The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers (Paperback)

 

 

 

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, Photoshop Lightroom offers powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book was also written with photographers in mind. Best-selling author Martin Evening describes Photoshop Lightroom’s features in detail from a photographer’s perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, martin knows firsthand what photographers need for  an efficient workflow. He’s also been working with Photoshop Lightroom from the beginning, monitoring the product’s development and providing feedback on the public beta. As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, from image selection to image editing to image management. 

 

In this book you’ll learn how to:

• Work efficiently with images shot in the raw formatn  import photographs with ease and sort them according to your workflow
• Create and manage a personal image library
• Apply tonal corrections to multiple images quickly
• Integrate Photoshop Lightroom with Adobe Photoshop
• Export images for print or Web as digital contact sheets or personal portfolios

Photographers will find Adobe Photoshop Lightroom—and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book—indispensable tools in their digital darkroom.

 

Table of Contents

Copyright 

Foreword 

Introduction 

Acknowledgments 

Chapter 1. Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 

           What Is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom? 

           What You’ll Need 

           Introducing the Lightroom Interface 

           Installing Lightroom 

           A Quickstart Guide to Lightroom 

           Working Through the Book 

Chapter 2. Importing 

           Importing Images 

           Importing Photos by Copy 

           How Imported Images Are Organized 

Chapter 3. Managing the Library 

           The Library Module Panels 

           Working with the Library 

           Navigating the Library 

           Refining Image Selections 

           Library Management 

           Exporting from Lightroom 

Chapter 4. Image Processing 

           Image Editing in Lightroom 

           Steps for Getting Accurate Color 

           Quick Develop Controls 

           The Develop Module Interface 

           Fine-tuning Images 

           Black and White Conversions 

           Fine-tuning Black and White Images 

           Assessing Your Images 

           Image Retouching Tools 

           Easing the Workflow 

Chapter 5. Printing 

           Preparing for Print 

Chapter 6. Presenting Your Work 

           The Slideshow Module 

           The Web Module 

Appendix 

Lightroom Settings and Templates 

The Lightroom Library Folder 

Customizing the Lightroom Contents 

The Lightroom RGB Space 

The Ideal Computer Setup for Lightroom 

 

Based in London, Martin Evening was a founding member of the UK Digital Imaging Group, one of the first organizations dedicated to exploring digital photography in Britain. As a commercial photographer, Marting specializes in fashion and beauty shots as well as editorial subjects. He has written for magazines like MacUser, the British Journal of Photography, PEI, Amateur Photographer, and Image. A frequent speaker at industry events and presenter of Photoshop techniques, he is author of Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers. He is also a founding partner of PixelGenius, developer of software for Photoshop.

 

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers

 

Scott Kelby, author of the world’s #1 bestselling Photoshop book, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, brings his same award-winning, step-by-step, plain-English style, look and feel to The Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers.

This groundbreaking new book doesn’t just show you “which sliders do what” (every Lightroom book does that). This book takes you beyond that to reveal the secrets of the new digital photography workflow, and he does it using three simple, yet brilliant techniques that make this just an incredible learning tool:

#1) Throughout the book Scott shares his own personal settings and studio tested techniques he’s developed using Lightroom for his own photography workflow since well before Adobe released even the first Beta version. He knows what really works, what doesn’t, and he tells you flat out which tools to use, which to avoid, and why.

#2) The entire book is laid out in a real workflow order with everything step-by-step, so you can jump right in using Lightroom like a pro from the very start and sidestep a lot of productivity killing road blocks and time-wasting frustrations that might have tripped you up along the way.

#3) But what really sets this book apart from the rest, are the last two bonus chapters. This is where Scott visually answers his #1 “most-asked” Lightroom question, which is: “Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in, and where does Photoshop fit in?”

Scott teaches this in a manner we’ve never seen before in any book, by really showing every step of the entire process, from the initial shoot to the final prints. Both chapters start with an on-location photo shoot, including full details on the equipment, camera settings, and even the lighting techniques. You’ll see it all as he takes the photos from each shoot (with you following right along using the very same images) all the way through the entire workflow process, to the final output of the 16×20″ prints for the client. Plus, because he incorporates Adobe Photoshop seamlessly right into this workflow, you’ll also learn some of his latest Photoshop techniques for portrait and landscape photography, which takes this book to a whole new level.

It’s the first, and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way. Best all, it’s taught in Scott’s trademark plain-English style that has won him legions of Photoshop fans around the world, and made him the #1 bestselling author of all computer books across all Computing and Internet categories since 2004.

If you’re one of those people who learns best by actually doing the projects yourself; who learns best without all the complicated technical explanations and confusing jargon, and if you really want to start using Lightroom today to unlock the productivity secrets of “The new digital photography workflow,”—-there is no faster, more “straight-to-the-point” or more fun way to learn than this groundbreaking new book, and you are absolutely going to love it!