Adobe Posts Camera Raw 4.5 Release Candidate

Posted by T. Michael Testi

Adobe has posted a release candidate (RC) for their newest version of Camera Raw 4.5. While this has been well tested by their internal test systems (including beta's) they feel that some real world testing would be beneficial before automatically distributing to customers.  If you do find a problem using this RC, they have a forum that you can contact.

Download

DNG Converter and Camera Raw plug-in for Macintosh and Windows.

System Requirements

See the system requirements for Adobe Creative Suite 3 or Photoshop CS3.

Installation

Windows®

1. Exit Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Double-click Local Disk (C:).
4. Navigate to Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS3\File Formats.
5. Move the existing Camera Raw.8bi plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw.8bi, from the download into the same folder as Step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop CS3 or Adobe Bridge.

Macintosh

1. Exit Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open the Finder.
3. Navigate to the root of the local disk (not the user’s home folder).
4. Navigate to Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS3/File Formats.
5. Move the existing plug-in to another location (for example, a new folder on your desktop). Ensure you keep this version in case you need to revert back.
6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw, from the download into the same folder as in Step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop CS3 or Adobe Bridge.

Release Notes

• Newly supported camera models include:
  • Olympus E 420
  • Olympus E 520
• Please provide feedback on your experience with the Camera Raw 4.5 plug-in and the DNG Converter on the Camera Raw User to User forum.