Product Description

It's not about the software.

It's about what the software can do for you.

Rob Sheppard understands that technology should benefit you, the photographer, helping you create more exciting images.That's exactly what Photoshop Lightroom does. Aided by exquisite color photos and screen shots, Rob shows you how to improve your workflow and produce better photos with Lightroom. You'll learn to use this revolutionary tool in the only context that matters--how it can help you become a more productive photographer.

* Use Lightroom to streamline the process of importing, managing, developing, and presenting quantities of images
*

Explore nondestructive image processing and color-managed printing
*

Work with tone curve, adjust white balance, fine-tune vibrance and saturation, and easily correct color
*

Create your own presets to use again and again based on adjustments you use regularly
*

Organize and manage images in the Library and set up a customized system
*

Create eye-popping prints, show-stopping slideshows, and Web galleries that showcase your skills
*

Make the most of Lightroom's integration with Photoshop

Bring out detail in highlight and shadow areas using Recovery and Fill Light controls.

Effectively optimize existing colors using Split Toning in the Before and After View.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12987 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Back Cover
It's not about the software.

It's about what the software can do for you.

Rob Sheppard understands that technology should benefit you, the photographer, helping you create more exciting images.That's exactly what Photoshop Lightroom does. Aided by exquisite color photos and screen shots, Rob shows you how to improve your workflow and produce better photos with Lightroom. You'll learn to use this revolutionary tool in the only context that matters—how it can help you become a more productive photographer.

• Use Lightroom to streamline the process of importing, managing, developing, and presenting quantities of images

• Explore nondestructive image processing and color-managed printing

• Work with tone curve, adjust white balance, fine-tune vibrance and saturation, and easily correct color

• Create your own presets to use again and again based on adjustments you use regularly

• Organize and manage images in the Library and set up a customized system

• Create eye-popping prints, show-stopping slideshows, and Web galleries that showcase your skills

• Make the most of Lightroom's integration with Photoshop

Bring out detail in highlight and shadow areas using Recovery and Fill Light controls.

Effectively optimize existing colors using Split Toning in the Before and After View.

About the Author
Rob Sheppard is the editor of both Outdoor Photographer and HDVideoPro magazines. His commitment to bringing professional photographers together with technology that benefits their craft is nationally recognized. Rob's work has appeared in National Geographic, and he is the author of several books, including Adobe Camera Raw For Digital Photographers Only, also published by Wiley.

Customer Reviews

Very helpful and clear
I got both this book and Kelby's "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers" at the same time as I began to learn Lightroom. Of the two, I found this to be much more helpful and clear. Sheppard's style is clear and his explanations of the tools in Lightroom are quite helpful. He's clearly giving his opinions as to how the tools should be used, but he also reaffirms that these are opinions, not rules carved in stone. His "Pro Tips" boxes are full of good advice about the program, photography, and why two button mice are important for Mac users (perhaps he hasn't yet seen the Mighty Mouse). All in all, an excellent book introducing the power and versatility of Lightroom.

Excellent Book
Well written, with clear instructions. Helped me understand Lightroom and get the most out of it. Has made using Lightroom both productive and enjoyable.

Very helpful book
Adobe products are not intuitive. I've used Photoshop for a number of years, but it's impossible to sort and edit a set of raw photographs quickly with Photoshop. Bridge is better for sorting, but it crashes fairly consistently. So I decided to try Lightroom. Turns out that Lightroom is also far from intuitive and its controls are similar to, but not the same as, their Photoshop counterparts. So I looked for a book on Amazon and settled on this one. This book is great for explaining how to use the Lightroom Develop controls and adequate for the other Modules. I upgraded to Lightroom 1.1 and most of the information in the book still applies. The reason I don't give the book five stars is that I felt it was light on explaining how Lightroom handles files (the Library Module) and how that relates to the underlying file system. If you're looking for a book to help you get started with Lightroom, I doubt that you'll find a better one.