Sorry but PS7 is not capable of being used with any version of ACR that supports DNG. That thread says that although some of the comments are easy to mistake as saying the opposite.
I don't use much other than Lr3 these days, but if you are seriously strapped for cash, dcraw is free, open source and works well. On Friday, November 26, 2010, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like you're right, John: > > http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00WXvS > > Later in the thread > (http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00WXvS?start=10), though, they > mention that the converter is "super crude" -- whatever that means. > > Idunno. I'm in the process of downloading a trial version of Elements 9 and > will tinker around with it for 30 days, or so. If I like it and have the > extra cash to spend on it, I'll go ahead and register it. If not, I'll use a > freeware, or cheap & dirty alternative. > > -- Walt > > > > On 11/26/2010 7:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > From: Walter Gilbert > > > Thanks! Although, to my infinite consternation, I've discovered > there's no way to get Photoshop 7 to handle DNG files, and I can't > afford to plunk down the requisite cash for any of the more recent Adobo > releases. They're a tad spendy. > > Picasa 3 will handle them, of course, but then I'm stuck with some > pretty limited options with regard to editing. I suppose I could use > Picasa to export them in .jpg format, but I wonder how much I'll be > giving up by using it to do the conversion. > > Any (extremely affordable) suggestions? > > > > There's something very wrong here. > > I bought Photoshop 7 and installed it on my laptop while I was in Iraq, and I > know that I downloaded the free stand-alone DNG converter when Adobe > announced it and used it with Photoshop 7. > > Prior to getting Photoshop 7 and installing the stand-alone DNG converter, I > was using the Pentax software that came with the *ist-D. > > I probably didn't shoot more than a half dozen raw images with the *ist-D > while I was deployed (shot mostly TIFF & JPEG) so I'm pretty hazy about how i > used the DNG converter, but I remember it being announced. > > I remember downloading and installing it and giving it a try. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
