I'm really trying to make an effort to switch to RAW for most all of my shooting (other than action stuffs) any ideas on extremely helpful books or websites?

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photooshop CS by Bruce Fraser.

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm (bottom of the page) has some decent material as well...

Uwe Steimueller's e-book "The Art of Raw Conversion"
See http://www.outbackphoto.com/booklets/dop3002/DOP3002.html

Quote from outbackphoto:
-Our latest and most complete E-Book about RAW conversion
-Photoshop CS2 Camera Raw 3.x
-Pixmantec RawShooter, Phase One Capture One, Canon DPP, Nikon Capture, Bibble 4.x
-Understanding the full RAW workflow
-Introduction to DNG
-Understanding basic color management
-Converting to B&W with your RAW converters
-Perfecting images by removing image artifacts like: Noise, Chromatic Aberrations, -Lens Distortions, dust and sharpening
-Based on real-world experience
-Optimized for working on the screen

Herman

I've read both Real World Camera RAW and The Art of RAW Conversion, and prefered the first one. Not cheap, but worth it.
Just my 2 cents...

Lisa

Thanks guys, I think I may grab that one by Fraser, it looks good.