Want to learn Lightroom. Help.

[jwbryson1]

Can anybody suggest a good book on learning to use LR? I know there are videos on Youtube but I like books that I can easily flip through. There seem to be a lot out there. I'm wondering which are good.

Thanks.

 

[CCericola]

I like the Scott Kelby books. For me they are very easy to read and absorb.
Amazon.com: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) (9780321700919): Scott Kelby: Books

 

[cgipson1]

Ditto on the kelby books.. they are excellent!

 

[jwbryson1]

Thanks. I'll pick up a copy. I wonder if these are available locally so I don't have to wait for the mail?

 

[KmH]

Since Lightroom 3 and CS5 Camera Raw use the same edit rendering engine (ACR), I would also recommend:

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS5

AND

Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom (2nd Edition)

 

[KmH]

Thanks. I'll pick up a copy. I wonder if these are available locally so I don't have to wait for the mail?

While you wait on the mail: Open Lightroom. Click on the 'Develope' module. At the top of the page click on Help > Lightroom Help, and Adobe has lots of stuff for you.

 

[jwbryson1]

Thanks KmH. I'm really a NOOB at LR. I bought a copy and have played with it a bit, but I have no idea what people mean when I hear layers, masks, dodge and burn, etc. It's all Greek to me. I need to get learned.

 

[KmH]

Lightroom is not a complete image editing solution. Lightroom can't do layers, has no selections tools, and has only rudimentary masking, dodging, and burning capabilities.
Lightroom also lacks many of the other image editing functions and features Photoshop CS5 has.

Adobe designed Lightroom to be a compliment to, not a replacement for, Photoshop.

 

[dakkon76]

This got me going - tons of tutorials on lightroom here, with video too

SLR Lounge

 

[jwbryson1]

The only other editing software I own is Elements. I do not own a complete copy of PS.

Thanks for the link Dakkon.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

youtube search's will render some decent tutorials too

 

[christian.rudman]

I used Lightroom Adventure for my Digital Imagining class, which helped immensely with my categorization and organization issues, but before that I learned how to use Lightroom by playing with it all the time. And youtube tutorials.

 

[DiskoJoe]

google: "photoshop lightroom tutorial for _____________"

just fill in the blank and hit enter and google will do the rest. Always remember that you dont buy a book to use a computer, just use the computer.