Call it a control thing, but until recently - or, more specifically,until the availability of digital raw camera formats - you simplyweren't ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats,however, changed all of that by allowing you to retrieve imagesbefore any in-camera processing has been performed. Photoshop's AdobeCamera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing astandardized way of accessing and working with these uncompresseddigital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. Inthe first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-sellingauthor Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe CameraRaw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handlenoise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images beforeconverting them to another format. After learning about the rawformats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposingand shooting for digital raw, using the File Browser to previewimages and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digitalraw process.