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process requiring learned skills to accomplish your creative vision, as well as the
experience to know which techniques to apply and when to use them. When
paddling a river, the l ow of the water guides you, just as the images themselves
should guide you in the digital workl ow process. As no topic can outline the
best approach for all readers, use this integrated workl ow as a guide to get you
started. Try new things, experiment with dif erent methods, and save multiple
versions of an image while you play and have fun. Remember the words of
Scott Adams who said, “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes; art is
knowing which ones to keep”. And, of course, go with the l ow!
Lightroom Unleashed: The Editing Accelerator
Whether you are new to the digital domain or have signii cant experience,
the release of Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom has truly revolutionized the
digital workl ow, making the process faster, more intuitive and user-friendly
than ever before! As a powerful accelerator for the editing process, Lightroom
has become an indispensable component of the integrated workl ow and
proves its value in the streamlined interface it of ers to both the professional
and recreational user. The interface lays out the editing workl ow structure
in an intuitive and logical manner, allowing you to process and edit images
in a non-destructive, straightforward manner with exceptional speed and
control. Photoshop plays a powerful role in the integrated system, especially
for detail and selective adjustment editing - Phase 4 of this workl ow. I think
of Lightroom as a funnel for ingesting, sorting, applying initial edits and then
spring-boarding into Photoshop for more detailed edits.
History
The coupling of Camera Raw, and what was then known as the File Browser in
Photoshop 7.0.1, provided the i rst hints of an abbreviated, subtractive workl ow
for photographers. As the proliferation of digital cameras grew at an amazing
rate, more and more people were using a somewhat limited feature set in
Photoshop to satisfy their basic photographic needs. A tailor-made workl ow tool
was just what professional photographers needed and, in 2006, Adobe made a
very unusual move and released Lightroom as a free, downloadable public beta.
Throughout the course of multiple beta updates, more features, functionality
and polish was added than anyone expected. By the time that Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 hit the shelves, it had, indeed, become a
full-featured workl ow tool for photographers.
A Stepped Approach through Lightroom
Respecting that Adobe updated Lightroom to a full version 2 with a myriad of
new features to better integrate with Photoshop and of er even more power for
the high volume workl ow of the professional photographer, we want to take
you through an easy, stepped approach, highlighting notable features within