O'Reilly Published Photoshop CS2 RAW

The RAW format is becoming more and more popular with professional and amateur digital photographers, because it affords unparalleled flexibility and control during the editing process. Adobe Photoshop is currently the most popular and widely-used digital image editing tool in the world, and its latest version, Adobe Photoshop CS2, is an excellent place to edit RAW images.

"RAW data is the holy grail of digital photography," says Mikkel Aaland, a pioneer of digital photography and author of nine books, including O'Reilly's Photoshop for the Web and the award-winning Shooting Digital. "Anyone who is serious about digital photography and wants to produce the best possible picture needs to shoot and process RAW."

Mikkel Aaland's newest book, Photoshop CS2 RAW, covers the processing of RAW digital images with Adobe Photoshop CS2 (O'Reilly, US $34.99). This highly visual, full-color, comprehensive guide explores the entire RAW process from when, why, and how to shoot RAW, to using the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in converter and new Bridge navigation software. [Bill Fox]