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RAW 101
Better Images
with Photoshop and
®
Photoshop Elements
®
Jon Canfield
San Francisco • London
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RAW 101
Better Images
with Photoshop and
Photoshop Elements
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RAW 101
Better Images
with Photoshop and
®
Photoshop Elements
®
Jon Canfield
San Francisco • London
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To Ken and Erin: The best kids a parent could hope for
Acknowledgments
My beautiful wife, Kathy, has supported me throughout this project and all the others I
have taken on. She inspires me to do my best and gives me encouragement when I need
it most. Kathy, marrying you was the smartest thing I ever did.
I’d also like to thank my good friends who have offered advice and support: Tim
Grey, Peter Burian, Ellen Anon, and Charlotte Lowrie. All of them are fine authors who
took time from their busy schedules when I had questions.
A special thank you goes to Art Morris and Peter Burian for letting me use their
wonderful images in this book. It takes a great deal of trust for a professional photogra-
pher to give their RAW files to someone, but Art and Peter did so without hesitation.
Art is one of the premier wildlife photographers in the world, and he offers instruction
and inspiration. Visit his website at www.birdsasart.com. Peter is a well-respected stock
photographer and author; his website is www.peterkburian.com.
Thanks go to John Nack and Mark Dahm at Adobe, who were both quick to
answer my questions on Camera Raw, and special thanks go to Thomas Knoll for writ-
ing Camera Raw—the subject of this book.
And thank you to all the people at Sybex who made this book possible and
guided me through the project: acquisitions editor Bonnie Bills, who saw the possibili-
ties and made this project happen (congratulations to Bonnie and her husband on their
beautiful little girl Beatrix!); developmental editor Pete Gaughan, whose sharp eye and
patience were invaluable; production editor Leslie Light for keeping me on schedule;
copyeditor Kathy Grider-Carlyle for cleaning up my butchering of the English language;
the staff at Happenstance Type-O-Rama; and proofreader Nancy Riddiough. A special
thanks to Ellen Anon for her outstanding technical edit. If any mistakes are left in this
book, you can be assured they came after Ellen was done!
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About the Author
Jon Canfield is a landscape and nature photographer living in the Pacific Northwest,
where he’s blessed with some of North America’s most scenic landscapes. He has been
involved with digital imaging from its early days and has spent several years working on
digital imaging software with Microsoft. Jon’s articles and images have been published
in Shutterbug, PC Photo, Digital Image Pro, and PHOTOgraphicmagazines, among
others. He recently co-authored Photo Finish: The Digital Photographer’s Guide to
Printing, Showing, and Selling Images, also published by Sybex (2004).
