Synopses & Reviews
Adobe created Photoshop Lightroom to be the first truly integrated digital photography workflow application, allowing serious photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. The idea is that photographers can spend less time in front of a computer, and more time actually shooting images. So how does the application perform in demanding situations, say, on a rare photo excursion to Iceland where the only studio is your laptop?
Mikkel Aaland, award-winning photographer and bestselling author of Photoshop CS2 RAW, decided to take the beta version of Lightroom on a genuine road test. 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. Using detailed case studies from the trip, Aaland wrote this beautifully illustrated and eminently practical introduction to Lightroom. With this book, you'll join the adventure and discover how Adobe's new tool can improve the way you work.
After watching -- and often helping -- Adobe create Lightroom entirely from the ground up, Aaland was ready to see how well it would do. In Iceland, he and his colleagues gathered in workrooms at the end of each day to process their latest images with Lightroom, and discussed ideas and concerns with five Adobe technicians who attended. In Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, Aaland turns that hands-on knowledge into a complete guided tour of the application, walking 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 completenon-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
You'll learn how Lightroom works equally well with TIFF, JPEG and DNG files, and how it integrates easily with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for more extensive editing. To date, more than 600,000 people have downloaded the beta versions of the application.
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 creating the best possible image with Lightroom.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
With full-color illustrations and numerous case studies, this handbook shows how to make the most of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, the first truly integrated digital photography workflow application created with the serious digital photographer in mind.
Synopsis
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 creating the best possible image with Lightroom.
About the Author
Mikkel Aaland is an award-winning photographer and the author of nine books, including Photoshop CS2 RAW (O'Reilly 2006), Shooting Digital (2nd edition, Sybex, 2006), Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions (4th edition Sybex/Wiley, 2006), Photoshop for the Web, 2nd edition (O'Reilly, 1999), Still Images in Multimedia (Hayden, 1996), and Digital Photography (Random House, 1992). Since 2001 Aaland has been a regular guest on G4's Call For Help TV Program with Leo Laporte. In 2003 he was a guest columnist for newsweek.com. In 2004, Shooting Digital was named the best "Digital Photography" book of the year by the Designer's Bookshelf.
Aaland's documentary photographs have been exhibited in major institutions around the world, including the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the former Lenin Museum in Prague. In 1981 he received the National Art Directors award for photography. He has contributed both text and/or photography to Wired, Outside, Digital Creativity, American Photo, The Washington Post, and Newsweek, as well as several European publications.
Aaland has been a pioneer in digital photography, an interest that dates back to a 1980 interview he conducted with Ansel Adams. When Aaland asked Adams what he would be pursuing if he were just starting out, Adams discussed at length his fascination with digital photographs of the planets. Aaland has pursued this new technology since its infancy. During the 1980s he reported on digital photography as west coast editor of the Swedish FOTO magazine, and wrote a column on the subject for American Photographer magazine. Aaland is one of the few orginal Adobe Lightroom's alpha and beta user, and he served as an unpaid advisor on the project for over a year.