UK Digital Cameras Blog

Adobe has provided updates to the  photoshop Camera Raw plug-in to make their
sophisticated technologies compatible with 14 new cameras.

The software now provides better access to the “raw” image formats of many professional and midrange digital cameras, such as the Olympus EVOLT E-510 and Panasonic DMC-FZ18. Now adapted to support raw files in the DNG format, Adobe has built on the success of the 2003 Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in to allow more photographers access to the ‘digital negative’.

Meanwhile the updated Lightroom 1.2 features corrections to Microsoft Windows Vista grid display errors as well as XMP auto-write performance. For those seeking greater artistic control when snapping away, digital negatives allow photographers to keep the original ‘raw’ files while benefiting from the flexibility promised by the Raw plug-in update. Digital camera enthusiasts can look forward to putting the new technologies to use by downloading them from adobe.com, with both the Raw update and newly available components for Lightroom 1.2 promising better image detail with improved noise reduction.