The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook: Workflow not Workslow in Lightroom 2 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Seth Resnick, Jamie Spritzer
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0240810678
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780240810676
ASIN: 0240810678
Publication Date: October 31, 2008
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Product Description
Photoshop Lightroom is the new software from Adobe aimed specifically at photographers and it's taking the photography world by storm. This no-nonsense guide to setting up an efficient workflow in Lightroom offers all the advice you need to master Adobe's clever workflow tool and make it work for you.
As co-founders of the renowned and hugely popular photography training and consultancy company D-65 (D-65.com), Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer are the perfect guides to lead you through the maze technical problems and practical challenges that stand between you and a seamless digital workflow with Lightroom at the core. Keep the lens cap on until you've read the essential pro tips in this new Lightroom book from Focal Press!
* The essential guide to setting up an efficient workflow with Photoshop Lightroom from two of the industry's most respected photography trainers
* Insider tips and tricks explain not only how to use Lightroom but also how best to work pre-capture to ensure you get the best out of Lightroom post-capture
* Packed with essential advice and stunning images to illustrate and inspire, Seth and Jamie explain technical concepts with ease in a way only pro trainers can--buy the book and see why their workshops sell out in a flash!
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 poor illustrations December 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
the images that illustrate the text points are so small and dark that even with a magnifying glass they are virtually undecipherable. those in martin evening's book are lightyear's clearer, brighter and larger.
 Indispensable Lightroom 2 guide December 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Technology books are tools for learning, and the good ones provide timely, accurate information in a manner that's easy to assimilate. When they're written by giants in the business whose views and opinions have been tested over time they are even more valuable. This is one of those books.
Digital photography has been like a tsunami that started relatively small and just kept on growing. As hardware and software tools have grown inexorably in number and complexity, there's been a crying need for a polished, proven, up-to-the-minute set of methodologies to deal with growing collections of image files, especially for professional photographers for whom time is money and whose reputations depend on quality and consistency. Many have tried to provide this framework as consultants and trainers, but only a few have risen to the top, including the company D-65, founded by Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer, co-authors of this book.
Let's be clear; there are many ways to capture, edit, publish, and store digital images, but only a few end-to-end workflows make the highest and best use of all the tools available to achieve both efficiency and effectiveness. And of course with never-ending technology improvements and software upgrades it's a continually moving target, but in my view, this book -- which is essentially the D-65 workshop in handbook form -- is one of the best compilations yet.
In this discussion of workflow, the authors present Lightroom as the core component to move digital captures into the desktop darkroom and manage them from development through delivery and archiving. However, they stress that Lightroom is still best augmented with Adobe Photoshop and Bridge for a small number of specialized operations, and that integration between all these programs is now relatively seamless. As the core tool, Lightroom has significantly matured; its innovative non-destructive processing now includes considerable selective adjustment capability, and the digital asset management part of the program (metadata, cataloging, and search functions) is much more capable. On a special technical note, sharpening in the current version of Lightroom 2 -- at both the capture and output stages -- has been significantly upgraded using algorithms developed by the world-renowned PixelGenius team, of which Seth Resnick is an original partner.
Software books often concentrate on describing what program features do without showing how those features integrate and interact across the entire system. Here the authors go to great lengths to put features in context and offer best-practice suggestions that cover the full hardware/software workflow gamut. This is exactly the kind of information that is of greatest value to photographers at all levels.
While no one is going to become a Lightroom expert overnight, this book does a highly credible job of illuminating this very popular and rapidly maturing program and demonstrating how it can be used as the main engine of an effective and efficient digital imaging workflow. It belongs on every serious Lightroom user's shelf as both a trusted learning tool and ready reference.
Well written with professional level advice. December 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best book for using Lightroom v.2. It provides excellent information from the point of capture to multiple output needs. This is the book that I keep next to my computer. Excellent job!
Leader of The Pack December 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Seth takes workflow in the digital age to new levels. Clear, concise and readable. This is a must for any photographer using Lightroom and needs to cut down the time behind the computer.
 Strictly a workflow book November 23, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you already know Lightroom, this book is not for you. I did not find it very helpful as far as telling me what was new with Lightroom. If you do not know Lightroom, it is good for getting you started.
I would have liked to hear less about what the author does for his workflow and had this be a good reference book for improving your workflow with the new features.
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