need help accessing RAW files

[opus]

I took my first RAW files tonight, but find I can't save them out of Canon Image Browser, and can't even open them from Photoshop 7.

What software do I need to be able to access these?

[opus]

Oh wait, I can save them as TIFFs out of File Viewer Utility. But I can't access the settings. Do I need to update Photoshop, or can I just get a plugin?

[kafin8ed]

save them as TIFFs and then open the TIFFs in PS, that's how you do it, although it's slow and unintuitive

[mikishots]

To access RAW files, you need software or an application that has some sort of RAW converter. Photoshop 7 doesn't have one, but CS does. The one in the File Viewer Utility does an o.k. job, for a free program.

Convert it to TIFF and you no longer have access to the adjustment tools offered by the RAW format.