Adobe Systems Incorporated announced an update to the Camera Raw Plug-in, extending raw file support in Photoshop CS to more than 65 digital camera models and enabling Photoshop CS to handle files in the new .DNG format, also announced today (see separate release). Available as a free download from Adobe's Web site, the plug-in builds on the raw file functionality already available in Photoshop CS, adding new support for the latest digital cameras from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, and Nikon. Raw files, which contain the original information captured by a camera sensor prior to any in-camera processing, have become popular in recent years, due to their promise of greater flexibility and image quality.
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, a major upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer photo editing software. Photoshop Elements 3.0 software delivers impressive new ways to share, organise and edit photos, allowing people to easily review, compare and enhance photos and create dynamic slideshows and personalised creations. Photoshop Elements 3.0 is the software consumers can use for quick, one-click fixes, in addition to more sophisticated editing techniques when they require more advanced creative control. Adobe also announced the availability of Adobe Premiere Elements, a complete home video editing solution. Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements 3.0 can be purchased together in a single retail package.
Foveon Inc., a technology leader in high-quality digital capture products, announced today that Adobe Systems Incorporated will provide Foveon X3F raw file format support in the Photoshop CS Camera Raw plug-in. Foveon X3F files are the raw format files from digital cameras that incorporate the Foveon X3 direct image sensor. Foveon X3 direct image sensors are the only image sensors that directly capture color in three layers, just like color film. Adobe's Photoshop software is the core of virtually every digital image editing system used on personal computers today. Their decision to support our raw file format reflects the market's growing desire to use the complete color capture provided by Foveon X3 based digital cameras.
Adobe Systems announced during the PMA show in Las Vegas a new Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop CS, extending raw file support to 14 additional digital camera models. Available as a free download from Adobe's Web site, the plug-in builds on the raw file functionality integrated in Photoshop CS, adding new support for digital cameras from leading manufacturers such as, Fujifilm, Kodak, Leaf, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax and Sony. The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in allows photographers to directly manipulate the original data captured by a digital camera sensor, producing images with superior tonal range and the maximum amount of detail.
