special users of Nikon D800 and Canon 5D MarkIII. If you are using any version less than 10.0 of Adobe Photoshop Elements, you can't use the raw files in your software. But don't worry, there is a workaround to it and you would be able to use with earlier versions as well. We shall talk about it in later part of the article. 

For folks who are having Adobe Photoshop Elements, just follow below mentioned steps to use raw files of Nikon D800 and Canon 5D MarkIII in Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 -

1. Go to Help Menu

2. Check for Updates

3. You will see an update 'Adobe Camera Raw 6.7'

4. Apply it.

5. Relaunch Adobe Photoshop Elements and you are ready to use Raw files generated through your new cameras.

Now how about earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements? Download DNG Converter from Adobe.com and convert your Raw files into DNG which can be handled through your versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Let's know Rick Peterson who shares wonderful stuff at http://www.essential-photoshop-elements.com/

Today I came across some wonderful online tutorials talking about efficient ways of doing things in Adobe Photoshop Elements. After seeing the ease with power of these tutorials, I thought of sharing a wonderful website maintained by Rick Peterson. 

Rick maintains http://www.essential-photoshop-elements.com/ website which talks about various things around Adobe Photoshop Elements. Some wonderful tutorials are available on this website for beginners as well as as folks who have been using Adobe Photoshop Elements for many years. 

Rick recommends some of the useful books on Adobe Photoshop Elements and here is more information - http://www.essential-photoshop-elements.com/photoshop-elements-books.html

I will stop here to leave you all with these links to explore some wonderful stuff about Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Why Adobe Camera Raw opens up in full screen by hiding Winfows Task-Bar || How to open Adobe Camera Raw Dialog in Full Screen for better Processing control

 Recently I found someone asking about a way to open Adobe Camera Raw in Full Screen, to better utilize whole monitor screen to process Raw files. 




Bujt many times I have seen this question is different form - Why my Adobe Camera Raw Window opens up in Full Screen and also hides Windows Task-Bar? Anyways, answer is same for both the questions. There is a control which can be used to expand Adobe Camera Raw Window to Full Screen and Collapse to default size. Please see highlightd control in RED. This control helps in toggling between Full Screen View and Standard Size of Adobe Camera Raw.

Why do I get black Slides in my Slideshow created in Adobe Photoshop Elements?

Do you see black slides in your WMV or Slideshow created through Organizer application of Adobe Photoshop Elements? If yes, this article may help you. This is one of the common problem discussed on Adobe Forums of Elements-Village. Let's check out how can we avoid or fix it.

 This usually happens when you are using high resolution photographs for creating Slideshows and using very large number of photographs. Low memory or processing power of your computer can also be one of the reasons. And here if you try to export WMV in smaller size, you may not see black slides. Link mentioned below talks more about it...

For more detailed information, check out - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/514323

How to Create Shortcuts of Organizer & Editor of Adobe Photoshop Elements on Desktop

During installation process of Adobe Photoshop Elements, we can create shortcut on Desktop. This Shortcut launches Welcome Screen of Adobe Photoshop Elements and further we need to choose if we want to launch Organizer or Editor. Many folks create desktop shortcuts for Organizer & Editor, so that Welcome screen can be bypassed to directly launch relevant application.

Understanding Color Management and It's relevance in Adobe Photoshop Elements PART-2 || Understanding sRGB and AdobeRGB Color-Spaces

After discussing about Color Spaces and Color Gamuts, today we are going to focus on sRGB and AdobeRGB.

Usually SRGB is default Coor Space selected in most of the Cameras we use. Some of the cameras may offer variations of the sRGB color space, such as Vivid Color.

We can probably set our camera to the Adobe RGB color space. As mentioned, this color space has more colors (in generic terms). But, photographs using AdobeRGB may not display properly on your monitor and some labs may not be able to use AdobeRGB for printing.

If you decide to use AdobeRGB, you must use the AdobeRGB color space throughout your photography system.To know more about sRGB and AdobeRGB, check out - http://knowphotographybasics.blogspot.in/2012/05/does-adobergb-and-srgb-confuses-you.html/ncr

Why there is an Exclamation Mark in bottom-right of my Adobe Camera Raw Dialog of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 || Process Version in ACR 6.7

Are you seeing an Exclamation Mark (!) in Adobe Camera Raw Dialog of Photoshop Elements 10.0. Actually you must be seeing it for some of the photographs after updating Adobe Camera Raw version 6.7. This version for Photoshop Elements comes up various Process-Versions supported. 

Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 for Photoshop Elements 10 is available with support of New Cameras and some added functionality || Better Noise Reduction and More...

Today Adobe has released Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 update for Photoshop Elements 10.0. This is a bit different update as compared to other Camera Raw Updates for Adobe Photoshop Elements. Let's have a look at new cameras supported with this update - 

Canon EOS 1D X (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Canon EOS 5D Mark III (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Canon PowerShot G1 X (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Canon PowerShot S100V (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix F505EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix F605EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix F770EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix F775EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix HS30EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix HS33EXR (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Fuji FinePix X-S1 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Nikon D4 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Nikon D800 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Nikon D800E (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Olympus E-M5 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Pentax K-01 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Samsung NX20 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Samsung NX210 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Samsung NX1000 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Sony Alpha NEX-VG20 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Sony SLT-A57 (is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.7)

Apart from supporting new Cameras in Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0, here are few added changes you will notice in Adobe Photoshop Elements -

 1. Improved Noise Reduction Controls with more flexibility in handling Luminance and Color Noise. Just check out screenshot shared below -

With Adobe Camera Raw 2012, we get Luminance Detail, Luminance Contrast & Color Detail sliders to get appropriate contrast & details after appying noise reduction. All these sliders need to be used in sync to get best results.

2.  In Adobe Camera Raw 6.7, you will find Red Eye Removal controls on right, instead of fly-out menu on top. Just an interface change. Please see image below for more clarity.

3. In last tab of Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 dialog, you see a new dropdown menu which shows 3 options - 2003, 2010 & 2012. This is something interesting and we will try to share detailed information in separate article on same blog. If you are not using Lightroom4 or Photoshop, you need not to think about it. Here is how it looks like -

Some basic points to note about it for now -

a. By default all new photographs are opened in Process-Version 2010.

b. If you open a file which is editied in Lightroom4 or CS5(ACR6.7) or CS6 using PV2012, you will see the changes in ACR dialog of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0.

c. Whenever we open a photograph in PV2012, some of the sliders will not be accessible and need to go back to PV2010 in Elements.

More details about Process-Version will be shared soon !