The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers

Synopsis

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.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 portfoliosPhotographers will find Adobe Photoshop Lightroom--and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book--indispensable tools in their digital darkroom. A free Lightroom 1.1 PDF supplement update is now available at www.peachpit.com/register.