camera raw option

[kentucky]

How do you turn on the camera raw option in CS2.
I am using mac osx - tiger.
i am importing my photos form a sony dsc-h2 camera into iphoto then dragging them into CS2.
the white balance is awful. i have the white balance set to auto on the camera.
maybe i am stuck, and cannot use the raw option in photoshop with this camera.
can anyone help?
thanks.

 

[apepp]

...white balance is documented here:

http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/white/white_balance.htm

...there are many methods to remove color casts in images, here is one method:

http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/guest/colorfix/colorfix.html

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...color casts can also be adjusted in camera raw...

...A digital camera records the white balance at the time of exposure as a metadata entry. The Camera Raw plug?in reads this value and makes it the initial setting when you open the file in the Camera Raw dialog box. This setting usually yields the correct color temperature, or nearly so. You can adjust it if the white balance is not quite right.
The Adjust tab in the Photoshop Camera Raw dialog box has three controls for correcting a color cast in your image. The Calibrate tab also has a control for correcting a shadow color cast (a color cast that remains in the shadows even after the white balance is adjusted)...

..search in photoshop cs2 help under camera raw for more details...

Andrew

 

[kentucky]

I don't think the camera raw is on at all.
I looked under help and it doesn't say how to turn it on.
should I be importing my pics directly into photoshop.
if so. how. I am using iphoto.
maybe i can't use camera raw with the photos from this camera.
i think that is the problem.