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The Quickest Ways to Do the Things You Want to Do, Right Now!

Scott Kelby

Author of the top-selling digital photography book, everThe Digital Photography Book, part 1

The How Do I Do That in Lightroom Classic Book Team

MANAGING EDITOR
Kim Doty

TECHNICAL EDITOR
Cindy Snyder

COPY EDITOR
Sarah Freeman

ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado

PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Kelby

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Copyright 2018 by Scott Kelby

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This book is dedicated
to my wife Kalebra
for putting the stars in
my sky, the song in my heart,
and the smile on my face each
and every day. I love you madly!

Although only one name appears on the spine of this book, it takes a team of dedicated and talented people to pull a project like this together. Im not only delighted to be working with them, but I also get the honor and privilege of thanking them here.

To my amazing wife Kalebra: You continue to reinforce what everybody always tells meIm the luckiest guy in the world.

To my son Jordan: If theres a dad more proud of his son than I am, Ive yet to meet him. You are just a wall of awesome! So proud of the fine young man youve become.

To my beautiful daughter Kira: You are a little clone of your mom, and thats the best compliment I could ever give you.

To my big brother Jeff: Your boundless generosity, kindness, positive attitude, and humility have been an inspiration to me my entire life, and Im just so honored to be your brother.

To my editor Kim Doty: I feel incredibly fortunate to have you as my editor on these books. In fact, I cant imagine doing them without you. You truly are a joy to work with.

To my book designer Jessica Maldonado: I love the way you design, and all the clever little things you add to everything you do. Our book team struck gold when we found you!

To my tech editor Cindy Snyder: I feel very blessed to have you still working with us on these books. Thank you, Cindy!

To my dear friend and sounding board Erik Kuna: Thanks for putting all the kittens back in the box while Im off in book land, and thanks for all your vision, heart, insight, advice, and friendship. 3... 2... 1... Liftoff!

To my dear friend and business partner Jean A. Kendra: Thanks for putting up with me all these years, and for your support for all my crazy ideas. It really means a lot.

To my assistant Jeanne Jilleba: Thanks for constantly putting my wheels back on the track. Im very grateful to have your help, your talent, and your immeasurable patience every day.

To Ted Waitt, my awesome Editor for life at Rocky Nook: Thank you for having faith in my crazy ideas, and for helping me work through the rough ones, so we come out with awesome books on the other end.

To my publisher Scott Cowlin: Im so delighted I still get to work with you, and for your open mind and willingness to try new things, open new doors, and explore lots of what-ifs.

To my mentors John Graden, Jack Lee, Dave Gales, Judy Farmer, and Douglas Poole: Thank you for your wisdom and whip-crackingthey have helped me immeasurably.

Most importantly, I want to thank God, and His Son Jesus Christ, for leading me to the woman of my dreams, for blessing us with such amazing children, for allowing me to make a living doing something I truly love, for always being there when I need Him, for blessing me with a wonderful, fulfilling, and happy life, and such a warm, loving family to share it with.

Scott is Editor and Publisher of Lightroom Magazine; producer of LightroomKillerTips.com; Editor and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine; host of The Grid, the influential, live, weekly talk show for photographers; and is founder of the annual Scott Kelbys Worldwide Photo Walk.

He is President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for learning Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 90 books, including The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers; Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It: Learn Step by Step How to Go from Empty Studio to Finished Image; The Adobe Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers; Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop; and The Digital Photography Book series. The first book in the series, The Digital Photography Book, part 1, has become the top-selling book on digital photography in history.

For six years in a row, Scott has been honored with the distinction of being the worlds #1 best-selling author of photography techniques books. His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among many others. He is recipient of the prestigious ASP International Award, presented annually by the American Society of Photographers for... contributions in a special or significant way to the ideals of Professional Photography as an art and a science, and the HIPA award, presented for his contributions to photography education worldwide.