Recommended Software
Adobe has a 30-day Free Trial Period For ALL of their software. It is the Full version without any encumbrances...
Photoshop CS5.5 (Mac and PC)I Absolutely recommend the upgrade to Photoshop CS5
Purchase $699
The upgrade is $199.00 plus Tax if you have Photoshop CS through CS4
The Free Adobe plug-in Camera Raw is a must have and needs to be kept up to date:
The lastest version for CS5 Mac is Camera Raw 6.7 For Macintosh
The lastest version for CS5 Windows is Camera Raw 6.7 For Windows
The last version for CS4 Mac is Camera Raw 5.7 For Macintosh
The last version for CS4 Windows is Camera Raw 5.7 For Windows
The last version for CS3 Mac is Camera Raw 4.6 For Macintosh
The last version for CS3 Windows is Camera Raw 4.6 For Windows
For CS2 Mac the latest version is Camera Raw 3.7
For CS2 PC the latest version is Camera Raw 3.7
For CS (Mac & PC) the latest version is Camera Raw 2.4
For CS PC the latest version is Camera Raw 2.4
Digital Negative (DNG) Converter
Free stand alone program that converts propriety Camera Manufacturers Raw files to Adobe's DNG format.
DNG Download Mac
DNG Download PC
This program is most useful if you have a NEW camera AND an OLDER version of Photoshop/Camera Raw that does NOT understand your "new" camera's raw's file format. Up to date versions of DNG Converter can convert the file to Adobe's Raw DNG format, letting you edit the file in an older version of Camera Raw.
DNG Converter 6.4 last to support PowerPC Mac
from Adobe's website...
The Camera Raw team recently provided a release candidate of the Camera Raw 6.4 plug-in and the DNG Converter 6.4 application. For those not familiar with the DNG Converter it's a free, standalone application that is able to convert over 300 proprietary raw formats to the openly documented DNG file format. When a new proprietary raw file format is released, essentially every new camera model with raw capability, we need to update the DNG Converter so that it's able to convert that proprietary format to the DNG format.
Photoshop
Elements 10.0
(Mac and PC)
The upgrade is $79 for owners of previous versions and $119.99 new with Plus membership
The Free Adobe plug-in Camera Raw + DNG Converter is a must have
- The latest version for PSE 10 Mac is Camera
Raw 6.7 For Macintosh
- The latest version for PSE 10 Windows is Camera
Raw 6.7 For Windows
- The latest version for Photoshop Elements 7.0 (Windows) is Camera Raw 5.6
- The latest version for Photoshop Elements 6.0 (Windows) is Camera Raw 5.5
- The latest version Photoshop Elements 5.0 (Windows) is Camera Raw 4.5.
- For Photoshop Elements 4.0 The last version of Camera Raw is 3.7
- For Photoshop Elements 3.0 The last version of Camera Raw is 3.6
Books
Recommended Photoshop Books
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book
By Adobe Creative Team.
Published by Adobe Press.
Series: Classroom in a Book.
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
By Lesa Snider
Publisher:O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Recommended Photoshop Photography Books
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers (Focal Press)
By Martin Evening
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers guidance and tips on using Photoshop and Bridge CS5.
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By Scott Kelby