adobe PS RAW plugin

mark kay · Feb 18, 2003

Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Jeff Schewe · Feb 18, 2003

mark kay said:
Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Yes. . .and a BIG YES. It's extrememly fast (as low as 8 seconds for a Canon 1Ds 11MP capture-that's a 62mb file in 16 bits) as well as being the best conversion out there IMHO. If you shoot raw (and you should) yes, you WILL WANT THIS. Photoshop 7 or Elements 2, 9.2 or OS X. And, the Mac just caught up on raw conversions-big time.
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Regards,
Jeff Schewe

Louise Parrish · Feb 18, 2003

Jeff

Where can it be downloaded. Thanks.

Louise Parrish
CP5000

Mike Boreham · Feb 18, 2003

Just tried to buy it at :-

http://www.adobe.com/store/products/plugIn.jhtml?id=catPlugins_Adobe_CameraRaw

But it won't let non US buyers purchase, and it's not on the UK site yet.

Mike

Louise Parrish said:
Jeff

Where can it be downloaded. Thanks.

Louise Parrish
CP5000

Ed Pavelin · Feb 19, 2003

Jeff Schewe said:
mark kay said:

Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Yes. . .and a BIG YES. It's extrememly fast (as low as 8 seconds> for a Canon 1Ds 11MP capture-that's a 62mb file in 16 bits) as well

Click to expand...

as being the best conversion out there IMHO. If you shoot raw (and
you should) yes, you WILL WANT THIS. Photoshop 7 or Elements 2, 9.2
or OS X. And, the Mac just caught up on raw conversions-big time.
--> Regards,> Jeff Schewe

Are you sure it works with Elements 2? The system requirements say PS 7.0.1... it would be great if it did though...

Ed.

Duncan C · Feb 19, 2003

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual G4 Macs?

Duncan C
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Ed Pavelin said:
Jeff Schewe said:

mark kay said:

Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Yes. . .and a BIG YES. It's extrememly fast (as low as 8 seconds> for a Canon 1Ds 11MP capture-that's a 62mb file in 16 bits) as well

Click to expand...

as being the best conversion out there IMHO. If you shoot raw (and
you should) yes, you WILL WANT THIS. Photoshop 7 or Elements 2, 9.2
or OS X. And, the Mac just caught up on raw conversions-big time.
--> Regards,> Jeff Schewe

Click to expand...

Are you sure it works with Elements 2? The system requirements say
PS 7.0.1... it would be great if it did though...

Ed.

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http://www.pbase.com/duncanc

tae · Feb 19, 2003

Duncan C said:
Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible. Wow.

-Tom

Duncan C · Feb 19, 2003

tae,

Wonderful. That sounds more like something Nikon would pull.

Have you thought about running the OS 9 version in Classic, or can you only download the OS 9 version of the plugin using the OS 9 version of the download manager?

Also, I got the impression from other posters that there were product requirements and compatability info on the website somewhere, but I can't find it.

Duncan C
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tae said:
Duncan C said:

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Click to expand...

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download
the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download
a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess
what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was
told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that
the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say
MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers
that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser
Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the
case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance
on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible.
Wow.

-Tom

--
http://www.pbase.com/duncanc

mark kay · Feb 19, 2003

wow this is great news. i definitely will want to do this. Currently it takes 44 seconds for a single 1Ds conversion

Jeff Schewe said:
mark kay said:

Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Click to expand...

Yes. . .and a BIG YES. It's extrememly fast (as low as 8 seconds
for a Canon 1Ds 11MP capture-that's a 62mb file in 16 bits) as well
as being the best conversion out there IMHO. If you shoot raw (and
you should) yes, you WILL WANT THIS. Photoshop 7 or Elements 2, 9.2
or OS X. And, the Mac just caught up on raw conversions-big time.
--
Regards,
Jeff Schewe

Artpixel · Feb 19, 2003

Anyone know if tethered shooting is supported ?

Art

mel hill · Feb 19, 2003

In all the pre-press info there was no mention of it being anything
more than a way to decode RAW files from various cameras

ceaybymel

corpphoto said:
Anyone know if tethered shooting is supported ?

Art

--
http://www.melhill.com

Mike Flaherty · Feb 19, 2003

This Plug-In Rocks. The Adobe system for downloading it SUCKS - BigTime! I bought it this morning and ended up on the phone with Adobe FOUR TIMES without anybody able to help me (I think I know more about downloading processes than any of them did). Finally, I ended up hooking my PC laptop up to my DSL connection and downloading it in Windows and then copying the file to my Mac. It's installed properly now and I think I love it. Works equally well for all my digital cameras' RAW files (1D, D30, Pro90IS, G1, Olympus C5050Z). But I can feel for those who've been trying to download this sucker. It's clearly ridiculous.

Mike

tae said:
Duncan C said:

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Click to expand...

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download
the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download
a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess
what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was
told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that
the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say
MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers
that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser
Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the
case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance
on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible.
Wow.

-Tom

--
Mike Flaherty
http://imageevent.com/mflaherty/mikesgallery

Christopher Yeung · Feb 19, 2003

Hi...

I had the same problem, then used Microsoft IE 5.2, and then it worked. After, the stupid VISE unpacker told me I don't have Adobe Photoshop 7, which I do.

Adobe customer support was no help. They asked me to uninstall PS 7 and reinstall. That didn't work either.

Any ideas?

-Chris

Mike Flaherty said:
Mike

tae said:

Duncan C said:

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Click to expand...

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download
the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download
a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess
what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was
told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that
the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say
MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers
that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser
Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the
case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance
on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible.
Wow.

-Tom

Click to expand...

--
Mike Flaherty
http://imageevent.com/mflaherty/mikesgallery

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Christopher Yeung
Canon 1D, 1Ds
16-35 f/2.8L, 28-70 f/2.8L, 70-200 'IS' f/2.8L
550ex, ST-E2, Metz 54 MZ-3

LMGotts · Feb 19, 2003

No problems purchasing, dowloading or using (on Canon D60 and G1 RAW files).

As a long-suffering Macintosh OS X + Canon user, this is a really, really big deal. A huge improvement over any other workflow.

It's pretty clear that this plug-in will be OEM'd into the next version of Photoshop, but as that appears to be a minimum of 6 months away (probably more) this will be worth every one of the 9900 pennies that it cost!

John Merrill #123497 · Feb 20, 2003

There are pdf files on the Adobe site which detail requirements. It will work with Elements but 16 bit color is not supported.

I downloaded it by way of Safari. No problems.

John Merrill

danilo piccioni · Feb 20, 2003

Hi Mike,
It sounds as the PC donloadable version is the same for Mac and PC as well.
Is it true?
are there two different downloads?

Thanks dado

Mike Flaherty said:
Mike

tae said:

Duncan C said:

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Click to expand...

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download
the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download
a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess
what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was
told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that
the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say
MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers
that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser
Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the
case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance
on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible.
Wow.

-Tom

Click to expand...

--
Mike Flaherty
http://imageevent.com/mflaherty/mikesgallery

--
http://www.danilopiccioni.com

docbrown88 · Feb 20, 2003

mark kay said:
Has anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Is it worth 99 dollars

Put it this way, it works - and quick. And I'm using a TiBook 550mhz (X.2.4)

Canon FileViewer utility is basically junk now.

Of course, it should have been done by Canon years ago, and come standard. Dorks.

[Canon D 60, 24 - 70, close-up lens 250D, some other stuff]

h2opixels · Feb 21, 2003

For UK buyers (and other European countries I guess), go to :

http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/main.html

then click on 'adobe type library online' (right hand column of the page), select country and click continue, and you can then see the link.

I've just purchased it, but cant install it ! (the 2Mb 'Install' file is not recognised by OS X or OS 9.x).

Mike Boreham said:
http://www.adobe.com/store/products/plugIn.jhtml?id=catPlugins_Adobe_CameraRaw

But it won't let non US buyers purchase, and it's not on the UK
site yet.

Mike

Louise Parrish said:

Jeff

Where can it be downloaded. Thanks.

Louise Parrish
CP5000

Click to expand...

h2opixels · Feb 21, 2003

I agree totally ! how hard can Apple make this ...

Downloaded, OS X -> Safari and the resulting 2Mb 'Installer' just sits there, OS X or OS 9.x have no idea what to do with it ... needless to say, Adobe have not posted ANY helpfull information for trouble shooting this.

How did you get to download it with a PC ? I'm happy to do that, but what is the URL for a fresh download without going through the purchase cycle ?
Have a nice email comfirming my serial number but no working software ...
Any advice welcomed !

Mike Flaherty said:
Mike

tae said:

Duncan C said:

Folks,

I can't find the requiements anywhere on Adobe's site. Does it only
work with PS7? What about OS 9 versus X? Does it require a G4?

I have PS7 on a dual G4 Mac running Jaguar, but my brother is
running PS 5.5 on a G3 laptop under 9.2.

And has anybody benchmarked it against MacBibble on single and dual
G4 Macs?

Click to expand...

Man Adobe has their head up their ....

I purchased the plugin last night. But you can't simply download
the Plugin that you paid a stupid amount of money for, you download
a "Download Manager" which downloads the plugin. Fine, only guess
what? The Download Manager "isn't compatible with MacOS X", I was
told this morning by Adobe customer support. When I argued that
the download instructions (for Download Manager) specifically say
MacOS X is supported and even has a table listing the browsers
that are compatible (shock of shocks: IE 5.2 is the only browser
Download Manager is supposed to work with) the person bumped the
case to tech support.

I am supposed to "Try to download it again in a few hours".

So bottom line is I would love to tell you the spec and performance
on various machines but Download Manager isn't OS X compatible.
Wow.

-Tom

Click to expand...

--
Mike Flaherty
http://imageevent.com/mflaherty/mikesgallery

docbrown88 · Feb 21, 2003

The Downloader readme on the website said IE was supported, and Netscape was not (no mention of Safari). So I used IE. No problems here.

mac_mad said:
I agree totally ! how hard can Apple make this ...
Downloaded, OS X -> Safari and the resulting 2Mb 'Installer' just
sits there, OS X or OS 9.x have no idea what to do with it ...
needless to say, Adobe have not posted ANY helpfull information for
trouble shooting this.
How did you get to download it with a PC ? I'm happy to do that,
but what is the URL for a fresh download without going through the
purchase cycle ?
Have a nice email comfirming my serial number but no working
software ...
Any advice welcomed !

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