I agree that copying the files over to the hard drive is a better
performance processing choice but the system shouldn't be aware of the
flash card as anything other than another drive. It shouldn't baulk at
reading or copying anything because it doesn't know the difference.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> John
>
> It might be that your systems are baulking at carrying out file
> functions on a file on a memory card.
>
> You don't have to use Bridge to move the files. I suppose you know
> that already, but why not just shift the files from your memory card
> to your hard drive? That way your functions will be far faster and
> you will probably have all the options available on each file.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 26 Oct 2008, at 15:52, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> Here is a question I hope someone can answer because it has fooled me.
>>
>> I plug my E510 memory flash card into a card reader which in turn is
>> USB'd
>> into my desktop.
>>
>> I open up Adobe Bridge and target the drive and folder containing
>> the memory
>> card's *.ORF [RAW] files.
>>
>> Thumbnail images open up on screen.
>>
>> Clicking on an image makes it live and ready for further action.
>>
>> Right clicking on the "live" image offers the options of opening the
>> image
>> in either Photoshop or Camera RAW.
>>
>> Not all images offer the dual option of opening PS or Camera RAW.
>> For some,
>> the Camera RAW option is not even displayed leaving PS as the only
>> option.
>>
>> My question..............what circumstance prevails such that the
>> Camera RAW
>> option is not an option for a particular image? I have not changed any
>> exposure options on the camera, in the Bridge settings and I am
>> using the
>> same compact flash card.
>>
>> Having Photoshop and Bridge running simultaneously sucks up memory
>> unnecessarily and I much prefer to save the *.ORF file as a TIF or
>> JPEG
>> directly through the Camera RAW option.
>>
>> Hopefully there are some PS and Bridge gurus on the list for whom
>> this is a
>> simple question to answer !
>
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