Recommendations for a book on digital workflow?

[fwhitesides]

I'm new to world of high-end digital, having just got my DRebel a few days ago. I'm excited by the expanded potential of the RAW format and the gains it brings to the table. However, I find a lot of the discussion about 12-bit image manipulaton and such to be a little nebulous. I've got a decent amount of experience with Photoshop, but most of my work has been with prepping images for the web (my last job was as a webmaster), which involves going in the opposite direction of quality that I now want to go. I've also got a good handle photographic theory, having been seriously pursuing photography for the last 6 years (and most recently owning a Nikon F4).

Can anyone recommend a book that explains the theory and practice of the digital workflow as pertains to RAW? I want to be able to squeeze every last bit of quality out the format.

Thanks.

[msnow]

Saw this post on another forum, it's free too!

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/59142

[ima_putz]

Most everyone who's received this CD felt it was pretty lame. It's actually put together like a big infomercial with testimonials from professionls who talk a lot, but don't teach you much of anything. You'll actually learn a lot more just hanging around this forum.

IP

[fwhitesides]

ima_putz wrote:
Most everyone who's received this CD felt it was pretty lame. It's actually put together like a big infomercial with testimonials from professionls who talk a lot, but don't teach you much of anything. You'll actually learn a lot more just hanging around this forum.Thanks.

Actually, I poked around the book store the other day and came across a book that has been very helpful:

"The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735712360/qid=1071945750/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8702850-5575029?v=glance&s=books

I highly recomment this book for advanced beginners and even old pros. There are some amazing tricks in there to salvage photos that are usually beyond help.

[kurtizone]

I would recommend Uwe Steinmueller's excellent Digital Outback site -

http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/index.html

He publishes several e-books, some of which I believe are on the topic of workflow:

http://www.outbackphoto.com/booklets/booklets.html