You’ll find 12 helpful videos to inform you about Lightroom’s latest evolution at NAPP’s Adobe Lightroom 4 Lightroom Launch Center.

Topics covered include … Video – Photobooks – Maps – Enhancements – Develop – Print Module – Softproofing – Selective – DNG – Email … and more.

It’s all free!

As always, Kelby and Koslowski make learning easy and fun.

View them here.

View more on Kelby Training.

Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

 

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Adobe Lightroom 4 is now available.

It’s a must upgrade. There are lots of reasons to upgrade. But you only need one, it will improve shadow and highlight rendition for every image you process with it.

If you haven’t bought Lightroom major price drops make now an ideal time.

Find out more about Lightroom 4  here.

ACR 6.7 is available free for download now.

It’s required for full compatibility between LR4 and PS CS5.

It’s also the first to support Raw files from Canon’s 5D MKIII.

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Use Blurb’s plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® to export selected photos from your Lightroom library directly into Blurb Bookify™ to make a simple photo book online. It’s great for quick books or proofs.

Find out more here.

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Julianne Kost offers excellent tips for navigating Lightroom efficiently.

View more Lightroom 3 and CS5 Videos here.

Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

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Julieanne breaks down the differences and points out the advantages of using virtual copies and snapshots in Lightroom 3. Since both features were designed for specific tasks, discovering what they do best will allow you to take advantage of each of their strengths.

Find more Adobe online training here.

Learn from Julianne live before our 2011 Iceland workshops.

Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

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Julieanne Kost explains how changes made to photographs are saved automatically to the Lightroom Catalog, how to use both the “Save Metadata to Files” command, as well as the “Automatically write changes to XMP” Catalog Setting to push changes made to photographs from the catalog into individual files (or sidecar files) so that they can be read and utilized within additional applications such as Adobe Bridge.

Find more Adobe online training here.

Learn from Julianne live before our 2011 Iceland workshops.

Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

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Adobe Evangelist Julieanne Kost answers one of the most commonly asked questions “If should you use a single catalog for all of your photographs or if you should you use multiple catalogs?”. As a general rule, she recommends that you use as few as possible, but discusses when using multiple could be beneficial.

Find more Adobe online training here.

Learn from Julianne live before our 2011 Iceland workshops.

Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

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Adobe Evangelist Julianne Kost demonstrates the advantages of working with and archiving to the DNG raw file format over proprietary raw file formats as well as choosing which tool to use to convert your files as you move through your workflow.

Find more Adobe online training here.

Learn from Julianne live before our 2011 Iceland workshops.

Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

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adobeproductupdates

Adobe released multiple free updates today.

Camera Raw 6.2
Lightroom 3.2
Dreamweaver CS5 11.0.3
Bridge CS5 4.0.3

Download them here.

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Julieanne Kost provides 10 in-depth tutorials on Lightroom 3.

What’s New In Lightroom 3
Be Organized
Select, Rate, and Prioritize Your Images
Lens Correction & Perspective Correction
Create Stunning Images
Converting Images to Black and White
Moving Between Lightroom and Photoshop
Publish A Slideshow
Print the Perfect Image
Share Images on the Web

View them on Adobe TV.

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NAPPLR3learningcenter

NAPP’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Learning Center has been updated.

New content highlights the latest features in the version shipping now.

Whether you’re using Lightroom for the first time or simply upgrading, this fabulous resource will help you make the transition smoothly.

Free online videos include …

1    The New Import
2    Tethered Shooting
3    Flickr Publishing
4    Watermarking
5    Better Noise Reduction
6    Lens Correction
7    Improved Vignettes
8    New Process Version
9    Overall Develop
10    New Grain Effect
11    Slideshow Improvements

Plus you’ll find lots of links to other great resources.

Visit NAPP’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Learning Center here.

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LR3

Adobe announced Lightroom 3 today !

It’s a major upgrade. If you’re using Lightroom 2 don’t even think about not upgrading. If you’re not using Lightroom, think about it – seriously.

The shipping version has new features not available in the public beta version. (Automated Lens Correction is the big one.)

Price $299 new / $99 upgrade.

Learn more in a free webinar by Julianne Kost – Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:00 am PDT. Professional Photographer Workflow – Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Learn more at Adobe.com here.

Read Adobe’s press release here … Read more

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NAPPlightroom3center

Lightroom 3 (now in public beta) offers a lot of great improvements.
As an upgrade, it’ll be a must.
Want to get ready for the next version of Lightroom? NAPP offers 9 online video training sessions on the new Lightroom 3 Beta.

The New Import
Web Publishing
Watermarking
Improved Vignettes
Improved Noise
New Grain Effect
Develop Enhancements
Slideshow Improvements
Custom Printing

Plus there’s an interview with Lightroom Sr Product manager Tom Hogarty.

View them here.
Download Lightroom 3 Beta here at Adobe Labs.

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Using Star Ratings

June 12, 2009 | 5 Comments

It’s important to think about how you use star Ratings (in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom). Not everyone uses them the same way. However you decide to use them, you should use them consistently. Otherwise, when you browse multiple folders, you’ll have to interpret the same symbols differently in different contexts. That gets confusing fast!

I like the 5 star rating system. It helps make useful distinctions with only a touch more granularity than 3 levels of distinction – typically high, medium and low. It doesn’t get as granular at 10 levels of distinction, so you can cut to the chase fast. It’s used in other venues like restaurants and hotels so it’s familiar. Still, I don’t find using 1 and 2 star ratings useful for ranking the quality of images; I have no use for images that are below average. The images use are either good – 3, better – 4, or excellent – 5. So, I use 1 and 2 stars for something else. I use 1 star to identify a good idea in a substandard exposure or composition; I’ll try and use the idea later with better material. I use 2 stars to identify images that are good for composites; the exposures are fine but the composition is unfinished.

How do you use star ratings?
Comment here.

We discuss this and many other subjects in my field workshops.

Learn more about composition in my field workshops.

Upcoming dates include …

8/9-15 – Iceland … 10% discount ends June 20.

10/16-19 – Fall Foliage … 15% discount ends August 15.

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PhotoshopCafe offers a Lightroom 2 online Learning Center. Read an illustrated overview of new Lightroom 2 features. Watch four new free videos online – Dual Monitors, Photoshop Integration, Smart Collections, Local Adjustment and interviews with Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Senior Product Manager) and Frederick Johnson (Lightroom Senior Marketing Manager). It’s excellent content. It’s free!

Visit PhotoshopCafe’s Lightroom 2 Learning Center here.

Seen it? Like it? Comment here!

Check out my DVDs here.

Check out my upcoming seminars here.

Learn Photoshop CS4 in my workshops.

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10 Reasons to upgrade to Lightroom 2.

Scott Kelby and Matt Koslowski detail 10 reasons to upgrade in their free online videos.

1    New feature overview
2    Photoshop Integration
3    Keyword Improvements
4    Adjustment Brush
5    Finding Your Photos
6    Slideshow Improvements
7    Multiple Monitor Support
8    Printing
9    Smart Collections
10  Post Crop Vignetting

Look closely at the Lightroom vs Photoshop discussion (bottom of right menu topics).

It’s well worth a visit!
Check it out here.

Learn Lightroom 2 and CS4 in my workshops.
Check out my DVDs here.

Seen it? Like it? Comment here!

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There’s a joke that’s been going around. Photoshop is just a plug-in for Lightroom.

What do you do with Lightroom and what do you do with Photoshop? It’s a question many have been asking since Adobe released Lightroom. As Lightroom continues to grow in power the question becomes increasingly important.

Martin Evening has some great answers on Lightroom-News. Find them here.

Martin’s books are among the very best on both Lightroom and Photoshop. Check out Martin’s books here.

Learn Lightroom 2 and CS4 in my workshops.
Check out my DVDs here.

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