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UPDATING CAMERA RAW

You can update to the latest version of

Adobe Camera Raw by going to

www.adobe.com/support/downloads/

(Figure 4-1) or by using the Adobe Update

Manager (Help→Updates) from within

Photoshop or Bridge. I’ve had mixed

results with the Update Manager, so I

suggest you check out the Adobe site

from time to time. The update is available

through other sites as well, which you can

find by Googling the words “Camera Raw

Updates.”

Which Version?

You can tell which version of Camera Raw

you are using by selecting Photoshop→

About Plug-In→Camera Raw... from the

main Photoshop menu. In Windows, the

“About Plug-In” location is under the Help

menu. The dialog box containing the

version number (circled in Figure 4-2) will

appear.

From the main menu bar in Bridge, you

can find the Camera Raw version number

by selecting Bridge →Camera Raw

Preferences. (With Windows, Camera Raw

Preferences are under the Edit menu.)

The version number is at the top of the

Preferences dialog box, as shown in

Figure 4-3.

Before you do anything, you’ll want to have the most recent

version of Camera Raw. Every few months or so, it is updated

to support new digital cameras. Occasionally, minor behind-

the-scenes improvements are also made. It’s therefore best to

periodically download the latest version. It’s free.

Updating

Camera Raw

Figure 4-1

Figure 4-3

Figure 4-2

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UPDATING CAMERA RAW

From Camera Raw you can find the

version number by selecting the open

preferences dialog box icon located in the

toolbar (circled in Figure 4-4). The version

number appears in parentheses at the top

of the dialog box (also circled).

After You Download

After you download the Camera Raw

plug-in file from the Adobe site, do the

following:

Close Photoshop and Bridge. 1.

On a Mac, go to the Finder; in 2.

Windows, open My Computer and

double-click Local Disk (C).

On a Mac, navigate to 3. Library/

Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/

CS3/File Formats. (Figure 4-5). In

Windows, navigate to Program Files\

Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS3\File

Formats. (Vista doesn’t use the “My”

grammar, but the path is the same, as

you can see in Figure 4-6.)

Move the existing plug-in to another 4.

location or simply rename the file.

Keep this version in case you need to

revert to your original version.

Place the Camera Raw plug-in from 5.

the download into the same folder as

in Step 3.

The next time you fire up Photoshop

or Bridge, the new version will become

available. It’s not necessary—or

desirable—to replace or throw away any

Camera Raw cache folders. Just replace

the plug-in itself.

Figure 4-4

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Figure 4-5