Raw 101: Better Images with Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Review

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Raw 101: Better Images with Photoshop Elements and Photoshop ReviewMore and more advanced digital cameras offer a number of file formats for capturing the digital image, including JPG, TIF and RAW. None of these formats, because of the limitations of the camera mechanism, captures as much information about the scene being photographed as the human eye. For example, a photograph that shows detail in bright light will usually show less detail in shadows than the human eye would see. Some of these file formats actually delete some of the data. Serious photographers agree that the RAW format captures the most data from the scene.
When the Adobe Company first came out with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), the software aimed at extracting the maximum data from the RAW file, there was little information about how to use it. But since Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, which are the most widely used digital imaging programs, both include ACR as part of the package, the knowledge base has continued to increase.
"Camera Raw 101" is a manual, aimed at the relatively inexperienced ACR user, that covers its use in both Photoshop CS2 (the current version of Photoshop) and Photoshop Elements 3 (the reduced capability, but much cheaper version of Photoshop.). After describing the techniques for getting images from the camera to the computer, Canfield describes each of the functions offered in ACR and then tells how to use those functions to get pictures that contain as much information in possible. He finishes up by summarizing the steps that should be taken in Photoshop and Elements after RAW processing. His instructions are simple, clear and easy to follow.
ACR includes several functions that are also available in the main body of Photoshop and Elements. Canfield believes there are functions to usually apply in ACR and others after ACR conversion, but also describes situations where one might process in the opposite fashion.
This is by no means a description of the entire process of moving a picture from camera to print. The emphasis is on the use of ACR. The book's publisher, Sybex, offers several other books that focus on other aspects of image processing like "Photoshop CS2 Workflow" by Tim Grey and "Photo Finish" by Canfield and Grey.
Although the book is aimed at ACR novices, experienced users may still find information about the capability of ACR with which they were not acquainted. I know I did. At the very least, it would provide a useful review of the process.
This book will appeal to those who learn best by lecture. Photographers who like tutorials might want to consider the "Photoshop Artistry" series by Barry Haynes.
I have one complaint about the book. Many of the illustrations are screen grabs from the computer monitor. Unfortunately they are printed so that the size of the image itself is only about 2 and one-half inches square. In the illustrations of digital noise I was unable to see the noise pattern, even with the use of a magnifying glass.
In summary, this is excellent instruction in the use of ACR. Although aimed at the beginner, experienced Photoshop users will probably also derive some benefit.Raw 101: Better Images with Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Overview

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