How do I open Canon 550D RAW files in Photoshop CS5?
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I can view RAW files from my Canon 550D on my home PC using Canon software, but when I take those files on a USB stick to another computer in my Photoshop CS5 class, they won’t open. What do I need to do so CS5 can read Canon 550D RAW files on that PC?
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The original version of Photoshop CS5 (which uses Adobe Camera Raw version 6.0) did not support the Canon 550D. Adobe later released Camera Raw version 6.1 which does include support for the 550D and which is also compatible with CS5. The last version of Adobe camera Raw that works with CS5 is version 6.7.
Ask the owner of the PC at your classes if they can update the version of Adobe Camera Raw used by Photoshop CS5 to version 6.7. It is a free download from Adobe.
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Photoshop CS5 can open Canon 550D RAW files, but only if its Adobe Camera Raw plug-in is new enough. The original CS5 release used Camera Raw 6.0, which did not support the 550D. Support was added in Camera Raw 6.1, and CS5 can be updated up to Camera Raw 6.7.
So the fix is to update the class computer’s Adobe Camera Raw plug-in to a compatible version such as 6.7.
If you can’t update that computer, a practical workaround is to convert your Canon RAW files to DNG using Adobe DNG Converter before class. CS5 can then open the converted files more reliably.
Another fallback, if allowed by the class, is to use a separate RAW editor such as RAWTherapee.
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