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The Complete Guide for Photographers

Martin Evening

Adobe Press

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book

The Complete Guide for Photographers

Martin Evening

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Copyright 2013 by Martin Evening

Acquisitions and Project Editor: Rebecca Gulick
Production Editor: David Van Ness
Copy Editor: Liz Welch
Proofreader: Patricia J. Pane
Technical Reviewer: Ian Lyons
Cover Design: Charlene Charles-Will
Cover Photo: Martin Evening
Compositors: Martin Evening with David Van Ness
Indexer: James Minkin
Cover Model: Lucy Edwards @ M&P, Makeup: Camilla Pascucci, Hair: Terry Calvert

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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-93440-6
ISBN-10: 0-321-93440-7

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Dedicated in memory of Bruce Fraser

Work on the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom program began toward the end of 2003 when a small group of Adobe people, headed by Mark Hamburg, met up at photographer Jeff Schewes studio in Chicago to discuss a new approach to raw image editing and image management. What would it take to meet the specific needs of those photographers who were now starting to shoot digitally? More specifically, what would be the best way to help photographers manage their ever-growing libraries of images? It was shortly after this that I was invited to join an early group of alpha testers and help work out what sort of program Lightroom (or Shadowland, as it was known then) should become. As we began to discuss our different digital photography workflows, it became increasingly obvious why we all needed a better way to manage and process our digital photos. Lightroom underwent some pretty major changes in those early stages as the team tried out different workflow ideas, until eventually we ended up with the Lightroom program you see now.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book represents the culmination of over nine years work in which I have been involved with Lightroom. Basically, this book is intended to be the ultimate reference guide to Lightroom and designed to help you get the maximum benefit out of the program. In writing this book, I have had in mind both amateur and professional photographers and have aimed to provide what I believe is the most detailed book ever on this subject. At the same time, I have wanted to make sure that equal space was given to explaining some of the fundamental aspects of digital imaging, such as white balance and exposure. The feedback I have had for previous editions of this book has been encouraging. Newbies to Lightroom have found it easy to access and understand all the basics, while advanced professional users appreciate the background detail thats provided. I have to confess when I first started work on this project, I never imagined the book would end up being 736 pages in length. Mark Hamburg recently joked that he must have failed in his mission to make Lightroom unreasonably simple if you needed a book as thick as mine in order to understand it!

So many changes have taken place since version 1.0 was released. As a result, not only has the book ended up being a lot bigger, but I have also had to rewrite almost everything that was in the original edition. As always, I suggest you approach the book by reading it in chapter order, starting with , which shows how you might typically bring photos into Lightroom and process them from start to finish. This should provide you with a good overview of what Lightroom can do.

The Lightroom catalog is a major feature of the program, which is why I have devoted over 200 pages of the book to providing in-depth advice on how to work with the Library module, including how to import photos and manage your photos through the use of keywords and metadata. Even more space is devoted to image processing and how to make use of all the Develop module controls. Here you will find some great picture examples, which show how Lightroom can help you unleash your creativity.

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This edition of the book has a companion website: www.thelightroombook.com. It contains additional resource material in the form of Lightroom movie tutorials, templates, and PDF downloads. I know a lot of readers would like to have access to the images that appear in the book. In response to this I have created a downloadable Lightroom catalog that contains nearly all the photos that appear here. Full instructions on how to install the catalog once you have downloaded it are contained on the website.

Overall, I am still as excited about Lightroom as I was at the beginning of the programs development, and I hope the book provides the inspiration and insights to help you get the most out of the program, too.

Martin Evening, May 2013

Adobe has been known to release interim updates for the Lightroom program in which new features are added. I am proud to say that I have had a good track record in always providing readers with updated content in the form of PDFs or movies whenever this happens. So when this happens do remember to check the book website for new content. I also have a Facebook page where readers can be kept updated: www.facebook.com/MartinEveningPhotoshopAndPhotography.

I would like to thank my editor, Pamela Pfiffner, for prompting me to get started on this project and for her advice and help during the planning stage of this book. For this particular edition, Rebecca Gulick project-managed the book and has once again done an excellent job of making sure everything went smoothly. Other members of the publishing team included the production editor, David Van Ness; copyeditor, Liz Welch; proofreader, Patricia J. Pane; indexer, James Minkin; and additional compositing and corrections by David Van Ness. I would also like to thank Charlene Will for the cover design, as well as Damon Hampson, who worked on the marketing.