Kuzano

Would have considered (and have looked at it). No dice now since you mentioned they are adding a managment function. Adding organizers to already well functioning editing software is the "Kiss of Death" for most editing programs. That's when the problems with editors begin to fly.

Best example and most complains on Light Room and PSE come from trouble with catalog systems.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I can't help you here, I had PSE 12, 13 and 14 but don't use them anymore. But the Adobe DNG converter is a good idea if you don't want to go to a newer version of PSE.
It is free and here is the page from Adobe about it, the download link is in the menu on the right. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html
DNG (digital negative) is just Adobe's own version of RAW and will work on many versions of their processing apps that don't do the latest RAW files from some cameras. If you have lots of storage space on your computer I believe it has an option to keep the original RAW along side the DNG conversion.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

This has come up at least once previously; I don't recall if Davey was the one who mentioned. Adobe stops supporting their older PS Elements programs after a certain period of time, so new cameras may not have ability to use PSE's version of raw. But to have a pre-existing usage removed, along with a demand for payment, is evidence that something else is going on entirely. You should contact Adobe asap. And don't follow the "payment request" link; it could very well be malware.

I used the dng converter for my newest cameras prior to purchasing PSE 2018. The dng converter is great. And to Robert's mention of keeping both the raw and the dng, yes you can. The raw is not overwritten.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I wonder why you couldn't handle your RAW files in your copy of Elements. Could it be that your camera is "too new" for the version of Elements you've got? If it's Elements 14, it would be about 5 years old now and probably can't work with RAW files from a camera introduced after Fall 2014, approx. (when Elements 15 was introduced). Adobe updates Elements annually and pretty much sunsets the previous version each time. So long as you are using cameras that are the same age or older than the program, it should be able to handle any RAW files. But as soon as you update to a camera newer than the software, you'll also need a new version of Elements to be able to handle it. (There's usually a bit of a time lag too... If a new camera is intro'd at the same time or during the approx. one year "life span" of Elements, there's good chance that updates won't be immediate. Sometimes camera makers provide advance copies of cameras to the software companies to give them opportunity to prepare for the release. But more often than not they don't and it takes some weeks or even a month or two until the new camera is supported in a third party software like Adobe's.)

Glad you are enjoying working from the RAW now though, regardless.

However, I think one thing needs to be clarified....

I'd never call it "faster and easier to [shoot and] process RAW". JPEG is typically faster and easier because the images have been processed immediately when they were taken. In fact, all cameras initially capture a RAW file... but when you set it to JPEG, the camera the camera immediately processes it according to the settings of the camera. In that process the camera discards a lot of the originally captured data (for one, it reduces the original 12 bit or 14 bit capture down to 8 bit).

RAW is "better" because you can exercise more control over the process doing it in your computer and since the RAW file contains all the original data there's a lot more latitude to make adjustments, if needed. Of course, it's more work on your part and there's a delay seeing the finished product. Shooting RAW + JPEG is one way to have the best of both methods... the immediacy of JPEGs plus the potentially better quality of your results with RAW. But, of course, shooting both fills up memory cards and hard drives a lot faster.

Linda S.

I recently purchased a Canon 5D Mark iv...with double pixels. As a result, Lightroom 6 will not open RAW. What is the name of the Adobe converter? I am an amateur. Many thanks!

gordone Loc: Red Deer AB Canada

Use the Canon Digital Photo Professional that came free with you camera and export it as a 16 bit tiff file

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html#downloads
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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Hey, now that my assistants have answered that question I can go back to my book!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

rotfl

Rickoshay Loc: Southern California

I, too, am a hobbyist and recently joined the forum. I have learned a ton and share the gratitude. The daily email is a highlight for me and I read many of the topics.
Thank you for sharing your success story.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

gessman, Thank you.

HarryBinNC Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA

I believe that PS Elements is limited to 8-bit output, which seriously compromises the goodness of RAW.

marquina Loc: Richmond, Virginia

Fredrick, I too use Lumix 2018 and I like it very much. It's almost as powerful as the full Photoshop, but without the constant learning/remembering (and cost). You should know that Luminar can access Photoshop Elements (including Lightroom and the full Photoshop) as a plugin.

10MPlayer Loc: California

I have saved a lot of shots I took in RAW that would have been wasted effort in jpeg. I'm a believer. I know nothing about Luminar. I'm a Lightroom/Photoshop guy. I'm interested in how it performs. I only know 0.00001% of what Photoshop can do so if there's something more intuitive I'm interested.

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

Check out the videos on this link which provides education and how to on Luminar by one of their ambassadors and see if you interests you. My understanding is Luminar is Lightroom on steriods but still not as powerful as Photoshop.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLye10L-yi8hV3b0Swa8EGrU7MuZD1_rgv