Call it a control thing, but until recently — or, more specifically,
until the availability of digital raw camera formats — you simply
weren't ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats,
however, changed all of that by allowing you to retrieve images
before any in-camera processing has been performed. Photoshop's Adobe
Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a
standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed
digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In
the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling
author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera
Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle
noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before
converting them to another format. After learning about the raw
formats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing
and shooting for digital raw, using the File Browser to preview
images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital
raw process.