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

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While Adobe Photoshop has long been their choice for editing digitalphotographs, 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.

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

Table Of Contents
1 Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1
2 Importing photos 43
3 Navigating the Library module 71
4 Managing photos in the Library module 119
5 Working with catalogs 199
6 Develop module image editing 225
7 The art of black and white 371
8 Sharpening and noise reduction 397
9 The Photoshop connection 419
10 Printing 451
11 Presenting your work 487

Appendix A - Lightroom Preferences 543
Appendix B - Lightroom settings 559
Index 588 - Product Details