Godfrey wrote: > > You just bought a new camera, doesn't it make sense that you'd have to > buy software written to handle it? >
No. Of course not. What would make sense would be for Adobe to provide a RAW Converter upgrade for CS that makes it XT compatible. To do otherwise is inconsiderate at best. > On May 17, 2005, at 5:01 AM, Tom Reese wrote: > > > My SO just bought the new Canon digital Rebel (X something or other?) > > and Photoshop CS can't open the raw files. She tells me that Adobe may > > not be supporting CS 1 anymore and she will probably have to upgrade > > to CS 2 to handle the new raw files. Is Adobe in fact dropping support > > for CS I already? > > Photoshop CS2 has additional features that the latest Camera Raw 3.1 > plug-in is dependent upon to provide the Advanced features, so yes: you > must upgrade to CS2 to use the latest software. Adobe Technical Support > continues to handle CS questions and support, thousands of people with > well established workflow have no need to upgrade to CS2. New cameras, > however, need the support of new software, older cameras do not. > > You just bought a new camera, doesn't it make sense that you'd have to > buy software written to handle it? > > Godfrey >
