LR tutorial/book recommendation?

What online guides, downloadable PDF files or books are there for LR3 (Mac) which are a quick, light and easy read?
I'm looking for something which will give me a firm understanding of the basics.
What's available?

John Blaustein wrote: I am going to guess that the number of disappointed users is very small compared to those of us who have found LR 4.3 to be a huge improvement over LR 3.
That would be my guess as well.
Not every picture will by ripe for huge improvement, but the longer I use Lr4, the more I come to appreciate it's superior quality and expanded tool set.
Sometimes the improvements are obvious immediately, e.g. when there are highlights that are recovered in Lr4 that would have been "out of reach" in Lr3, but sometimes the improvements are more subtle, e.g. fill-light halos are missing: you only see that at 1:1, still it's a big deal in some photos. Also, in general, the color and tone is just better. I actually liked the over-saturated (and color-shifted) shadows which came sometimes in Lr3, but overall, having the more correct shadow color in Lr4 is a plus. Likewise, sometimes the whites get more compressed in Lr4 than Lr3, but it's done to preserve proper color when channels begin to clip at the top end, which in most cases, is a good thing, and when it's not, there is some remedy to be had using RGB curves (which are not in the Lr3 toolset).
PS - The automatic chromatic aberration correction in Lr4 is awesome - I've forgotten CA  exists when left uncorrected (yes, I know some people have pointed out that there are some few cases where it doesn't work as well as manual, still: Adobe did an excellent job with Lr4's automatic CA correction, in my opinion). And if it's the trickier kind, targeted global defringing exists, which works perfectly sometimes, and when not, can be augmented using paint-brush.
Speaking of locals, the expanded options in Lr4 are a godsend - I've gotten so used to them now, that I forget they don't exist in Lr3...
OK, sorry - I'll stop there: sometimes I get carried away...........
About me:
Please don't flag me as a Fanboy or Defender - I'm not: I also have my complaints, which, when voiced, sometimes result in Fanboy/Defenders flagging me as a "basher" . My loyalty lies with the users, and the truth (as I see it) - not with Adobe, nor against them...
Cheers,
Rob

Similar Messages

  • Photoshop Elements 7 tutorial book recommendation

    Hi - I'm looking for a recommendation for a practical, how-to book for Photoshop Elements 7.  I am new to the software and have purchased a book which is pretty good but it's still too much like a technical manual.  Two books by Avi Muchnick, "When Pancakes Go Bad: Optical Delusions with Adobe Photoshop" and "I've Got a Human in My Throat:  MORE Optical Delusions with Adobe Photoshop" teach how to use the software in a practical fashion using fun projects - not just telling me what each function does as most technical manuals do.  The sample images are also included so that the user can work along with the book making it a truly a hands-on experience which is what I want.  I'm told that most of what is in these books applies to PE7.  I have two questions:
    1.  If anyone has used either of these books, how well did you think they related to PE7?
    2.  What other book would someone recommend as a good hands-on PE7 tutorial?  I do not have a very fast internet connection so, for now, I would prefer to learn using a book with software if possible.  However, I know there is a wealth of good on-line tutorials out there so any recommendations for those would also be appreciated.
    Thanks!

    I have used "How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 7" and found it interesting.
    But you can find lot of stuff online specific to your requirement.... Usually I prefer to read PSE blogs or online tutorials whenever I have any specific requirement in terms of Editing....

  • AJAX book recommendation

    I have been a Java developer since 1995 and am very experienced in writing rich client applications.
    I would like to learn how to write rich Internet applications using AJAX and am looking for book recommendations, preferably using Java EE for the server side.
    Thanks.

    I think if you google Learning AJAX or AJAX tutorial, you will also discover very good books on the language and lots of suggestion with regards to book on the topic.

  • Labview5.1 Tutorial Book. I missplaced this book-How can I get a copy

    I have a set of documentaion for Labview 5.1 (manuals and such).  There was a tutorial book that came with the set, however, I have lost it.
    Does anyone know where I could get a PDF copy of this book.
    Thanks

    There's a pdf of the Getting Started book on-line:
    http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/B81E4C​B23D33C36E8625665E006358A2
    Is that what you're looking for?
    Message Edited by Jonnie 5 on 12-23-2005 11:07 AM
    2006 Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek.

  • Book recommendation for Content Networking?

    Hi,
    Is there any books outhere on cisco CSS, GSS for a good readup?
    I know there's a whole lot of docs fr univercd, but was wondering if there are actually books on these products?
    Thanks.

    Thank you for your book recommendation. This sounds like an excellent book for learning Flash. From the description on Amazon, the emphasis of this book is on learning Flash with just a little information about ActionScript 3. Perhaps there is enough ActionScript 3 information in this book to get a good foundation with ActionScript, to learn the terminology and syntax?

  • Book Recommendation for Fathers Day?

    I'm waiting for Illustrator CS4 Wow! to come out here in the UK as my next book purchase and I already have a couple of basic manual replacement books which I am steadily ploughing through.  I wonder if anyone could suggest a couple of titles I could give to my kids to distract them from the inevitible cheap aftershave alternative?
    I would like either a book that discusses more intermediate issues in Illy rather than the kind of very basic manual replacement books or if you're up for it, suggest a couple of illustration techniques that might be useful and help with my drawing.  I realised pretty quickly that a) Photoshop isn't good at taking your photos, b) Dreamweaver isn't that good at writing your code and c) Illustrator isn't up to drawing your drawings - Maybe a clickable "Inspiration Panel" should be a feature request?
    So either any recommendations for drawing techniques that would be useful for digital art and/or recommendations for interemediate level Illustrator techniques?
    Many thanks
    Martin

    Thanks for the suggestion but that's one of the books I already have
    and think it's one of the best Adobe Software help books I have out of
    all of them.  It's really well written and covers a lot of material in
    a practical way.  The other Illustrator book I have is by Deke
    McClelland which I find to be more like a reference manual than Mordy
    Golding's.
    Martin
    >--Original Message--
    >From: [email protected]
    >Date: 10/06/2009 15:25
    >To: "Martin Coleman"<[email protected]>
    >Subj: Book Recommendation for Fathers Day?
    >
    >Mordy Goldings Real World Adobe Illustrator CS 4
    > 
    >http://www.amazon.com/Real-World-Adobe-Illustrator-CS4/dp/0321573552
    > 
    >Mordy has a very clear way of writing.
    >

  • Book recommendation for newbie

    I know the basics of Flash CS4, and would like to extend my knowledge by learning about ActionScript 3. My background is in graphic design (not math, not programming). Can anyone help with a book recommendation that would get me started with the basics of ActionScript 3?

    Thank you for your book recommendation. This sounds like an excellent book for learning Flash. From the description on Amazon, the emphasis of this book is on learning Flash with just a little information about ActionScript 3. Perhaps there is enough ActionScript 3 information in this book to get a good foundation with ActionScript, to learn the terminology and syntax?

  • Beginner in need of book recommendation

    I'm a beginner to CS3 Flash and in need of book or tutorial
    recommendations. I have the Flash "Classroom in a Book" and it's
    been somewhat helpful. However, a lot of what I want to do, is
    import parts of a collage print from CS3 photoshop and animate
    them. I am having problems with importing layers from Photoshop and
    animating these layers in Flash. Are there any books or tutorials
    that go into more detail on this aspect of flash? The other book
    that I'm thinking about is Peachpit's Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
    Hands-On Training. Any suggestions?
    Thanks,
    Lou

    quote:
    Originally posted by:
    Ty Gordon
    Hey everyone,
    I've been designing a website for my business (
    http://www.losthorizontreks.com).
    I don't have any previous web design experience and am learning as
    I go. I am happy with the site layout and the way it works, but all
    of the text is in jpeg form, which means search engines are limited
    to the page titles. Is there a way to keep the layout but make the
    text searchable by the engines? Does the question make sense? Any
    help would be greatly appreciated.
    Ty
    Yes, the question makes perfect sense.
    Fireworks is a graphics program. The HTML that Fireworks
    produces is intended for prototypes - quick examples you can show
    people to see if you're on the right track with a design. The
    Fireworks HTML is not robust enough to use for a production site.
    What you want to do is use either a program that's designed for
    creating robust HTML (such as Dreamweaver) or learn to write HTML
    by hand in a text editor. It isn't really that hard.
    What you have now is a mess. It would be impossible to
    maintain. Just looking at your file info%20links.HTML is a
    nightmare. It doesn't need to look like that...and it shouldn't.
    (Also, naming conventions. That %20 is what happens to spaces in
    your file name. It's better to remove spaces or use hyphens
    instead. Underscores are okay, but they tend to get lost if a file
    name is also a link and becomes underlined. Use lowercase for file
    extensions.)
    Even if you have Dreamweaver or another Web authoring
    program, you really ought to learn what it is you're doing. Check
    out
    this
    earlier thread for some recommendations.
    Good luck!

  • CS6 Video Editing Tutorial Books?

    Can anyone recommend good CS6 video editing tutorials? Preferably a book that covers in-depth video editing in PS. (online tutorials would be helpful as well.)
    Specifically I want to select portions of a video and cut it out.  (Could be anywhere in the video) Also paste other video segments into another place within a video. Possibly in the beginning, the end or some where in-between.
    Thxs in advance.

    Check out this tutorial.  http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/photoshop/video-editing-inside-photoshop-cs6- step-by-step/

  • Java 5 Book Recommendation

    I'm seeing more and more Java 5 code everywhere I go. Anyone recommend a good book or good reference?

    Free Tutorials and Such
    Installation Notes - JDK 5.0 Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
    Your First Cup of Java
    The Java� Tutorial - A practical guide for programmers
    New to Java Center
    Java Programming Notes - Fred Swartz
    How To Think Like A Computer Scientist
    Introduction to Computer science using Java
    The Java Developers Almanac 1.4
    Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
    Object-oriented language basics
    Don't Fear the OOP
    Free Java Books
    Thinking in Java, by Bruce Eckel (Free online)
    Core Servlet Programming, by Merty Hall (Free Online)
    More Servlets, by Marty Hall (Free Online)
    A Java GUI Programmer's Primer
    Data Structures and Algorithms
    with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java, by Bruno R. Preiss
    Introduction to Programming Using Java, by David J. Eck
    Advanced Programming for the Java 2 Platform
    The Java Language Specification
    Books:
    Head First Java, by Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra
    Core Java, by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell
    Effective Java, by Joshua Bloch
    If you dont like those, There always is Amazon, B&N, Safari Books, etc..
    JJ

  • Need book recommendation

    All -
    I'm interesting in learning how to integrate sqlplus within BASH scripts. We run Solaris 10 and Oracle 10g on SPARC hardware. I want to create some small databases and interact with those within BASH scripts with sqlplus. Can anyone recommend a good book or online tutorial where I can find information on that? I'm already well versed in BASH, just need to learn the sqlplus side. I'm not a programmer so perl/java/python etc are not options. The sort of tasks I want to accomplish are simple queries, inserting/deleting data. All suggestions appreciated.

    jgarry wrote:
    You are doing it the hard way, but see http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Scripts#Unix_Shell_Scripts
    Basically, you need to know sql and pl/sql, whether you use bash or whatever. You ought to become adept with sqlplus and sqldeveloper, and you really need to understand relational concepts. Tom Kyte's books are real good for understanding important concepts, there are plenty of sql books, I'm not familiar with what is good at the basic level these days so I won't comment.
    You do need to read the Concepts guide, see the book list from the sql doc reference you got. The simple fact you said "small databases" indicates you may already have some basic misconceptions.
    If you are writing shell scripts, you are a programmer, whether you like it or not.
    You might seriously consider downloading XE, so you can get simple things running quick, and then start delving in from the sql side.We have Oracle running already, maintaining massive DNS databases. However we have other applications that interact with the database so we don't need to know SQL in order to do our thing. So, my knowledge of SQL commands is pretty basic at the moment (simple queries, small record changes). When I say "small database", I'm referring to a roughly 150 record, 8 field database that updates at most 10 records per week, as opposed to our DNS database which contains over a million records with dozens of local and remote users using a java web platform. I'd like to become adept at sqlplus and the references you have provided are most helpful plus get a better understanding of SQL in general.
    As for programming, while I do write large scripts, I'm not a trained programmer. I come from the electronics side as a former field service engineer who moved into IT after 20 years. I'm self taught on the programming side and learning as I need to accomplish tasks. Thus I've dabbled in creating web pages and web sites, writing simple SQL commands, working with XML etc, but have a long way to go in that respect.
    Thanks for your input.

  • Book Recommendation to Learn Applescript?

    I'd like to buy the title: "Applescript Programming for the Absolute Beginner" published by the company Thomson. The title fits me perfectly and it's one of the shorter books out there (the basics are more than enough for me at this point).
    It was published in July of 2007 though.
    I'm wondering, is Applescript today significantly different from the Applescript of 2.5 years ago or mostly the same? Would I be foolish to purchase a title written before 2010?
    I'm living in Japan at this time so unfortunately there are no English books that I can peruse at the bookstore : (. Hah.
    Thanks for your input!

    Tony is completely correct about there being a lot of online resources, but that being said the professionalism of a good book can't be denied. Also personally I never found that perfect tutorial on applescript online that I was looking for (though I am sure it is out there).
    I'd like to add on a wholly personal note, which could easily be contested, that applescript is not the best first programming language to learn. Due to its english like syntax it is often unclear (at least to me) and any tutorial will be forced to spend a lot of time on aliases/folders/files and scripting finder and other apps which I feel should be extensions you learn after the basics. (One tutorial I remember the first thing you learn is how to make the computer speak "Hello World." using the command 'say'. Really? Does this help you learn anything about programming?)
    I tried to get a handle on (pun intended) applescript a few years back but just got frustrated as I was learning how to go through the motions but not what was going on behind them. After learning C (excellent online tutorials) I can now compare every functional aspect of applescript to a lower level language and just had to add on the use of higher level scripting to get better at applescript.
    Just my two cents though.
    Also I've found that the title of any book or resource which contains "Absolute Beginner" is extremely tedious, no matter the subject, as it will constantly reinforce basic points and ignore anything it feels to complicated. I prefer a basics or even standards book which makes you refer to earlier parts in the book and outside subjects (at least it will tell you what they are) on your own.
    In summary: if all you want is the basics of applescript to move files around on your computer then you should find all of it online and not need to buy the book; if you want to learn a programming language and be able to actually program then I'd recommend a different language first and buying a more advanced applescript book later.
    Good Luck,

  • Javascript book recommendation

    Hi everyone,
    I've been using Applescript for about a year and have found Applescript 1-2-3 to be a very helpful resource.
    Does anyone have a recommendation for a book that would introduce me to Javascript?
    I would mostly be scripting InDesign and other apps in the Adobe Creative Suite.
    I have the scripting tutorial PDF from the Adobe website but would like another resource if anyone has suggestions.
    thanks!

    Must read: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528171
    If that's the same as http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596559601,
    shouldn't the duplication be corrected?

  • Book Recommendations

    I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation on the best
    book/books to buy for a Flex newbie. I have taken all the tutorial
    stuff that came with the product, and have some familiarity with
    Flash 8 and Actionscript 2. In particular I am trying to use OOD
    and OOP as much as possible in my projects in Flash and want to
    carry that forward to Flex. I am particularly confused about when
    to use mxml and when to use Actionscript and how to incorporate
    Actionscript classes that I write with the components I layout in
    mxml using FlexBuilder. I am also confused about Flex components v.
    custom classes and components written that way. Thanks in advance
    to anyone that can help.

    The best training I have seen is at www. Lynda.com. For $25 a
    month you can have unlimited access to ALL of their video
    tutorials. I have learned so much in such a short time. I have a
    huge collection of software books and have learned a lot through
    them over the years, but never so quickly as I have with Lynda.com.
    Currently they have two video collections for Flex 2:
    1. Flex 2 - Essential Training
    2. Flex 2 - Beyond The Basics
    It is a total of 10.5 hours of video tutorials. They
    currectly have over 17,300 tutorials done top-notch in 259
    different topics. For instance if you want to learn ColdFusion they
    have over 22 hours worth of training. I have learned Dreamweaver 8,
    Flash 8, Fireworks 8, CSS, CSS2, XHTML, Photoshop CS2, Indesign
    CS2, etc. They have 259 different topics. You can check out their
    massive list yourself. Computer books are not cheap! I can easily
    spend $50+ on a good computer book, but that's two whole months
    worth of training at Lynda.com. I am in my second year subscription
    and can testify that they are always adding new videos which are
    part of your subscription when you subscribe.
    Check it out you won't be disappointed!
    John

  • Jni book recommendation?

    Hi I am now on a porting project to JAVA, it will use a legacy DB interface library, which is in C++.
    I'm taking a serious look at JNI, and start playing out some tutorial code. For instance, this is the link i am following now:
    http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jni/html/objtypes.html
    However, the link seems still using JDK 1.2, turning to amazon didn't help too much - found a JNI topic book published in 1998.
    Any new JNI books or sites you guys can recommend?
    Thanks a lot!
    Sway

    fathomBoat wrote:
    Hi I am now on a porting project to JAVA, it will use a legacy DB interface library, which is in C++.
    I'm taking a serious look at JNI, and start playing out some tutorial code. For instance, this is the link i am following now:
    http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jni/html/objtypes.html
    My recommendation is to look at wrapping the C++ in a C++ executable with a communications mechanism and then communicating with it in java.

Maybe you are looking for