Did your camera come with software disc? I find that Canon's DPP (Digital Photo Professional) which came with my 7D versatile, and I had to use it because the Elements program I had at that time would not recognise Canon Raw. Although I upgraded Elements, I now find I use DPP more when processing Canon Raw. There is a difference in the way Adobe treats Raw and it comes down to 'beauty in the eye of the beholder'!
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