How to Convert Raw Format Into Photoshop Elements
Raw files are images from a digital camera that have no post-processing applied to them. Most cameras will apply adjustments, including saturation, sharpening and brightness/contrast to digital photographs automatically after you take a picture. Cameras that support a \"raw\" mode will instead produce digital negatives without any post-processing, allowing you to fine-tune the images on your computer. Raw images can be read in Photoshop Elements by installing a plugin available directly from Adobe.
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Instructions
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Navigate to the Adobe Downloads link appropriate for your operating system (see Resources).
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Click the most recent link associated with your version of Photoshop Elements. For instance, if you are using Photoshop Elements version 7, scroll down to \"Version 7.0\" and click on the top link under the heading.
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Press the \"Proceed to Download\" button to download the official Adobe Raw file support.
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Unzip the file you download, and extract the plugin. On Windows PCs, this file will have the extension \".8bi\". On Mac OS X, the file will have the \".plugin\" extension.
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Copy the file to the Photoshop Elements plugin folder. On a Windows PC, the folder will be located at C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Photoshop Elements\\Plug-Ins\\File Formats. On Mac OS X, the folder will be located at /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/Plug-Ins/File Formats.
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Launch Photoshop Elements. The program will automatically detect the existence of the new file in the plugins folder, and will install Raw format support in Photoshop Elements.
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Tips & Warnings
Download updates to the Raw plugin periodically to make sure that the most recent version of the plugin is installed in Photoshop Elements. This is especially necessary if you use a new camera whose Raw file format is not yet supported by Photoshop Elements.
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