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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Workflow Bible | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Fitzgerald
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0470303093
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9780470303092
ASIN: 0470303093
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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Product Description
The digital photographer's workflow is divided into two. The first portion of the workflow is used to import and organize images, and prepare them for presentation via proof printing, Web, or slideshow. Increasingly, photographers are turning to Adobe's acclaimed new Lightroom software to manage these needs. After the best images have been identified in the first portion of workflow, photographers move to improve upon the chosen images using a variety of digital tools. An overwhelming majority of digital photographers choose Photoshop as their image editor. Many photographers are confused by one or both parts of this workflow. Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop Workflow Bible will guide digital photographers through the image editing process from uploading large quantities of Raw files into the computer, to printing that special image from a single file. Written by Mark Fitzgerald, an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS & CS2, this book is an invaluable reference on optimizing the management of images to create an efficient, effective, and logical workflow. The accompanying Web site includes full-color images from throughout the book.
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Breakthrough Lightroom/Photoshop Book October 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mark Fitzgerald has created a Lightroom book that truly distinguishes itself from the rest of the books on this popular subject. He has created a workflow guide that is succinct and easy to read and follows a path that makes intuitive sense while not getting bogged down in excessive detail.
The aspect of this book that really sets it apart is the coverage of the interactive nature that Adobe has built in between Lightroom and Photoshop. After reading this book, one should be confident in knowing how to address all image management issues, including when to use Lightroom and when to use Photoshop, as well as what to do in these programs when one gets there.
Although this book doesn't go in to great detail in a few technical subjects, it strikes a good balance between presenting what one needs to know with keeping the text readable. I would highly recommend it to intermediate amatures to seasoned professionals.
A Must Have Resource for photographers October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is truly a must have resource for the serious digital photographer! Mark's clear, well documented, and concise presentation of the subject matter will make studying this topic a breeze. The organization is such that a relative beginner can grasp the concept of digital work flow and the procedures used in Lightroom in a short time. The book contains many examples and situations common to the needs of most serious photographers, both professional and amateur.
Great book for solving those workflow issues! September 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a serious amateur photographer and Photoshop fan for several years, I loved this book! Mark gave me the tools to get my workflow under control. I have read around 30 books on Photoshop, Lightroom and Camera Raw and this one best explained how each of these terrific programs work together to bring order and fun back into my photography.
Mark is a particularly gifted teacher. He has a way of explaining things with just enough detail to thoroughly explain each concept without getting bogged down in unnecessary side trips.
I recommend this book for anyone who needs help putting their workflow all together so that it works seamlessly from the time the photos leave the camera until they are output!
Use this book to save yourself time! September 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a professional portrait photographer. I work both in-studio as well as on-location and I have used Photoshop intensively for 6 years and Lightroom since beta. That said, I am always open to learning new methods that can shave time off my workflow - the less time I spend at the computer, the more dollars per hour I make. This book has helped me to learn more about the programs that I use all day every day.
Now, trying to cover ALL of Lightroom and Photoshop in one (albeit full-to-the-brim) book is an impossible task. One has to choose what to cover in depth, and what to leave out. Fitzgerald has done a fantastic job of covering the critical components of the actual workflow without getting bogged down in (for instance) the minutiae of how to do eye enhancement retouching so as to bring out liquidity and presence.
All of us need to `hammer through' thousands of images, sorting, color-balancing, retouching a bit, cropping, etc.,, etc., etc., ad infinitum! And, all of us need to do this faster and smarter without dropping our guard on the finest end result we can create (which is what our clients pay for!) Fitzgerald gives you just the right amount of information so you can get up and running RIGHT NOW and start using the programs.
This book is a huge help in that. Fitzgerald covers the entire process from importing images to Lightroom through final printing out of Photoshop. As a portrait artist who specializes in enhancement retouching I have spent hundreds of hours studying and using Photoshop and Fitzgerald teaches me new stuff on darn near every page. I also simply love Lightroom (especially 2.1!) and Fitzgerald gives so many great little tips along the way I wonder how the heck he could find time to learn it all and write the book when LR2.0 was still in beta!
Caveat: this in NOT an absolutely thorough coverage of every little thing in either of the programs (for instance, color management gets a few pages here and there whereas Bruce Fraser wrote a whole book on it!), but, that said, it sure as heck will give you the groundwork that you require for getting your workflow up and running and for understanding the programs enough to really get good work done. Actually, I am very surprised at how well Fitzgerald did considering the scope of this book.
I wish the index was more thorough, but I wish that for every book (oh! for an on-line concordance for books!) And I wish there were full-tilt keyboard shortcut charts for both programs (but those can be found on-line, I suppose). The layout is a bit dense to my eye, but there is so much to cram in, I guess if it were less dense the book would be a brick.
Lastly, I have to say that I usually find that book writers do a poor job of keeping a teaching-flow going while writing, they jump around, they try and be too `cool' and get all cutesy, or they dive down long, dark rabbit holes and lose the reader. Fitzgerald is one of the best in-print teachers I have come across, and I read many books per month.
All in all: if you want to improve your bottom line by improving your workflow, buy it!
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