Bridge, Camara RAW & PSE 4.0.1 (MAC)

[ELFritzen]

After being away from PSE 4 for awhile, I've lately had some time to catch up on updates, etc. I'm using a G5 iMac and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). I just updated PSE 4 to PSE 4.0.1 and installed the latest Camera Raw Plug In. I also use Bridge 1.0.4 to browse files. I thought that one could open a file from within Bridge directly into Camera Raw. If I try this now, by selecting a RAW image file, and selecting Open with Camera Raw, I get an error message saying, "Unable to use the Camera Raw plug in. It is not compatible with this version of Bridge". I can open the file with PSE, and it opens with Camera Raw within PSE. This is not quite how I remember Bridge and Camera Raw working previously. Have I missed something? Is this correct? Or is my old mind going?? :)

[ljameso1]

I had a similar problem when I updated acr, It turns out the raw version you need for mac is 4.1(I had updated to 4.3). Once I got the correct acr version in, I quit getting that message. Maybe you did the same.

[ELFritzen]

lindaj
You're right. I did upgrade to Camera Raw 4.3.1 for the Macintosh. However I get the same message after I downloaded and installed Camera Raw 4.1. From what I've seen on the Adobe websites, I might be having this problem because I have a version of Photoshop CS2, although it's only a trial version on my iMac. It's not critical. I thought I had an understanding of how camera raw, Bridge and PSE all worked together, and now I'm just a little confused. I'll get it all sorted out once I get PSE 6.0 for the Mac later this year. Thanks for the reply and the tip.

[Wendy]

Hi Ed ...

If you install 4.3.1 into Photoshop CS2 then it affect Elements too ... thats why I didn't upgrage mine in CS2.

Wendy :)
PS ... I read about it somewhere but by now can't remember where :confused:

[ELFritzen]

Thanks for the reply, Wendy. I was sure to follow the instructions for installation of the Camera Raw plug-in for PSE 4.0.1 only and not CS 2. Both versions 4.3.1 and 4.1 gave me the error message when I attempted to open a RAW file using Bridge. I have a trial version of CS 2, however it did not include a Camera Raw plug-in. I have not used CS 2 much at all so I never missed the Camera Raw plug-in before. Like I posted previously, it really is not a big issue. I can still process RAW files within PSE, but I'm sure I was able to make adjustments to RAW files within Bridge by choosing "Open with Camera Raw.." before this upgrade. I still have the older version of camera raw if I decide to go back. I'll end up re-learning everything anyway when I upgrade to PSE 6.0 for the Mac later this year. Thanks again.