Hello Ed, If you're using Camera Raw with Photoshop Elements, most of the information from Bruce Fraser's excellent book, "Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS2", as pertains to RAW data theory and Camera Raw basic functions, and suggested operational use, will be very helpful to you. There's a lot of other stuff in there that is specific to PS CS2 and Bridge, but the book is well worth it for just those bits. Bruce's book will make clear the benefits and options available with RAW capture.
You also have the option of giving Adobe Lightroom v4.1 beta a try ... it is available from http://labs.adobe.com/ free of charge while the beta period continues. There are a couple of video tutorials on workflow there as well. I use a slightly customized version of Bruce's suggested workflow with PSCS2 and Camera Raw. It works extremely well. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net