always shooting in raw, it's the way to get all the detail and make use of it, as tim is fond of saying, you paid for all that sensor and camera capability, why not make use of it
downloader pro by breeze systems, allows me to download all the raw files into folders by pretty much whatever criteria i pick, usually date
burn the raw keepers to dvd, this insures no loss during processing of that most valuable file, the negative if you will
raw conversion using breezebrowser pro, 3rd party raw converter, allows me to view an 8x10 on the monitor, tag and delete all the throwaways, set some conversion parameters and convert on over to a jpeg folder
currently using photoshop 7, although i may end up getting a newer version and adding lightroom
imagineomics noiseware, a photoshop plug in for noise reduction
i constantly write photoshop actions and batch process many of my trips that i end up with many photos from