In the last three weeks, I have heard from four professional photographers who used to work exclusively in film. Two of them have added digital to their shooting arsenal and two have made a total switch to digital capture. All of these people have national reputations. All of them are nervous about switching. And all of them e-mailed me this week and asked pretty much the same questions. "How do I make the move from the wet darkroom to the digital darkroom? How do I get started with Photoshop? What is a workflow?"

It occurred to me that there must be others out there who have recently made the switch or who are about to make the switch to digital. If you too are making the switch, here's what you need to know.