[MyPix]

in theory the ' perfect ' shot doesnt require any post processing,

however, none of us are ' perfect' so we have to tweek the image to get as close as possible, RAW allows us to do this as the image captured has had no in camera alterations made to it, compared to jpg's which have been compressed from the original image capture size, and some cameras even alter exposure and colour ballance as well,

post processing a RAW image will not make it perfect, it will however make a good shot better if the right things are done to it, this can go from a simple selective crop to full on alteration , or anything in between,

the most comon use you will start out with is exposure compensation/alteration, as RAW gives you some latitude to do this, and then the colour alteration along with cropping, the more you do the more you will become used to using the tools within the programs,

hope this helps

MyPix