Scott Kelby - The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book for Digital Photographers Team

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Felix Nelson

TECHNICAL EDITORS
Cindy Snyder
Kim Doty

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Dave Damstra

ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado

COVER PHOTO BY
Scott Kelby

Published by New Riders

Copyright 2014 by Scott Kelby

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

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This book is designed to provide information about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for digital photographers. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty of fitness is implied.

The information is provided on an as-is basis. The author and New Riders shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or from the use of the discs, electronic files, or programs that may accompany it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT ENDORSED OR SPONSORED BY ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, PUBLISHER OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 5.

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This book is for my amazing wife Kalebra. I just so dig you!

I start the acknowledgments for every book Ive ever written the same wayby thanking my amazing wife, Kalebra. If you knew what an incredible woman she is, youd totally understand why.

This is going to sound silly, but if we go grocery shopping together, and she sends me off to a different aisle to get milk, when I return with the milk and she sees me coming back down the aisle, she gives me the warmest, most wonderful smile. Its not because shes happy that I found the milk; I get that same smile every time I see her, even if weve only been apart for 60 seconds. Its a smile that says, Theres the man I love.

If you got that smile, dozens of times a day, for nearly 24 years of marriage, youd feel like the luckiest guy in the world, and believe meI do. To this day, just seeing her puts a song in my heart and makes it skip a beat. When you go through life like this, it makes you one incredibly happy and grateful guy, and I truly am.

So, thank you, my love. Thanks for your kindness, your hugs, your understanding, your advice, your patience, your generosity, and for being such a caring and compassionate mother and wife. I love you.

Secondly, a big thanks to my son, Jordan. I wrote my first book when my wife was pregnant with him (16 years ago), and he has literally grown up around my writing. Maybe thats why hes so patient as he waits for me to finish a page or two so we can go play Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with all his friends, and my buddies Matt, RC, Brad, Hans, and Jeff. Hes such a great little buddy to me, and it has been a blast watching him grow up into such a wonderful young man, with his mothers tender and loving heart. (Youre the greatest, little buddy!)

Thanks to our wonderful daughter, Kira, for being the answer to our prayers, for being such a blessing to your older brother, and for proving once again that miracles happen every day. You are a little clone of your mother, and believe me, there is no greater compliment I could give you. Youre my little sweetie!

A special thanks to my big brother, Jeff. I have so much to be thankful for in my life, and having you as such a positive role model while I was growing up is one thing Im particularly thankful for. Youre the best brother any guy could ever have, and Ive said it a million times before, but one more surely wouldnt hurtI love you, man!

My heartfelt thanks go to my entire team at Kelby Media Group. I know everybody thinks their team is really special, but this one timeIm right. Im so proud to get to work with you all, and Im still amazed at what youre able to accomplish day in, day out, and Im constantly impressed with how much passion and pride you put into everything you do.

A warm word of thanks goes to my in-house Editor Kim Doty. Its her amazing attitude, passion, poise, and attention to detail that has kept me writing books. When youre writing a book like this, sometimes you can really feel like youre all alone, but she really makes me feel that Im not alonethat were a team. It often is her encouraging words or helpful ideas that keep me going when Ive hit a wall, and I just cant thank her enough. Kim, you are the best!

Im equally as lucky to have the immensely talented Jessica Maldonado (a.k.a. Photoshop Girl) working on the design of my books. I just love the way Jessica designs, and all the clever little things she adds to her layouts and cover designs. Shes not just incredibly talented and a joy to work with, shes a very smart designer and thinks five steps ahead in every layout she builds. I feel very, very fortunate to have her on my team.

Also, a big thanks to my in-house tech editor Cindy Snyder, who helps test all the techniques in the book (and makes sure I didnt leave out that one little step that would take the train off the tracks), and she catches lots of little things others would have missed.

Thanks to Big Dave Damstra and his team, who do the layout work once the text and graphics start coming in, and they do such a great job, on such a tight deadline, yet still turn out books with a tight, clean layout that people love. You rock!

The guy leading this crew of creative superstars is none other than my friend (and Creative Director), Felix Nelson, whose limitless talent, creativity, input, and flat-out great ideas make every book we do that much better.

To my best buddy and book-publishing powerhouse, Dave Moser (also known as the guiding light, force of nature, miracle birth, etc.), for always insisting that we raise the bar and make everything we do better than anything weve done before.

Thanks to my friend and business partner, Jean A. Kendra, for her support and friendship all these years. You mean a lot to me, to Kalebra, and to our company.

A huge, huge thanks to my Executive Assistant, Susan Hageanon, for all her hard work and for handling so many things so well that I have time to write books.

Thanks to my Editor Ted Waitt at Peachpit Press. Like Kim Doty does in-house, you do outside by helping me feel connected to the mothership. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to making the kind of books that make a difference. Also, thanks to my Publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, and her team, including Sara Jane Todd and Scott Cowlin. (Lest we forget Gary-Paul.)