A significant problem faced in writing this book is that everything in the workflow affects everything else in the workflow, so some circularity is inherent. The first two chapters look at the technical underpinnings of digital raw capture. Chapter 1, Digital Camera Row, looks at the fundamental nature of row images-what they are, and the advantages and pitfalls of shooting them. Chapter 2, How Camera Raw Works, looks at the specific advantages that Camera Raw offers over raw converters. Chapter 3, Raw System Overview, provides a road map for the remaider of the book by showing the roles of the three major components in the system: Photoshop, Bridge, and the Camera Raw plug-in. Chapter 4, Camera Raw Controls, describes the many features offered by the Camera Raw plug-in, which has grown to the point where it's almost an applications in its own right. Chapter 5, Hands-On Camera Raw, explores how to use these features quickly and effectively to evaluate and edit raw captures. Chapter 6, Adobe Bridge, looks and the features in Bridge CS5 that are particularly relevant to a digital photographoc workflow-Bridge is a suprisingly deep application that serves the entire Adobe Creative Suite, not just Photoshop. Chapter 7, It's ALL About the Workflow, doesn't evangelize a specific workflow, because our needs may be very different from your. Chapter 8, Mastering Metadata, delves into the various metadata schemes used by Camera Raw Bridge snd shows you how to make them work for you. Finnaly, Chapter 9, Exploiting Automation, show you how to leverage the work done in Camera Raw and Bridge to produce converted images that require minimal work in Photoshop and contain the metadata you want. //ir
