Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers

Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers
by Mikkel Aaland

Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers
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Author: Mikkel Aaland
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-25
ISBN: 059610099X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

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Book Review: Gorgeous introduction to my program-of-choice
Summary: 5 Stars

I am not a professional photographer, not even a really good amateur, just someone who always has a little camera in my pocket or within reach. But when Lightroom Beta was opened to the public (the Apple Macintosh public, anyway) I downloaded it just out of curiosity, and fell in love.

This book is a wonderful introduction to the program for people who may be considering it and a good addition to the (few) Lightroom manuals. I think a beginner would enjoy its flow because it moves briskly through the essentials without going through the amount of detail found in the how-to books. It provides a lot of information without being ponderous. I particularly appreciated the clear illustrations of how to use or abuse features that were added in Lightroom 1.1. You do not need to be a professional photographer or use expensive equipment to benefit from either the program or this boo,

But much of the value of this book is in the photographs shared by the other professional photographers on the Iceland field trip. (Their names and the sites for their web-galleries are listed on pages xvi - xvii.) I keep having to retreive Aaland's book from other people who just want to look at the pictures. And they are stunning. The only problem with them, perhaps, is that people like me stop looking for information and start looking at the pictures, and sometimes thinking "I need to try that, do I have anything in my Lightroom library that might work?" and then staying up far far too late. And learning as we go.

If you like looking at photographs but never use Lightroom, you might like this book. If you use Lightroom and are less than a Guru, you will probably enjoy and benefit from this book. If you learn visually, you will cherish this book.

Always assuming you can keep it away from the rest of your household.

Summary of Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers

This beautifully illustrated and eminently practical book is the first to offer a complete tour of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2, the integrated digital photography workflow application that allows serious photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. Augmented by photos and case studies from a demanding road test in Iceland, award-winning photographer Mikkel Aaland explains how Lightroom 1.2 can improve the way you work.

After watching -- and often helping -- Adobe create Lightroom entirely from the ground up, Aaland (author of Photoshop CS2 RAW) was ready to see how well it would do in the field. He organized a group of 12 top-notch photographers for a trek to "Nature's Light Room", the pristine Icelandic landscape where each summer day is bathed in 22 hours of horizontal light -- and where the only studio was Lightroom on a laptop. In Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, Aaland uses hands-on knowledge from the trip to demonstrate how Lightroom 1.2 can help you create the best possible image under any conditions.

This unique tutorial walks you step-by-step through Lightroom's:

  • Library module for uploading, sorting, tagging, ranking and adding keywords to your images
  • Develop module with Adobe Camera RAW for complete non-destructive color and tonal adjustments
  • Slideshow module, where you select and size images, and export the show to HTML, Flash, or PDF formats
  • Print module, which includes several templates for printing contact sheets or full images
  • Web module, where you can create Flash or HTML web galleries
With many gorgeous examples shot in the soft natural light of Iceland, this book lets you see the results for yourself. Mikkel Aaland's trademark ability to teach complicated topics on digital imaging with straightforward, easy-to-follow text makes this book a valuable learning tool for anyone serious about digital photography. This is not an update of previous Lightroom versions, but the first book that's completely up-to-date for Lightroom 1.2.

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