Photoshop CS6 / In depth
The Adobe Camera Raw plug-in became the latest must-have tool for professional photographers when it was released in February 2003. This powerful plug-in has been frequently updated to support more cameras and include more features and is available as part of Adobe Photoshop CS6. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® software is built upon the same powerful raw processing technology that is available in the Camera Raw plug-in.
The Camera Raw plug-in (2.3 or later) now also supports raw files in Digital Negative (DNG) format. Find out more about the benefits of DNG, a raw file format made available to the public by Adobe.
To learn more about camera raw, read these primers:
Understanding digital raw capture (PDF, 1000k)
Linear gamma (PDF, 235k)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1
From raw processing to final presentation, Lightroom handles your digital photographs in one intuitive application — whether you're adjusting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands. Together with Photoshop for pixel-level retouching, panoramas, and compositing, Lightroom offers a complete photography solution.
Supported cameras for the Camera Raw plug-in and Lightroom
Support for the following cameras is included in Camera Raw 7 and Lightroom 4. Camera Raw 7 is not compatible with Photoshop CS5.
Canon
EOS-1D
EOS-1Ds
EOS-1D Mark II
EOS-1D Mark II N
EOS-1Ds Mark II
EOS-1D Mark III
EOS-1Ds Mark III
EOS-1D Mark IV
EOS-1D X
EOS 5D
EOS 5D Mark II
EOS 5D Mark III
EOS 7D
EOS 10D
EOS 20D
EOS 20Da
EOS 30D
EOS 40D
EOS 50D
EOS 60D
EOS 60Da
EOS D30
EOS D60
EOS 300D (Digital Rebel/Kiss Digital)
EOS 350D (Digital Rebel XT/EOS Kiss Digital N)
EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi/EOS Kiss Digital X)
EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)
EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 Digital)
EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
EOS 600D (Rebel T3i / Kiss X5 Digital)
EOS 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F)
EOS 1100D (Rebel T3 / Kiss X50 Digital)
PowerShot 600
PowerShot A5
PowerShot A50
PowerShot S30
PowerShot S40
PowerShot S45
PowerShot S50
PowerShot S60
PowerShot S70
PowerShot S90
PowerShot S95
PowerShot S100
PowerShot S100V
PowerShot SX1 IS
PowerShot G1
PowerShot G1 X
PowerShot G2
PowerShot G3
PowerShot G5
PowerShot G6
PowerShot G9
PowerShot G10
PowerShot G11
PowerShot G12
PowerShot Pro70
PowerShot Pro90 IS
PowerShot Pro1
Contax
N Digital
Epson
R-D1
R-D1s
R-D1x
Fujifilm
FinePix E900
FinePix F505EXR
FinePix F600EXR
FinePix F605EXR
FinePix F700
FinePix F770EXR
FinePix F775EXR
FinePix HS10
FinePix HS30EXR
FinePix HS33EXR
FinePix IS-1
FinePix IS Pro
FinePix S100FS
FinePix S2 Pro
FinePix S20 Pro
FinePix S3 Pro
FinePix S5 Pro
FinePix S5000 Z
FinePix S5200/5600
FinePix S6000fd/S6500fd
FinePix S7000 Z
FinePix S9000/9500
FinePix S9100/9600
FinePix S200 EXR
FinePix F550 EXR
FinePix F600EXR
FinePix HS20 EXR
FinePix X10
FinePix X100
FinePix X-S1
X-Pro1
Hasselblad
Hasselblad CF-22
Hasselblad CF-22MS
Hasselblad CF-39
Hasselblad CF-39MS
Hasselblad CFH-22
Hasselblad CFH-39
Hasselblad CFV
Hasselbald CFV-50
Hasselblad 503CWD
Hasselblad H2D-22
Hasselblad H2D-39
Hasselblad H3D-22
Hasselblad H3D-31
Hasselblad H3D-39
Hasselblad H3DII-22
Hasselblad H3DII-31
Hasselblad H3DII-39
Hasselblad H3DII-39MS
Hasselblad H3DII-50
Hasselblad H4D-31
Hasselblad H4D-40
Hasselblad H4D-50
Hasselblad H4D-50MS
Hasselblad H4D-60
Hasselblad H4D-200MS
Kodak
DCS 14n
DCS Pro 14nx
DCS 760
DCS Pro SLR/n
EasyShare P712
EasyShare P850
EasyShare P880
EasyShare Z980
EasyShare Z1015 IS
EasyShare Z981
EasyShare Z990
DCS 720x
Konica Minolta
DiMAGE A1
DiMAGE A2
DiMAGE A200
DiMAGE 5
DiMAGE 7
DiMAGE 7i
DiMAGE 7Hi
Maxxum 7D / DYNAX 7D
ALPHA SWEET DIGITAL (Japan)
ALPHA-5 DIGITAL (China)
MAXXUM 5D (USA)
DYNAX 5D (Europe)
Leaf
AFi II 6
AFi II 7
Aptus II 5
Aptus II 6
Aptus II 7
Aptus II 12
Aptus II 12R
Aptus 17
Aptus 22
Aptus 54s
Aptus 65
Aptus 65s
Aptus 75
Aptus 75s
Credo 80
Valeo 6
Valeo 11
Valeo 17
Valeo 22
Leica
DIGILUX 2
DIGILUX 3
D-LUX 2
D-LUX 3
D-LUX 4
D-LUX 5
M Monochrom
V-LUX 1
V-LUX 3
X-2
Mamiya
DM22
DM28
DM33
DM40
DM56
M18
M22
M31
ZD
Nikon*
1 J1
1 V1
D1
D1H
D1X
D100
D200
D2H
D2Hs
D2X
D2Xs
D3
D3s
D3X
D300
D300s
D3000
D3100
D3200
D4
D40
D40X
D50
D5000
D5100
D60
D70
D700
D7000
D70s
D80
D800
D800E
D90
Coolpix 5000
Coolpix 5400
Coolpix 5700
Coolpix 8400
Coolpix 8700
Coolpix 8800
Coolpix P6000
Coolpix P7000
Coolpix P7100
Olympus
E-1
E-3
E-5
E-10
E-20
E-30
E-420
E-450
E-520
E-600
E-620
E-M5
E-P1
E-P2
E-PL1
E-PL1s
E-PL2
E-P3
E-PL3
E-PM1
EVOLT E-300
EVOLT E-330
EVOLT E-400
EVOLT E-410
EVOLT E-500
EVOLT E-510
C-5050 Zoom
C-5060 Zoom
C-7070 Wide Zoom
C-8080 Wide Zoom
SP-310
SP-320
SP-350
SP-500 UZ
SP-510 UZ
SP-550 UZ
SP-560 UZ
SP-565 UZ
SP-570 UZ
XZ-1
Panasonic
DMC-FX150
DMC-FZ8
DMC-FZ18
DMC-FZ28
DMC-FZ30
DMC-FZ40 (FZ45)
DMC-FZ35
DMC-FZ38
DMC-FZ50
DMC-FZ100
DMC-FZ150
DMC-G1
DMC-G10
DMC-G2
DMC-G3
DMC-GF1
DMC-GF2
DMC-GF3
DMC-GF5
DMC-GH2
DMC-GX1
DMC-L1
DMC-LC1
DMC-L10
DMC-LX1
DMC-LX2
DMC-LX3
DMC-LX5
DMC-GH1
Pentax
ist D*
ist DL*
ist DL2*
ist DS*
ist DS2*
K10D (PEF)
K100D
K100D Super
K110D
K20D (PEF)
K200D (PEF)
K2000 (K-m)
K-01
K-5 (PEF)
K-7 (PEF)
K-r
K-x (PEF)
Q
645D (PEF)
Phase One
H 20
H 25
IQ140
IQ160
IQ180
P 20
P 20+
P 21
P 21+
P 25
P 25+
P 30
P 30+
P 40+
P 45
P 45+
P 65+
Ricoh
GXR, GR LENS A12 28mm F2.5
GXR MOUNT A12
GXR MOUNT A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5
Samsung
GX-1S
GX-1L
NX 5
NX10
NX100
NX1000
NX20
NX200
NX210
NX11
TL350 (WB2000)
TL500 (EX1)
Sigma
DP1
DP1s
DP2
SD9
SD10
SD14
Sony
A100
A200
A230
A290
A300
A330
A350
A380
A390
A500
A450
A550
A560
A580
A700
A850
A900
Alpha NEX-3
Alpha NEX-5
Alpha NEX-5N
Alpha NEX-7
Alpha NEX-C3
Alpha NEX-F3
Alpha NEX-VG20
DSC-F828
DSC-R1
DSC-V3
SLT-A33
SLT-A35
SLT-A37
SLT-A55V
SLT-A57
SLT-A65
SLT-A77
DNG compatible native cameras
The following cameras can natively capture DNG format raw files and thus are compatible with Camera Raw version 2.4 and later.
Casio
EXILIM EX-F1
EXILIM EX-FH20
EXILIM EX-FH25
EXILIM EX-FH100
Hasselblad
H2D
Leica
Digital-Modul-R
M8
M9
S2
X1
Pentax
K10D
K20D
K200D
K-5
K-7
K-x
Q
645D
Ricoh
GR Digital
GR Digital II
GR Digital III
GR Digital IV
GX100
GX200
GXR, S10 24-72mm F2.5-4.4 VC
GXR, GR A12 50mm F2.5 MACRO
GXR, GR LENS A12 28mm F2.5
GXR, GXR P10
Samsung
GX-10
GX-20
Pro 815
* The file encryption found in some Nikon raw formats has caused some users to question the level of cooperation between Nikon and Adobe in providing solutions for raw processing. Get more information about Nikon and Adobe's joint commitment to the common needs of customers.
† The DNG raw file format is supported in previous versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw. This update improves the color and noise profiles for these models.
Note: Adobe is often able to provide preliminary support for raw files from new camera models not listed above. Camera Raw and Lightroom will open and edit these files, but profiling and testing is not complete.
