In article <9-CdnaqMasy00ZvVnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, les
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> wrote:
> The manual says RAW files, but on the box it called it different.
what does it say?
> When I feed the files into Photoshop 7,
photoshop 7 is too old for that camera.
> the prompt asked about certain
> parameters to the file, which I didn't know. Of course there was a
> "guess" button, which I tried as well. Anyway I tried it, the resulting
> photo looked like a TV screen with a bad horizontal hold (lines running
> horizontally and skewed diagonally) I figured either I have a bad
setting
> for photoshop, or the RAW files are not compatible with Photoshop.
there are two types of 'raw'.
the first is photoshop raw, which is nothing more than a dump of the
image data. contrast that to a structured image format such as tiff or
bmp, which includes height, width, bits per pixel, b/w or colour, etc.
the second is camera raw, which is a dump of the sensor plus a lot of
metadata about exposure, camera characteristics, etc. the data on the
sensor needs to be processed to turn it into an image. each camera has
it's own raw variant (because the sensors are different, sometimes
drastically so).
when you tried raw, you were using photoshop raw, not camera raw. that
won't work (as you found out).
> I've used TIFF and JPG images for years, and finally got a camera
capable
> of RAW. Now I don't know if the app is improper, or even if RAW
protocols
> are universal.
> Like I said, Panasonic has software included called SilkyPix, but in my
> estimation, nothing comes close to Adobe.(besides, I'm used to it)
you'll need to update your version of photoshop, either to cs3 (which
may be overkill) or photoshop elements.
there are also other third party raw converters available, but i don't
know if they support your camera. if they do, that's an option too.
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