EOS 7D RAW and Elements 7

[rapidfire]

Apologies if I have missed a previous thread regarding my problem.
I have recently purchased the Canon EOS 7D and Photoshop Elements 7 does not seem to want to open RAW pictures taken by it.
I have successfully opened the files if I re- format them to tif (as long as it is less than 16 bit ) but surely this is missing the whole point of shooting in RAW to start with ?
Yes I do have the Canon software to process RAW but having bought Elements 7 last year ( when 7 was the latest edition still ) it would be nice to use it as it would appear to be able to do more editing than Canons DPP program.

[Forseti]

It sounds very much as though your Camera Raw plug-in is not up to date. Assuming you are using a PC then follow this folder path: Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\Plug-Ins\File Format. Inside the File Format folder you will see a plug-in called Camera Raw. Right click on it, choose properties and look to see which version it is. If it's anything lower than version 5.6 then use this link http://www.adobe.com/support/downloa...jsp?ftpID=4626 and replace the existing Camera Raw file (.8bi) with the new one.

[rapidfire]

Many thanks Forseti i will give it a try.