Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format
Opening photos using the Raw format
Selecting settings for great results
Saving your Camera Raw image
This technique dives into the world of photography exploring the truly sensational Camera Raw capabilities built into Photoshop. Introduced as a plug-in with Photoshop 7, the newly integrated Photoshop cs Camera Raw format lets you open and professionally process your digital negatives, which lets you set the tone, color, and brightness of your photos without losing important image data. Also, you get better resolution.
What you find in this technique is a discussion about Camera Raw, what it is, and how it works in Photoshop. You use the extensive Camera Raw interface built in to Photoshop to process your own digital photos, and then save these new originals in specific file formats depending upon your needs.