Lightroom can be a photographer's best friend for managing work flow. But for some people it is not as intuitive as it is for others. So here are a few books that might help you out.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers- By Scott Kelby
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for Digital Photographers Only - By Rob Sheppard
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide - By Tim Grey
Also if you want to keep up on the latest happenings be sure to check out this BLOG. and be sure to download the free weekly presets.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
I love Lightroom, it has made managing my work flow SO much easier. It saves so much time when editing large amounts of photos in Raw.
***Edit in December 2008****
Since I wrote this there has been a new release of Lightroom and hence new books on the sunject. I personally have not upgraded at the time of this update but I have heard good things about the Scott Kelby book for Lightroom 2.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Lightroom - Blogs and books
Friday, February 22, 2008
Photoshop and lightroom Actions/Presets/Templates
Looking for some fun and unique presets or actions for Photoshop, Photoshop elements or even ligthroom? Well the below links are just a few of the Many options out there. Give it a look..
Jess's Actions and Presets - Lightroom and Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
Lolly's Actions and presets - Or Lolly's Playground Lightroom and Photoshop CS2 & CS3
Vibe - Actions, Presets, and Borders In Photoshop and Photshop Elements
Orange Gecko Designs Actions/borders/story boards and other fun stuff.
Here is another site that has some Great templates
LCH Photography - Click on the Photography designs link
For those really new to this and wondering what actions are here is a brief description
Actions...What are those?
Actions are mini"programs" or keystroke replicators. (macros)
If there is a certain set of steps you do on a regular basis in PS you can "record" these keystrokes into an Action, so in the future, you could accomplish them ALL with the click of one button. Pretty cool huh?
There are many talented photographers and designers out there that have recorded THEIR successful Actions and sell them (or offer them for free from time to time) so we can all more easily replicate the "looks" they achieve in their photos.
You can even have an action for proof sharpening and resisizng or even for embedding copyright info into the EXIF data of each image AND adding your copyright logo on the images for proofing.
Oh and if you are thinking you will never be able to keep track of all your actions.. Never fear there is this great little software program called ActionDex that organizes all your actions for you. It gives you a lot of management ability for your actions..