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Step-by-step guide to CS5 and LR3 techniques,
This how-to book for optimizing CS5 and LR3 is the right mix of written and visual instruction. Handy tips in the margins also provide a quick reference to best-practices for leveraging the power of these tools. The author organizes the information in a clear fashion with little room for newbies like me to get lost. I find the explanation of why a user may be interested in a particular very helpful as well. Over the course of the last few days I’ve established my preferences in both LR3 and CS5, streamlining my workflow. I’ve been able to improve upon my images using several of the post-processing techniques outlined in this book. A handy book to keep nearby when managing your post-production process. (Livermore Valley Camera Club member.)
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|Cool format. Encourages you to jump in.,
This text is geared toward beginners and intermediate users, but somehow Dan managed to include nearly something for everyone. For Lightroom, all the crucial info on importing, organizing, collections, developing, local tweaking with adjustment brushes, and exporting is covered. If you are new to LR this book will get you started! PhotoShop newbies get a run down on essentials like: preferences, Bridge (and mini Bridge), navigating inside PS, brushes, layers, and retouching techniques. They’ll also be able to jump right into the nuts and bolts of masking, selecting, HDR, brush textures with bristle tips/mixture brushes, creating lens blur, and stitching panoramas. Beginners will love the easy layout. The format of tips encourages you to jump in without overloading your brain and eating away your precious weekends.
Both CS5 and LR3 have been out for a while and it is easy to forget all the new things included with their release. Dan shows you the good stuff without slowing you down with a history and background of what life was like in the Dark Ages. He cuts right to the chase. Advanced users may even enjoy looking over the book as a guide to see what they don’t know or have forgotten.
4 Tips That May Have Slipped Past Your Radar (also in Adobe Digital Imaging How-To’s)
#44 Exporting Slideshows as Video in Lightroom.
Once your slideshow is set up in the Slideshow module, go to “Export Video Button” and choose a video preset according to your needs. The Develop module is so powerful that I wonder how many people overlook the Slideshow module? LR 3 has added the ability to export a slideshow into a self contained video complete with and intro, transitions, and ending page.
#54 Mini Bridge
If you are used to Bridge, you’ll have to remind yourself to try Mini Bridge. It behaves like a palette window inside PhotoShop allowing you to visually find files quickly. Click the icon panel that displays “Mb” on it to use Mini Bridge.
#80 Sharpening tool in PhotoShop CS5.
With the sharpen tool, check protect detail” in the options bar. Finally the sharpen tool becomes useful without causing the same nuclear pixel melting session that occurred in previous versions of PS.
#100 Image Processor
An oldie but goodie that is often overlooked. The Image Processor allows you to convert a group of images to JPEG, TIFF, or PSD format and/or resize them if needed. However instead of doing this through Adobe PhotoShop, I suggest selecting the images you want to address in Adobe Bridge then go to Tools->PhotoShop->Image Processor.
Overall: I would recommend this book to anyone getting started in Lightroom or PhotoShop and for seasoned vets who have skipped a version of LR or PS. Advanced users may thirst for more guru techniques, yet appreciate brushing up on tools that snuck past their radar. Dan is cool enough to recommend where to go next for anyone looking for more skills.
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|Great Tips for Maximizing Workflow,
I really enjoyed this book. Easy to follow with LOTS of great tips.(Still discovering them). I was amazed at how many steps I was taking in several different projects using just PS that were solved with just a few steps using Lightroom and Camera Raw. The visuals for each tip were also very helpful and made following the steps a breeze. I am still going through the book since there are so many tips. What I have discovered so far has increased my work flow and cut down on my time. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in learning some great tips and better ways of improving your work flow.
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