GETTING STARTED - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process - page 2

Welcome to Lightroom 3
Welcome to Lightroom 3! I'm pleased to be your guide as we explore this powerful,
exciting new photography sot ware. If you've never used Lightroom before, you're
in for a treat. For many photographers, using Lightroom has brought much of the
joy back to the process of working with photos on the computer.

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NEW FEATURE OVERVIEW
h ose folks upgrading from previous versions of Lightroom will i nd a number of
major improvements to functionality, plus some really useful new tools. Here's a
brief overview of some of the new and improved features in Lightroom 3:

• S ignii cant performance increases; faster operation, better quality

• Dramatically streamlined Import process

• Support for video and cmyk i les

• Greatly improved sharpening and noise reduction

• Lens corrections and lens proi les to i x distortion, chromatic aberration, etc.

• C ustomizable watermarking

• Tighter integration with photo sharing Web sites like Flickr

• Totally customizable print layouts for any number of photos

• Options to export Slideshows as hd video wi th sound

• Lightroom can now do catalog backups when exiting the program

… and this is just scratching the surface! With all it of ers, Lightroom 3 is an
essential upgrade for all photographers using Lightroom.

How to use this topic
h is topic was written for digital photographers capturing and processing lots of
images. As a metadata editing platform, Lightroom represents a major change in
how we work with our photos. h e main purpose of this topic is to give you the
Lightroom skills to process your images more quickly and with greater coni dence
while achieving the highest quality results possible. Your expertise will lead to
expanded creative freedom and the satisfaction of seeing your inner visions
become real.