Photoshop CS5 and D7100 images: I recently purchased a Nikon D7100 and of course tried it out by taking some photos. Well lo and behold my CS5 version of photoshop will not read the...

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

I recently purchased a Nikon D7100 and of course tried it out by taking some photos. Well lo and behold my CS5 version of photoshop will not read the raw files and tells me that the camera is too new for my version.

So now I have two questions. Is there an update for CS5 that will read the D7100 NEF (raw) files, or 2) would I be better off getting something like Photoshop Elements 13 and will the new elements 13 read the Raw files taken with the D7100?

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

David Kay wrote:

I recently purchased a Nikon D7100 and of course tried it out by taking some photos. Well lo and behold my CS5 version of photoshop will not read the raw files and tells me that the camera is too new for my version.

So now I have two questions. Is there an update for CS5 that will read the D7100 NEF (raw) files, or 2) would I be better off getting something like Photoshop Elements 13 and will the new elements 13 read the Raw files taken with the D7100?

PSE 13 WILL open RAW files for most of the newest cameras on the street. I'm a Canon shooter, but it just opened a .cr2 file (Canon's equivalent of .nef) from my Canon SX60 HS, and that update in Camera RAW happened in just the last week with the update of ACR 8.7

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

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tusketwedge Loc: Nova Scotia Canada

David Kay wrote:

I recently purchased a Nikon D7100 and of course tried it out by taking some photos. Well lo and behold my CS5 version of photoshop will not read the raw files and tells me that the camera is too new for my version.

So now I have two questions. Is there an update for CS5 that will read the D7100 NEF (raw) files, or 2) would I be better off getting something like Photoshop Elements 13 and will the new elements 13 read the Raw files taken with the D7100?

you have to update the camera raw from Adobe and then it will work

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

tusketwedge wrote:

you have to update the camera raw from Adobe and then it will work

I went into photoshop and did update. It says my version is current.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

David Kay wrote:

I went into photoshop and did update. It says my version is current.

The final version of ACR that works with PS5 was version 6.7 - which does NOT include the newer cameras.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

David Kay wrote:

I went into photoshop and did update. It says my version is current.

Camera Raw 6.7 is the last version supported by CS5. You need CS6 or later, Elements 11 or later, or you can use any version (7.4 or higher) of Adobe's standalone DNG conversion utility, if you want to stay with Adobe products.

With the DNG converter, you can still use CS5 for editing after the utility converts the NEF files to Adobe's Raw format (DNG).

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

Rick36203 wrote:

Camera Raw 6.7 is the last version supported by CS5. You need CS6 or later, Elements 11 or later, or you can use any version (7.4 or higher) of Adobe's standalone DNG conversion utility, if you want to stay with Adobe products.

With the DNG converter, you can still use CS5 for editing after the utility converts the NEF files to Adobe's Raw format (DNG).

ok I have downloaded DNG 8.7 and when I try to convert the NEF files from the D7100 which are in a folder, DNG says there is nothing in the folder. When I check with explorer, there are definately 9 NEF files in that folder.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

David Kay wrote:

ok I have downloaded DNG 8.7 and when I try to convert the NEF files from the D7100 which are in a folder, DNG says there is nothing in the folder. When I check with explorer, there are definately 9 NEF files in that folder.

Sorry, I have no immediate response to this problem. I'm downloading 8.7 now on my older system that has CS5 to see if it gives me a problem with my D750 RAW files.

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

Rick36203 wrote:

Sorry, I have no immediate response to this problem. I'm downloading 8.7 now on my older system that has CS5 to see if it gives me a problem with my D750 RAW files.

Thanks for your effort in helping me!!!!

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

David Kay wrote:

Thanks for your effort in helping me!!!!

You're welcome. Just finished downloading and testing 8.7.
First, it would not install on my old Windows "Vista" system. I had to install it on a "Windows 7" laptop.

Once installed, I adjusted the preferences to make the converted files compatible with Camera Raw 6.6 and later (needed for CS5).

I selected the source folder (with D750 NEF files) and told it where to put the converted DNG files. It had no trouble finding and converting the files. The converted files loaded in CS5 as expected.

Not sure why you're having trouble. If all else fails, especially with newly installed programs, I re-boot the system and try again.

Edit: Just remembered that when I selected the source folder, the display did not show the NEF files that were there. It was only AFTER the conversion ran that the converted files were listed on the display. Did you actually RUN the conversion after selecting the source and output folders?

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

Rick36203 wrote:

You're welcome. Just finished downloading and test... (show quote)

Inside the source file I created a file that says final. I set that as my destination file. I then did a select source file which I did and then did an extract. I get a final that shows me the destination file inside the source file and a message that says there are no source files.

I am about at wits end. Anyone know the contact information for customer service at adobe? I can not find an email address or a phone number to call them.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

David Kay wrote:

Inside the source file I created a file that says final. I set that as my destination file. I then did a select source file which I did and then did an extract. I get a final that shows me the destination file inside the source file and a message that says there are no source files.

I am about at wits end. Anyone know the contact information for customer service at adobe? I can not find an email address or a phone number to call them.

I did not press extract. I selected CONVERT after selecting a source folder and a destination folder. EXTRACT is for removing embedded NEF originals from already converted DNG files that had the NEF "Embedded". Just select CONVERT instead of EXTRACT.

I'm sure you meant FOLDER ( or "directory" ) in place of FILE during your description of the selection process in Step#1 and Step#2. The program does not offer the user the option to convert individual files within a FOLDER. To convert individual files, you would need to isolate the NEF in a folder of its own before beginning the conversion.

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

Rick36203 wrote:

I did not press extract. I selected CONVERT after ... (show quote)

I DID IT!!!!!! Following your guidance and mentoring it worked. I can not thank you enough for sticking with me and getting this to work.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

David Kay wrote:

I DID IT!!!!!! Following your guidance and mentoring it worked. I can not thank you enough for sticking with me and getting this to work.

:thumbup: Glad to help.