If you do decide to add Lightroom then here is a guide.Īdobe TV - Learn Adobe Photoshop LightroomĪdobe TV - Optimize performance | LightroomĪdobe - Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts - The Lightroom Queen Google for "Adobe DNG Converter" and pick the version for Windows or Mac. If you don't need an image database then you may not need LR if you already have PS.Įven for new cameras for which Photoshop won't open the RAW file you can use the free Adobe stand alone DNG converter program to convert your RAW files into DNG files that can then be opened and edited in your current version of PS and ACR. If you have thousands of images and NEED an image database then Lightroom is a great program to have and worth the time and effort needed to learn how to use efficiently. This means you must spend extra time learning how to use the Library Module before you can start. With Lightroom you MUST use the database, LR's Library Module. The only difference is the User Interface - you can do all the same edits in either program. The same software engine is used in Lightroom's Develop Module and Photoshop's add-on program for RAW, Adobe Camera Raw. If so you may want to rethink buying Lightroom. It sounds like you already have Photoshop. In the beginning, ignore the default settings, but as you go through books or tutorials keep an eye out for mention of this, it is very important. In this way you only have to go back and manually edit keepers that you want to tweak the settings a bit more. In LR you can adjust the default settings to your own liking so that when you load your day's shots and LR applies the defaults they end up being mostly ideal. When you shoot RAW without the default setting the way you'd like the results are often flat and soft. When you shoot JPG the camera automatically adjusts the image: sharpening, contrast, saturation, etc. Not a "day 1" topic, but I wish someone had clued me in to how LR applies default setting to RAW files as images are loaded into its library. I found the ones by Julianne Kost to be the clearest.
If you prefer online tutorials, there are plenty out there. Of the books on LR that I've read, Martin's seem clearer in the way he covers topics in a logical order and is very complete. I find books to also serve as a reference after I've plowed through them once.
My favorite Lightroom book is the one written by Martin Evening. My preference to learning is to sit down with a book.
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