Teach Yourself VISUALLY Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) [Paperback]

Lynette Kent (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470264357 | ISBN-13: 978-0470264355 | Publication Date: October 20, 2008 | Edition: 1

Are you a visual learner? If so, this is the Photoshop Lightroom book for you. Clear, step-by-step screen shots show you how to tackle more than 140 important tasks in Photoshop Lightroom 2. You'll learn to work with Lightroom's interface; import, view, and organize photos; personalize preferences; explore the Develop module; make slideshows and Web galleries; print pictures from Lightroom, and more. Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task, while succinct explanations walk you through step by step.

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From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots thatshow you how to tackle more than 140 Adobe PhotoshopLightroom 2 tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 in no time.

You'll learn to:

• Understand Lightroom's interface

• Import, view, and organize photos

• Personalize preferences

• Explore the Develop module

• Make slideshows and Web galleries

• Print pictures from Lightroom

• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks

About the Author

Lynette Kent (Huntington Beach, CA) studied art and French at Stanford University. After completing her master’s degree, she taught at both the high school and community college level. A fervent Mac user since 1987 and unconventional computer person, she now teaches and writes books and magazine articles on digital imaging and photography, and often presents computer graphics hardware and software at trade shows. She enjoys photography as well as painting with traditional watercolors, and often combines both arts using the computer. Her books include Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard, Adobe Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography, 3rd Edition. Lynette is also one of the leaders of the Adobe Technology Exchange of Southern California, a professional organization for photographers, graphic designers, and fine artists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 1 edition (October 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470264357
• ISBN-13: 978-0470264355
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #833,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am an unconventional geek. I like learning to use computers and software to get projects done, not for the pleasure of playing with a keyboard or knowing all there is to know about an application. The books I write are intended to get people started. They do not cover every possible option, but rather step the reader through the basics in simplified projects so he or she can understand how the software works. People learn by doing not by reading about software. Once the reader has these steps figured out, learning more for a specific project becomes a matter of trial and error or finding a video or another book showing that specific project. As an artist and photographer, I just love Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom because I can create so many different images just by experimenting.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A smart, real world manual, October 21, 2008

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Chris Bucher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

I was really impressed with this book. As a working photographer, Lightroom 2 is the base of my workflow and the author here was able to make things easy to understand,show me new things, explain things I didn't understand and in the end it has totally revolutionized how I work in Lightroom 2. The examples seem to be real world enough for you to really walk through the steps a reader would really have.

There may be some things that an experienced Lightroom user might not need and some might find this book a little too "cartoony", but for all those out there that are self taught Lightroom users or new users, this is a great manual to open your eyes to all the great things that Lightroom 2 offers.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book---Didn't know what I didn't know, October 24, 2008

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Jean-marc Corredor "JM" (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

I am not a professional photographer but I own a Nikon D50 and went to China recently and needed help organizing, editing and printing all my photos. I am busy and I need information I can understand quickly and simply. This book does this. The author seems to write this book to an audiance of intellegent individuals who don't sit infront of their computer using lightroom all day. If you need to know how to use lightroom simply and quickly....then buy this book.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by my better half, October 22, 2008

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Rick Redfern "Flexible Flyer" (Orange County, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

Lightroom is a true "Killer App" as some are wont to call it. I have read almost every book out there on Lightroom 1 and now Lightroom 2. Just when I thought I had figured out the best file naming convention, Adobe changes the rules. I have talked with my friend, George Jardine, and my new best friend, Tom Hogarty, about the best naming convention method. While both have given me wonderful tips, tricks and techniques, it still did not click with me mentally. Yes, I had also gotten a copy of the newest Lightroom 2 book written by my other good friend, the largest selling computer book author on the planet, Scott Kelby. I literally poured through it and while I did pick up some great tips, I'm still not getting the best way for me to take my images from my two cameras (notice I said, two) and get them into Lightroom with a naming convention that does not cause me problems. I just picked up Lynette Kent's newest book. Teach Yourself Visually Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, and by page 38 I had it figured out and by page 232 I had most of the program pretty well down. Yes, she has me understanding how each module worked and the interdependent way each works and yet works together. I guess at this point I should explain that Lynette is also my better half. When she works on her books, for all practical purposes, she is in a virtual black hole. I am able to talk with Lynette when she has a photography question, a question about lighting or color. The rest of the time, when she is not at her computer writing, we don't discuss her books. We get to like each other that way. With that knowledge you would think I am prejudiced in her favor. Yes, I am and yet if she makes a glaring error I will tell her. I have not found any yet. Here's the bottom line. If you know the difference between a bus stop and an "f" stop, this is the book for you. If you normally perform minor improvements to the images you
shoot, this is the book for you. If you don't feel that you need the overhead of any version of Photoshop, this is the book for you. Just make sure that your monitor is accurate and giving you correct color and you will now be able to put the difference between Lightroom and Photoshop CS 4 into a great new prime lens instead of more software.