Summary

Revision of Martin Evening's bestselling Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book - the definitive book on the topic for professional photographers.•• In-depth look at how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom works and how it transforms the digital photographer's workflow.• Completely updated for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.• Written by professional photographer, best-selling author, and Photoshop expert Martin Evening. While Adobe Photoshop has long been their choice for editing digital photographs, 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 and export images for print or Web as digital contact sheets or personal  portfolios