[John Lane]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0811/0...awupdate5_2.asp

"Adobe has released an update to its Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS4. Camera Raw 5.2, which replaces v5.1, extends support to seven more cameras, including Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Panasonic DMC-G1. The update includes enhanced color profiles, output sharpening and a new Targeted Adjustment tool. In addition, users can save all image adjustments and settings as a single snapshot for future reference."

The latest release of Adobe Camera Raw adds more than just the usual new cameras.  It also adds some great new features.  The targeted adjustment tool is especially useful in developing your raw images as you can adjust parts of the photo differently.  Kudos to Adobe for continuing to add features to their raw processor.  The only downsides I see is that you have to manually remove the beta camera profiles (the only change was to remove the words Beta 2).  Some devotees still think the Nikon and Canon software does a better job of raw conversion, but, each new version from Adobe reduces the gap.  ACR 5.2 is available for Photoshop Elements 6 & 7, Premiere Elements 4 & 7 and Photoshop CS4.

 

[John Lane]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0811/0...awupdate5_2.asp

"Adobe has released an update to its Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS4. Camera Raw 5.2, which replaces v5.1, extends support to seven more cameras, including Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Panasonic DMC-G1. The update includes enhanced color profiles, output sharpening and a new Targeted Adjustment tool. In addition, users can save all image adjustments and settings as a single snapshot for future reference."

The latest release of Adobe Camera Raw adds more than just the usual new cameras.  It also adds some great new features.  The targeted adjustment tool is especially useful in developing your raw images as you can adjust parts of the photo differently.  Kudos to Adobe for continuing to add features to their raw processor.  The only downsides I see is that you have to manually remove the beta camera profiles (the only change was to remove the words Beta 2).  Some devotees still think the Nikon and Canon software does a better job of raw conversion, but, each new version from Adobe reduces the gap.  ACR 5.2 is available for Photoshop Elements 6 & 7, Premiere Elements 4 & 7 and Photoshop CS4.

 

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Unfortunately, given the way modern RAW files work, I find much better quality with the dedicated software that Canon and Nikon ship with. DPP and Capture NX give better results with their respective files. Which is a pain in the ass, since it means I have to create a "bridge" output file first if I want to work in Photoshop...

[John Lane]

Alot of people have written that DPP is far superior for the Canon 50D than ACR. But I have also seen that some have written that ACR is close to DPP's abilities for the 40D. Do you find this to be true?

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

40D I'm less sure; the 50D seems to be better with DPP. Nikon's latest batch of DSLRs really shine with NX.