Let me start with Happy Holidays, and then point to how your comment can turn on you.

There may be people who, for whatever, reason, simply do not want to Post Process. If I justify my reason, it's due to the fact that I am considerably computer literate, and it's my career. Has been for 20 plus years. I happen to be very good at it and enjoy it immensely.

OTOH, I have been shooting film and now digital for 40 years and it has also been enjoyable. I enjoy that photography has always allowed me to escape the workaday portion of my life and be creative with the camera and associated gear.

Now that the associated gear includes computers and software, the world is getting a bit mixed up for me. So, I begrudge the part that makes me set my camera down and work on images on the computer. It's just not enjoyable, nor do I consider it creative in the sense creativity was with camera work alone.

Then, to carry into another part of your comment, there are those who love their computers and software far more than I do, when it comes to photography. At some point, those people sometimes lay their camera's down too much, and spend their time weighted to the Post Processing side.

In my thinking, there is a point at which those people are no longer photographers, but rather graphic artists.

It's a fine point, and I wouldn't argue which is better or worse. However, for me... Computers and Software are my way of making a decent living. Camera's - film or digital - are my pastime. I'd rather keep the use of the computers as they relate to digital as simple as possible.... downloads, image organization, and a minimum of PP. RAW is the point where I draw the line, because by itself, a RAW file is of NO value in my estimation of keeping my photography simple.

I don't do RAW. I don't care what others do, and I do not lack knowledge and computer skills, and I do not fear my computer. (Well except for a car accident many years ago when a computer in the back seat jumped over the seat and slashed my forehead and scalp open... I just tell people the scar is from a fencing accident when I was on the fencing team in Harvard)

Interesting discussion in any event. I think I'll log in tomorrow and start another RAW vs other formats discussion.

Oh wait, we haven't had a thread post about the oil spots from the badly designed Nikon D600 in a couple of days. Maybe that tomorrow.

Oh yes... as you suggested... RAW is not for me.

Well... I have CS6 and NIK Silver Efex Pro2, and I must say that you make it look easy! Thanks for sharing your workflow on this one. I've done it several times now, and I always seem to find a way to make it harder on myself. :-) True---CS6 is not for beginners. Practice, practice, practice...