Discover the new enhancements to the Digital Negative File format and how to use them to improve the way you work with and archive your photographs in Lightroom 4.

Learn how to set up the import preferences in Lightroom and import select images from a compact flash card. Also learn how to change file settings during import-- adding metadata, renaming files, and how and why to convert to DNG format. Applies to Lightroom versions 4 & 5.

Learn some of the great ways the new Lightroom 4 Beta allows you to soft proof your images. Also in this episode, Julieanne covers improvements to the way Lightroom handles the Digital Negative Format.

(Download Lightroom 4 beta from Adobe Labs )

Discover the advantage of working with and archiving to the DNG raw file format over proprietary raw file formats as well as choose which tool to use to convert your files as you move through your workflow.

The Photoshop Guys have a couple tutorials to share, as well as an interview with Photoshop Product Manager Bryan Hughes about the DNG file format.

Julieanne Kost discusses the advantages of using the Digital Negative (DNG) file format and provides several different conversions to DNG workflow examples.