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My newly loaded CS2 doesn't support RAW

rpcrowerpcrowe Registered Users Posts: 733 Major grins
edited September 7, 2007 in Finishing School
I have recently installed CS2 on my new desktop computer (Dell Optiplex 745) and learned to my chagrin that it doesn't support or allow me to open RAW images in either Adobe Bridge or Photoshop.

I still have my old computer running with a copy of CS2 that still supports RAW. I am now opening the RAW image on my old computer and switching the images to the new computer in Photoshop or JPEG (depending on the final use of the image) format using a thumb drive. That is really a pain.

I have installed CS2 from this copy on three computers: my old desktop, my notebook and my new desktop.

I am apprehensive about deleting and reinstalling CS2 on my new computer because there may be a limited number of installations from any copy. I have found this to be true with Adobe Acrobat Standard.

Does anyone have any suggestions short of buying a new copy of CS3 and installing it? Thank you!

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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,217 moderator
    edited September 6, 2007
    CS2 supports up to ver. 3.7 of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). Some packages might not have shipped with the optional and free ACR plug-in, which is available at the Adobe site. 3.7 should support popular camera models introduced up to about a year ago.

    Any new RAW support (for the newest cameras) has now shifted to ACR versions 4 and above which will only work in PSCS3.
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    rpcrowerpcrowe Registered Users Posts: 733 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2007
    My problem is...
    The present CS2 version I installed on my old computer supports RAW just fine. When I installed the same copy on my new computer is can no longer open RAW.
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    PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2007
    rpcrowe wrote:
    The present CS2 version I installed on my old computer supports RAW just fine. When I installed the same copy on my new computer is can no longer open RAW.

    When you installed it on your other computers were you hooked up to the internet and did you run the update?

    I had to run the update for mine to open RAW files.
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    lumpymelumpyme Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited September 7, 2007
    rpcrowe wrote:
    The present CS2 version I installed on my old computer supports RAW just fine. When I installed the same copy on my new computer is can no longer open RAW.

    try downloading the ACR and installing it in:
    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3587
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2007
    Phyxius wrote:
    I had to run the update for mine to open RAW files.

    So did i.
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