I still use ACR 2 on one of my main photography computer. Works fine with DNG files. I have ACR 3 on my work computer. It offers more flexibility in RAW conversion with its curves function, but I can still produce identical results with ACR2 and PSCS. Just have to work in a slightly different and perhaps somewhat more complicated way. (Generally, this just means an additional Curves adjustment or two after the file is opened in PSCS.) Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Camera Raw 2 to 3 change was a major update, as Camera Raw 3 has > > huge changes in it that are in sync with new back-end services > > available only in CS2 and Bridge. They kept compatibility for version > > 3.x in the Basic operation mode for Photoshop Elements, which doesn't > > support any of Camera Raw's feature set beyond the Adjust and Detail > > tabs. > > > > Adding new cameras to the Camera Raw 2.x plugin would mean > > maintaining a second parallel development effort, which would be too > > costly. However, you can process the DNG files output from the > > combines Camera Raw and DNG Converter v3.x package with Camera Raw > > v2.4, so the upgrade path is there for you, without cost. > > They might have without too much trouble IMO but as long as they > provide a converter for all those formats not supported by ACR before > 3 to DNG so they can be imported with ACR is indeed suffcient even if > not ideal. It works, you're right. It's OK. > > > > ... What wanna have for this > > > price is the certainty an expensive software like PS will work with > > > next OS. ... > > > > Unfortunately, nothing can be guaranteed as no vendor can know for > > sure what will happen with future versions of an OS, any OS. The > > depth and extent to which fixes and patching can be effective is > > variable. > > > > > Imagine myself 6 months ago: I'm a "normal" user which means I'm not > > > playing with beta from next OSes blabla, I buy PS CS2 and then Vista > > > comes and I realize it is not compatible (or has quite restricted > > > capabilities) when run under Vista. Basicaly I'm f*****, I'm not? > > > > If you want to upgrade from XP to Vista, well, what for? Why would > > you want to upgrade until you know what you're going to get from it? > > > > Using software to do your work often means balancing the cost of new, > > desirable features against established reliability of a working > > system. You pay for the desirable new things as you accept them, the > > price should always include the cost of whatever other side effects > > are created. > > Sure and my questions and interrogations even of they might seem > annoying and stubborn (thinking about William here, no offence meant, > Will) is part of the work I need to do before making any decision. > Photography is nothing more than a hobby an d a K10D hasn't been easy > to pay and I earn nothing from my photography which means I'm must be > very confident I'll make the best choice possible for my situation. > > > > BTW Godfrey since you seem to be pretty much used to Adobe softwares, > > > do you think Adobe supports all their softwares the same way? I mean, > > > is PSE well supported? I'm sure I could be satisfied with PSE * if > > > they support it as what Adobe brand would lead me to beleive they > > > would*. I don't ask the same support as PS CS, of course, you pay for > > > that too. > > > > I haven't used the full suite of Adobe products, but I've gotten the > > same level of excellent support when using Acrobat 8 Standard that I > > get for Photoshop CS2. I don't belong to or purchase any of their > > more dedicated professional support programs. > > Useful comment. > > > Of course, it might be that they have 10 support people to handle > > 100,000 PS CS2 users and 10 support people to handle 600,000 PSE > > users, and thus support practices for the lower priced product are > > more tuned to 1-to-Many support tools, which might not give quite the > > same "warm fuzzies" of the more expensive products. I'd consider that > > normal for low cost, high volume products vs higher cost, lower > > volume products. > > Fair enough. I'd just don't want anyone (Adobe or any other) to sell > me a product which is low cost because support is essentially absent. > > > Godfrey > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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