Processing Sony ARW Raw Files
Jun 25, 2012, 9:34 am
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Processing Sony ARW Raw Files
I took the Sony Nex7 rental to Yellowstone this weekend, and from what I can see on the preview screen, the photos look amazing.
Now I have a problem - my version of Adobe Lightroom (2+) does not support Sony ARW files even with the new Camera Raw installed. I have Photoshop CS5, but processing 300+ pictures through that system one at a time is going to be torture.
I've heard terrible things about Sony's own RAW processing software - short of spending big $$ to buy Lightroom 4+, are there any free (even trial) options to process these images? I don't need fancy workflows, but the ability to quickly manually modify for color correction, etc before processing out to JPG
Now I have a problem - my version of Adobe Lightroom (2+) does not support Sony ARW files even with the new Camera Raw installed. I have Photoshop CS5, but processing 300+ pictures through that system one at a time is going to be torture.
I've heard terrible things about Sony's own RAW processing software - short of spending big $$ to buy Lightroom 4+, are there any free (even trial) options to process these images? I don't need fancy workflows, but the ability to quickly manually modify for color correction, etc before processing out to JPG
Jun 25, 2012, 2:10 pm
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I've always used LR, currently on 3.6 and I have no idea what software came with my a850...I know this isn't informative, but it might be worth it to purchase LR. Or suffer through it with CS5. I would use bridge, see what shots I liked, create a batch to export to jpg, go through those and pick out the few that I would want to touch up.