It was 15/11/03 1:15 pm, when eddy raphael wrote:
>> Photoshop CS reads RAW files, no longer need Nikon/Canon software or any
>> other!!
> What does this mean- there is no need for Nikon Capture 3.5 or similar, does
> CS actually "process" RAW files, OR is this just about 'opening' the RAW
> files?
Eddy,
Adobe released the Camera RAW plug-in a while back. It processes camera RAW
files. It's now included with Photoshop CS. You can find a list of the
cameras it supports on the Adobe website.
> Course I could do a print test, but I am still (like Shangara) injured badly
> from fighting on the color management frontline.. no wish to complicate
> matters if the list knows the answers!
I downplay my knowledge. Actually, apart from making a mistake in the last
post re CM (and I wouldn't make such a fundamental mistake if I was actually
editing an image because I can see what's happening. And the post was
written very late at night after a long day). I have only made two wrong
assumptions:
I thought when you assigned a profile and then saved out of SfW, your file
was converted to sRGB (since you are saving for the web, it's quite a
"logical" assumption to make). Last week, on one of the Photoshop
newsgroups, someone else made the same assumption and I was able to correct
him because I was corrected here by Neil Barstow.
The other assumption I made was to think that when you elect NOT to color
manage in Photoshop, it didn't color manage and that it behaved as a
previous version. I doubt if anyone will admit it but I suspect a lot of the
members would/have made the same assumption. The fact is, when you turn off
color management, Photoshop just displays the image in your default RGB
color working space. I did a good trawl of the User Guide after I got burned
and found, if I remember correctly, just a line or two devoted to such
important information!
FWIW, when I sat the Adobe Certified Expert exam for Photoshop 7, I got a
100% mark in Color Management. So, I must know a thing or two...<g>
Actually, color management isn't that difficult to master at the basic
level, provided you have a mind for remembering abstractions or don't mind
displaying your ignorance. Especially now that there are courses available
and also books written about the subject. Plus, there are
consultants/specialists who can walk you through it if your time is valuable
and you are willing to pay.
> All this - if true, points towards me going Panther... brr .. a shiver just
> went down my neck. OS9 is now sounding a bit redundant.
You have the best of both worlds if you keep your copy of Photoshop 5/6/7.
You can run it in Classic mode (OK, so most people prefer not to work in
that mode...) and use all the OS 9 compatible plug-ins that you may have and
run Photoshop CS in Panther for all the new tools and file management
features.
--/ Shangara Singh.
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