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Adobe Lightroom Books Roundup - 7 Lightroom Books Now Available For Pre-Order
January 19, 2007

I imagine Adobe Lightroom version 1 will be released soon as the Lightroom books are starting to appear. So far I've found 7. Here are short blurbs and links to Amazon where you can pre-order — and then wait patiently for that doorbell to ring. By the way, you don't have to worry over potential price changes, as Amazon thought of this and is offering a Pre-Order Price Guarantee. It's simple — if the Amazon.com price decreases between your order time and release date, they promise you'll receive the lowest price.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book by Martin Evening looks like a real winner, and has the best cover!

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
by Martin Evening (Paperback - Feb 16, 2007)

The Adobe Lightroom Book, written by professional photographer and best-selling author Martin Evening, describes Lightroom's features in detail and with photographer's in mind. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows firsthand what photographers need for a more efficient workflow.

The Adobe Lightroom Book has been earning acclaim since it was first published as a "Rough Cut" book-in-process on Safari, a joint venture between Peachpit and O'Reilly Publishing. Martin has been updating the book's content as Lightroom evolves, giving users the most up-to-date information about this revolutionary product. As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, making him the perfect author for what will become the definitive book about Adobe Lightroom.
Available for Pre-order


Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for Digital Photographers Only
by Rob Sheppard (Paperback - May 7, 2007)

• Packed with stunning full-color images throughout, invaluable professional tips, and step-by-step techniques, this expert reference is written by a top professional photographer for photographers.

• Provides real-world techniques that show photographers how to easily sift through massive photo projects to identify final selections, examine images in file detail, correct multiple images at once, and much more.

• Covers compare and select tools, nondestructive image processing, color-managed printing, and custom Web and book publishing, all aimed at professionals and serious amateurs who want to achieve higher quality, professional results in their prints.
Available for Pre-order


Digital Photographer's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
by John Beardsworth (Paperback - Jun 1, 2007)

With this in-depth guide, photographers can make the most of the cutting-edge software and understand the entire image-making process. It’s filled with expert tips and techniques, and comprehensively covers both professional essentials (setting up photo libraries, white balance) and advanced topics like studio branding.

You’ll learn how to have a photo shoot, whittle it down to the best shots, and fine-tune their tone, balance, and exposure. Zoom in, zoom out, crop, and undo, all without altering the original. Put the file on CD or the web for clients or friends, then make picture-perfect prints, in color, mono, or sepia. The possibilities are amazing.
Available for Pre-order


Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers
by Scott Kelby (Paperback - Feb 16, 2007)

You've just purchased Adobe Lightroom, the brand-new, revolutionary workflow application. Now what? Pick up this book, written by best-selling author Scott Kelby to give you all the dirt you need to allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively. You'll learn the essential shortcuts you need to know to save hours every week, the best ways to import and organize your images, which tools and features to really hone in on to get the most out of this application, how to manage your photos like a pro, plus all the inside secrets on processing raw images.

You'll also learn how to use Lightroom together with Photoshop to get the best, most efficient workflow, along with the best images. Finally, the book is loaded with tips, tricks, and insights that will absolutely transform the way you work with digital images.
Available for Pre-order


Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
by Matt Kloskowski (Paperback - Feb 15, 2007)

Killer Tips books are written with one goal in mind: to allow the reader to work faster and smarter. In other books, you'll often find that the most useful information is found in sidebars, tips, and notes. In a Killer Tips book, there's nothing to weed through: it's all sidebars, tips, and notes!

Here, Matt Kloskowski breaks out the best and most useful information for digital photographers who have turned to Lightroom, the new workflow application from Adobe. Designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, Lightroom offers powerful features in a streamlined interface that let photographers import, sort, and organize images. Readers will be amazed at the hidden features and tricks for productivity that Matt reveals in Lightroom Killer Tips.
Available for Pre-order


Adobe Lightroom Photographers' Guide (Paperback)
by John G. Blair

There is no doubt that the digital photography revolution has opened up a world of wonderful possibilities for photographers of all levels. However, the issue of processing workflow can present a true challenge. The number of photographs that a photographer shoots with a digital camera increases tremendously over what might be shot using standard film. After the shoot is over, each of these images must be processed and edited on a computer monitor--and this can be a daunting task.

Adobe Lightroom Photographers' Guide offers a solution to this challenge, providing photographers with a hands-on guide to Adobe's Lightroom product. Using the features offered by Lightroom, it tackles the issue of workflow, providing photographers with a helping hand through the complexities of digital and RAW format workflow.
Available for Pre-order


Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers
by Mikkel Aaland (Paperback - May 1, 2007) - Illustrated

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the first truly integrated digital photography workflow application created with the serious digital photographer in mind. Working equally as well with RAW or JPEG files, Lightroom easily integrates with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for the ultimate in localized editing.

Adobe Lightroom Adventure, explains in easy to follow text, complimented with numerous illustrations, how to get the most out of this amazing application. The book consists of 256 pages, with full color illustrations and numerous case studies. Many of the examples will be drawn from the experiences of ten professional photographers during the Adobe Lightroom Adventure in Iceland, where they are testing the use of the software in real world.
Available for Pre-order

For more on Lightroom, see our Lightroom Resource Center.

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Photoshop CS3 Upgrade Options And Bundles From The Adobe Store

Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199. See all upgrade options at the Adobe Store. See our CS3 Resource Center for free Photoshop CS3 tutorials.

Photoshop Extended is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which combines all-new CS3 versions of Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro. Upgrade options for customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can be found at the Adobe International Store.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Available At The Adobe Store

There are tons of new features in Adobe Lightroom 1.0 that you won't find in the beta version. From Clone and Healing functionality to metadata browsing, you'll be able to free-up post-processing time like never before. Get it now at the Adobe Store. Customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can find special pricing and offers at the Adobe International Store. For free Lightroom tutorials see our Lightroom tutorials page.

Special Offer - Fluid Mask - Photoshop Masking Plugin

Fluid Mask is based on breakthrough segmentation technology inspired by the way the eye, optic nerve and brain perform visual processing. When an image is loaded, Fluid Mask's segmentation engine analyses the distribution of colors, finding the natural groups within the image. Together with information calculated about edges, gradients and textures, a model is constructed which divides the images into objects.

Vertus Software is offering Fluid Mask at the special 'friends and partner' discounted rate. This is an exclusive offer to visitors of PhotoshopSupport.com. To qualify, visit the Fluid Mask Discount Price page. Find out more about Fluid Mask on our special Fluid Mask Page.

SiteGrinder Photoshop Plugin - Create Websites Instantly

There often seems to be a strict division of labor within the world of web design and development. Creative professionals tend to stick to the Photoshop domain, while those well-versed in scripting are left to the task of implementing their work. Indeed, the two realms are quite different from each other, to which any of us even vaguely familiar with either can easily attest.

Essentially, Photoshop is a no-holds-barred design studio, offering the artist a seemingly endless array of creative options. On the other hand, HTML, CSS, Java and the like follow strict rules of engagement, requiring the developer to take any number of esoteric concerns into consideration in order to ensure that designs are properly displayed on the web.

Turn Photoshop Into A Complete Web Design Tool
SiteGrinder seeks to bridge this gap between design and development. Basically, this program turns Photoshop into an easy-to-use and fully functional web design tool. With SiteGrinder, designers will now have the freedom to totally let their creativity loose and then, without skipping a beat, transfer their designs to the web. Bringing esthetic concerns together with more practical considerations, this program is an amazingly powerful tool that would make a fantastic addition to any web designer's bag of tricks.

Generate Your Web Pages Directly From Photoshop
By generating web pages directly from Photoshop, you'll be able to spend much more time on the creative end of the spectrum, since you'll know right off the bat how well particular designs will translate to the web. No more going back to the Photoshop drawing board after getting a phone call from your development team, telling you that what you had envisioned doesn't have a chance of being displayed on the web. You can immediately visually and interactively test your designs, which permits you to then make changes to either esthetics or functions while it's still relatively early on in the design process.

Pricing and Availability
Mac OS X and Windows versions of the SiteGrinder unlockable demo are available now via download. SiteGrinder can be ordered from Media Lab's online store.

Photoshop CS3 Book - CS3 Essential Skills - By Mark Galer And Philip Andrews

Brimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve. A DVD is included free.