some resources for getting and learning Adobe Lightroom 4
We've been teaching Adobe LIghtroom here in the School of Photography I and II at the University of the Nations-Kona since July, 2006 while it was still in its 2nd of 4 beta versions before it was released for sale. This is because we're blessed to have Gary Chapman, a long-time guest teacher in the SOP I and II, helping to keep us cutting-edge.
The latest version of Lightroom is v4
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/
There's a free 30 day demo from Adobe.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom
If you're a member (as I am) of NAPP, you get 15% off Adobe software. :-)
See http://www.photoshopuser.com for more info
You can order via Amazon at:
Full version, to download, if you had no previous version of Lightroom: http://amzn.to/HIs12p Upgrade: http://amzn.to/HIsq59
(Disclosure: If you buy via those links, because I'm an Amazon Affiliate, I can get a small slice of Amazon's profit on your purchase. :-) You pay no more.
Adobe offers some free video tutorials on Lightroom 4 at:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
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Scott Kelby is the top tech writer in the world, having written more than 40
books on Lightroom, Photoshop, and digital photography. His books on Lightroom
are excellent. His book on Lightroom 4 is due out in May for $27.26, but you can
pre-order it from Amazon, as I've done:
(Disclosure: If you buy via that link, because I'm an Amazon Affiliate, I can get a
small slice of Amazon's profit on your purchase. :-) You pay no more.
If you learn well from video tutorials, Scott's colleague, Matt Kloskowski,
have an excellent series available at:
I paid $19.95 (as a NAPP member) for one month of access to not just this
series, but any tutorial videos on the site. If you’re not a NAPP member,
it’s $5 more than that (but still worth it).
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Another source of great video tutorials on Lightroom 4 is Laura Shoe. I
bought her series here (with a discount because I'd earlier bought her
Lightroom 3 series). You can buy as downloads (as I did) or on DVD:
http://laurashoe.com/lightroom-video-tutorial-training-dvd/
She did a terrific 3 day in-depth series this past week (which I've bought
and watched, buying at a discounted price of $79 before it ended its live
sessions online) on creativelive.com:
http://www.creativelive.com/courses/lightroom-4-fundamentals-laura-shoe
This is about the best, most detailed teaching on Lightroom 4 I've seen yet,
selling for $100 as downloads.
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Gary Chapman, who teaches in the SOP I and II, recommends teaching at:
You can get a week free.
You can also get 1 month of unlimited video tutorials from them for just
$25.
Their teacher on Lightroom is Chris Orwig, an instructor from Brooks
Institute, a highly respected place teaching photography.
His teaching on lynda.com on Lightroom 4 is at:
http://www.lynda.com/search?q=lightroom+4&x=0&y=0
Lightroom could save you a lot of time and work if you're not using it yet.