The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers

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	The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers Martin Evening Adobe Press, 2008 - 624 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

While Adobe Photoshop has long been their choice for editing digital photographs, many photographers want a more focused tool. That?s where Adobe Photoshop Lightroom comes in. 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. This completely updated and expanded bestseller, The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book, was also written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in Photoshop Lightroom 2 in detail from a photographer?s perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows first-hand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with 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.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book contains 624 pages of comprehensive and detailed coverage of all aspects of Lightroom. In this book you?ll learn how to:

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

The book structure has been organized to match a typical Lightroom workflow. The introductory chapter provides an overview of all the main Lightroom features, showing how Lightroom 2 was used on a studio photo shoot that was specially shot to illustrate the book. The following chapters cover all the essentials, such as importing photos, working with the Library module, and managing the catalog database. The biggest section of the book is devoted to working with the Develop module and provides some unique insights into working with new features such as the localized adjustment tools. There is also a whole chapter devoted to image sharpening and another on integrating Lightroom and Photoshop, where you will learn how to devise the best workflow methods for working between these two programs. This is followed by a chapter on printing and a presentation chapter on the Slideshow and Web modules. Lastly, there are two appendix chapters. One offers a complete overview of the Lightroom 2 preference settings, while the other provides some in-depth explanations and background reading on how the Lightroom program works.

The book is richly illustrated, mostly using the author?s own photographs, and one of the nice features of this book is the way enlarged panel views are used throughout, making it easier for readers to follow the settings used in the various step-by-step examples. There are also lots of tips that will help you take your Lightroom techniques to an advanced level.

If you are looking for the most comprehensive coverage of Lightroom, written by an author who is closely involved with the development of the program, this is the book to get.

About the Author
Martin Evening is a London-based advertising and fashion photographer and noted expert in both photography and digital imaging. In addition to being a bestselling author, Martin is sought after for speaking and lecturing. He also works with the Photoshop and Lightroom engineering teams, consulting on new feature development and alpha and beta testing. He is one of the founding members of PixelGenius, a software design company producing automated production and creative plug-ins for Photoshop.

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Great book, it'll really revise your workflow

After being a digital enthusiast for years and eventually getting into professional photography while still doing a good bit of freelance I have grown accustomed to using programs like Photoshop for image manipulation and even such things as a batch of images needing a slight bit of "punch" to them. Lightroom does all this and more.

I have to admit after seeing it when it first came out I didnt give it a second look. But with the latest release (2.0) and this book I have really begun to realize what I was missing. I am about 2/3rd's of the way through the book and so far I have begun really taking control of my photo database (50k+) and using it to its full potential. I have learned more about metadata and catalogs through this book that have helped me save time (and $$) looking for precious photos.

Martin Evening is definately a guru when it comes to Lightroom and he takes you from the most basic of steps to much more advanced ways of looking at digital imaging. I can now import all my photos automatically off my card, give them a well needed boost (if applicable) and then drill down the editing (everything is non-desctructive) to exactly what I want. If I dont like it, delete the edits and start over.. its that simple.

Again, back to the point of this review: I believe this book is an essential part of any digital photographers tools. I still find myself in Photoshop for some more advanced editing, but Lightroom really holds it's own in most cases (plus it comes at a much cheaper price). Enjoy this book, you'll want to read it again and again, with each time taking more notes.

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Good and comprehensive - Evening scores again

As with his Photoshop books Martin Evening again wrote a book that is comprehensive and covers most everything for photographers from beginners to pro. Being on the consultation and testing staff for Lightroom 2 made Martin somebody who knows. And his background as a professional photographer makes all information really worthwhile.

A thorough book on Lightroom

I found this book to be very well written and quite thorough. I already know how to use lightroom but I wanted to know how to use the new features in depth. This book delivered.

Outstanding Book

Even with the upgraded material, it goes beyond what could have been added to the LR1 version. Excellent reading, easy to understand, perfect examples and photos.

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