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irrbloss said:
When the 10D arrived it wasn't supported by Adobe, but someone
figured out you could use a hex-editor and edit the Adobe Raw
Converter-filter. I just tried to do the same with 20D - and it
works pretty good. The saved WB doesn't seem to work so good, but
the WB-presets seems to be ok. Anyway, here's how to do it:

1. Close Photoshop if it's open.

2. If you don't have the latest Camera Raw (2.2, wich supports the
1D Mark II): Download the update from Adobe's homepage and copy the
Camera Raw.8bi-file to your Plug-Ins/File Formats-directory,
replacing the original.

3. Make a backup of the file you just copied.

4. Open the Camera Raw.8bi-file with a hex-editor (Ultraedit is a
good one; http://www.ultraedit.com/ ). Search for "Canon EOS-1D Mark
II", replace it with: "Canon EOS 20D". Replace the "Mark II"-part
with seven zero-bytes.

5. Start Photoshop and open up some 20D RAW-files and play with
them. :)

You can find some RAW-files here:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/eos_20d-review/preprod/gallery.shtml
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BryanS
 
I dowloaded Ultraedit and opened camera raw.
But, all i see is garbled character.
Could someone tell me how to find the entry for EOS 1D Mark II?

Thanks.
JDavis37 said:
I thought I hAD included the blank between the "EOS" and the "20D"
but evidently had grown " fat fingers ". But fixing that and using
Hex = )) for the zero byte additions and it now works fine. AM
linking to the final hex code in case it will help others.



Thx again :) With just alittle time it gets simple to read the hex
directly. but of course you can type in the text area if you
prefer.. I just found it easier to use the hex to keep track of
things!
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Solo - First, make sure you work on a copy of the Camera Raw.8bi plugin, not the original. After you finish, rename the original (I've added .old on the end), and rename the copy to Camera Raw.8bi, and you should be all set.

The numbers you see down the left side are addresses, so they are in sequence - you should be able to scroll down from the top and watch the numbers increase. Since this is hexadecimal, the letters a-f represent the numbers 10-15, so keep that in mind as you scroll.

Based on this info, you should be able to get into the right neighborhood. Once you find the right line, just click on each of the "pairs" of digits and make them identical to the screen shot.

Rick
Solo said:
I dowloaded Ultraedit and opened camera raw.
But, all i see is garbled character.
Could someone tell me how to find the entry for EOS 1D Mark II?

Thanks.
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since you must have a serial number to install it anyway, you cannot just use the plugin like that. It must be installed or it will not work.

So even if I gave you the plugin, you can't do anything with it unless you have the serial number and installation.
David Burren said:
RichW said:
Rich
ron purdy said:
I can not figure this out for the life of me. The edited file wil
not work. I am no Hex genius. Will someone send me the hacked raw
file??
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Thanks, RIck.
I got that to work.
First time working with hex editor. :-)
Rick Baumhauer said:
The numbers you see down the left side are addresses, so they are
in sequence - you should be able to scroll down from the top and
watch the numbers increase. Since this is hexadecimal, the letters
a-f represent the numbers 10-15, so keep that in mind as you scroll.

Based on this info, you should be able to get into the right
neighborhood. Once you find the right line, just click on each of
the "pairs" of digits and make them identical to the screen shot.

Rick
Solo said:
I dowloaded Ultraedit and opened camera raw.
But, all i see is garbled character.
Could someone tell me how to find the entry for EOS 1D Mark II?

Thanks.
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I used Quadrivio General Edit Lite 1.1 (macupdate.com} on osx and your sample and it works well.
Thanks
Bob
 
Just becuase you have Camera Raw 2.2, doesn't mean you automatically have the updated version

If you're having issues (like I was at first) make sure that you do have the updated version of the Camera Raw File (it's something like 4.4 MBs or something...)

Then if you use the pix others have posted, it will work... :)
 
Is that a correct assumption? I just shot a wedding today, 540 or so pics on the 20D and 1090 on the MkII. I need to do some sorting and I usually do that in File Browser and then renumber everything. I have no desire to convert with PS, just reorder and renumber certain things. I have another wedding tomorrow and have realized that without a good solution soon, the 20D is going to become a royal pain as far as workflow is concerned. Ahhh to be on the bleeding edge (great camera though).

Cheers, Joe

--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
 
Joe Ciarcia said:
Is that a correct assumption? I just shot a wedding today, 540 or
so pics on the 20D and 1090 on the MkII. I need to do some sorting
and I usually do that in File Browser and then renumber everything.
I have no desire to convert with PS, just reorder and renumber
certain things. I have another wedding tomorrow and have realized
that without a good solution soon, the 20D is going to become a
royal pain as far as workflow is concerned. Ahhh to be on the
bleeding edge (great camera though).

Cheers, Joe

--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
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'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
 
Joe Ciarcia said:
Joe Ciarcia said:
Is that a correct assumption? I just shot a wedding today, 540 or
so pics on the 20D and 1090 on the MkII. I need to do some sorting
and I usually do that in File Browser and then renumber everything.
I have no desire to convert with PS, just reorder and renumber
certain things. I have another wedding tomorrow and have realized
that without a good solution soon, the 20D is going to become a
royal pain as far as workflow is concerned. Ahhh to be on the
bleeding edge (great camera though).

Cheers, Joe

--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
Click to expand...
--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
Click to expand...
--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
 
How do you fill with 7 zero bytes? thanks
irrbloss said:
When the 10D arrived it wasn't supported by Adobe, but someone
figured out you could use a hex-editor and edit the Adobe Raw
Converter-filter. I just tried to do the same with 20D - and it
works pretty good. The saved WB doesn't seem to work so good, but
the WB-presets seems to be ok. Anyway, here's how to do it:

1. Close Photoshop if it's open.

2. If you don't have the latest Camera Raw (2.2, wich supports the
1D Mark II): Download the update from Adobe's homepage and copy the
Camera Raw.8bi-file to your Plug-Ins/File Formats-directory,
replacing the original.

3. Make a backup of the file you just copied.

4. Open the Camera Raw.8bi-file with a hex-editor (Ultraedit is a
good one; http://www.ultraedit.com/ ). Search for "Canon EOS-1D Mark
II", replace it with: "Canon EOS 20D". Replace the "Mark II"-part
with seven zero-bytes.

5. Start Photoshop and open up some 20D RAW-files and play with
them. :)

You can find some RAW-files here:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/eos_20d-review/preprod/gallery.shtml
Click to expand...
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Jimmie
http://www.jimmiec.com/gallery/
 
Yes this would hose the MkII support but if you duplicate and rename the Camera Raw plugin (which you should be doing anyway... work on a copy not the original) the two will load an coexist peacefully. I can now view MkII and 20D images in the same folder. I wouldn't want to do a conversion with ACR as it looks awful at this point but it's good enough to get me by in File Browser so I can edit weddings.

Cheers, Joe

--
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' - Miles Davis
 
Took me awhile to figure out how to use the editor...I tried to modify the text portion at first not realizing that the number in 2 number goups....serve to change the text lines in the section on the right hand side...but once I did that it works like a charm.
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Richard Katris aka Chanan
 
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