Scott Kelby books

Scott Kelby has 2 new books out on Lightroom- Lightroom 4, and Lightroom 5. I have Lightroom 4, but have upgraded to 4.4- my question is should I get the Lightroom 5 book or the Lightroom 4 book? Is there a lot of difference between 4.4 , and 5? Will I ever get to Lightroom 5 through upgrades, or updates? visionsofnature.

Lr5 is, for the most part, a superset of Lr4.  That said, it wasn't a quantum leap forward, with a huge bunch of complicated features that warrant explanation...
If I were you, I'd get a list of "what's new in Lr5" and make sure you can get your mind around the new features. If not, then buy the book..
The possible exception: Lightroom mobile came out with Lightroom 5.4, so if you'll use it, then it might be worth having a book to support that.
Do an internet search for "what's new in Lightroom 5" - there is some good info from Adobe, and the Lightroom Queen...
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    - The Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Book for Digital Photographers
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    Precisely what Conrad Chavez says: a very good change.

  • Photo Sharpening - Scott Kelby's Tip in His Book - OK for RAW and JPEG?

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  • Problem with a Scott Kelby action.  Help!

    In Scott Kelby's "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers" he describes a process to automate sharpening in Photoshop, (chapter 5, page 218).  It involves creating an "Action" in Photoshop that can automatically sharpen a folder of photos without any intervention on the user's part that can be automatically run from Lightroom.  I'm running on a MacBook Pro, OS 10.4.11, Lightroom 2.3, Photoshop CS2.
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    You already have a rendered file at this point, so this metadata is completely useless. Lightroom for some reason includes all develop settings in every exported file.
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    http://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/2009/04/17/why-cant-cs2-save-as-jpeg-when-local-adjustm ents-were-used-in-lightroom/
    The last one has the metadata-wrangler plugin do basically what I told you to do by hand inside Photoshop.

  • Scott Kelby Shows Hidden Gems in Photoshop | Create Now | Adobe TV

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  • !!!! Scott Kelby's taken over my keyword list

    Hi. Coming home from a shooting session today, I imported my files as usual, but when I should start tagging them, I found that most of my keywords were missing from the keyword list (approx. 45 of 50 categories missing). Instead, I found keywords like "grunge", "headshot", "inside" etc, which made little or no sense at all to me. Clicking to see these pictures, I found they must have found their way to my PC while I was reading Scott Kelbys LR2 book, and downloading the example photos from his site. So now I'd like to know what I should do to get my own back. Using a previous back-up would only partly do the trick, as I still haven't finished the book, so I would have to dl the same photos over again, and then probably once again mess up my keywords. Anybody else been through this, or have an idea how to solve it? Please?

    I'd be inclined to set up a separate new catalog for the tutorials and other testing. I'd then remove all Kelby's photos from your existing photos, then purge unused keywords, and see where that took me, and then decide the merits of using a backup .lrcat.

  • Adobe Photoshop for Photographers Seminar with Scott Kelby

    Has anyone been to one of Kelby's one-day seminars?  If so, what were your thoughts?

    I've attended several of the Kelby one day training seminars. Some have been very beneficial and others left me dissatisfied. When dissatisfied, usually a result of the material being to basic for me, or too large a crowd for the room..
    I get more out of the Kelby training website, books, talking with other photoshop enthusiasts, or just experimenting with photoshop on my own.
    One thing you need to know, IMO don't take a lap top, there is no time for hands on usage while the seminar is going on. Plan on just following along, taking some notes and when you get home start trying some of the techniques, lessons learned.

  • An Open Letter To Adobe Systems from Scott Kelby about Creative Suite pricing

    http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2011/archives/22903

    PECourtejoie wrote:
    1)Historically, there has always been a grace period, that allowed get the newer version for free if you purchased the old one very close, or after the announcement, and before the actual disponibility of the new version of the Creative Suite. This would allow, this time, to upgrade from CS3 onwards to CS5.5, and get CS "next", bypassing, this time, the one version limit.
    That's true, and it's something I was thinking about afterwards.  I remember after CS5 was announced, there was a grace period of several weeks where if you bought or upgraded to the CS4 version of your suite or product, you'd be entitled to a free upgrade to CS5 when it shipped.  If that was the case this time around, then I would take advantage of it and upgrade to CS5.5 during the grace period in order to get CS6.
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    But in fact the Creative Cloud is already cheaper if you add the point versions upgrades, subscriptions to Muse, Carousel and maybe Edge, plus the price of whatever tablet apps are released.
    Compared to the Master Suite.
    If one uses only, say the Video Production, and has no need for the other offerings, going the Creative Cloud way is more expensive.
    While that's true, there are also many people who find the prospect of cloud software subscriptions unappealing (myself, for one).  I vastly prefer paying for something once and having it from that time on.  The Creative Cloud subscription seems like a good deal for those who don't have that prejudice, or those who might want to use the additional "cloud" services that the boxed/download perpetual license won't have, but that won't be enough to change the minds of many customers.  The Creative Cloud will apparently be around $50 a month, so it works out to $600/year.  Assuming Adobe sticks to a 24 month cycle for major versions, always with a x.5 release around the half-way point (and assuming the upgrade prices for the perpetual license stay about what they are now), then the Creative Suite "box" upgrade will still  be slightly cheaper, dollar-wise.  To upgrade from CS5 to 5.5 is $550, and I'm assuming 5.5 to 6 might be around that same price, and then CS5 to 6 assuming the $950 position on that upgrade guide chart).  When we're going to CS7, then I assume those prices will remain about equivalent for upgrades from CS6 and 6.5.
    However Adobe decides to deal with this customer backlash, there are numerous ways they can appease most of us.  Sony Creative Software has the most generous upgrade policies I've encountered for their products (granted, they only really offer competing products for Premiere Pro and Audition); Adobe is looking mighty greedy next to such companies right now. This thread alone has some good suggestions,
    1) Allow a grace period with CS6 so that users of CS3 and CS4 aren't left out in the cold, becase many of us will simply go elsewhere if this doesn't happen.  This could either take the form of an "upgrade to CS5.5, receive CS6 free" once CS6 is officially announced, or a period of 1-2 months after CS6 ships during which upgrades from CS3 and CS4 are allowed.
    2) If they stick to the "1 version back", a price reduction of a couple hundred off the suite upgrades might help soften the blow.
    3) Consider a "2 version back" instead.
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  • What other videos and books are there? that you suggest. for step by step . Jeannette

    What other videos and books are there? that you suggest. for step by step .
    Jeannette

    The various Lynda.com video tutorials are very good, but you have to pay for a description.  The Photoshop User TV podcasts are excellent; there are hundreds of them, and they are free.  They are also what the iPad was invented for.
    The 'You suck at Photoshop' videos on YouTube are both very funny and very instructive. 
    The Scott Kelby books are very good for folk starting out.  The Martin Evening, and the Martin Evening/Jeff Schewe books are as good as they get from a photography point of view.  The Steve Caplin books are the best Photoshop books once you get into it, but Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski do some great medium to advanced books.  Matt's Compositing Secrets is excellent, and was Amazon's best Photoshop book for a while.

  • What is the best book to learn Photoshop CC and Lightroom? I'm a beginner and like a hard copy.

    Just got Photoshop CC and Lightroom and want to learn to use it properly. Was thinking a manual would be the best way. There are so many available, what are your favorites?

    Manuals tend to be dry and heavy going, and more suited to used as a references, rather than to be read in a linear fashion.  If you do want to go that way, the Missing Manual, and Bible series have been around for a long time, and I imagine they must contain heaps of info if the size of them is anything to go by.
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    Amazon.com: photoshop cc: Books
    Amazon.com: lightroom 5: Books

  • I know this may be very subjective. What book do you recommend to learn Photoshop CC 2014?

    I recently acquired program. Signed up at a local community college to take an on line beginner's course. What reference book do you like?

    Taking the college class is a good step. It will bring you up to speed much quicker than learning on your own. Though I never discourage learning on your own as that is how I did it.
    As for books, there are a huge slew of books available. Searching amazon is a good place to start.
    To be honest though, most of my training came from videos so even if your not a big fan of video tutorials, don't rule them out completely. There are times when they can show what a book can not.
    (free)
    http://creativesuitepodcast.com/
    http://kelbytv.com/
    http://tv.adobe.com/
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    http://kelbyone.com/
    http://Lynda.com
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    Scott Kelby - Amazon.com: scott kelby: Books
    Cory Barker - Amazon.com: cory barker: Books
    Matt Kloskowski - Amazon.com: matt kloskowski: Books
    RC Concepcion - Amazon.com: rc concepcion: Books
    Steve Caplin has a few good books as well, which were recommended to me from a member of the abobe forums. 100% Photoshop, and How to cheat in Photoshop. - Amazon.com: steve caplin: Books
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  • How do I attain a 8x10 print size?

    Hi
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    Ruth,
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    is set to be 10", the height adjusts to 7.5" and the resolution becomes
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    weirdness in printing, and it safest to avoid the whole issue.
    Nothing like TOO much information!!
    HTH,
    Byron

  • Help- Elements 9 "Does not show Advanced dialog" for downloading

    Hi, I'm fairly new to elements and have gone through my "Dummies Book" and yesterday received my Elements 9 book by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski.  My problem is when I'm attempting to download 5 new pictures from a card that still has 700 on it - The download organizer does NOT show the "Advanced Dialog button" on the bottom-left corner of the dialog box which as Kelby and Kloskowski indicate, would allow me to select only the 5 new pictures that I am attempting to download.
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    Thank you-Thank you-Thank you!

    Bob, It just seems that using windows to import into a file and then
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    Without contributors like yourself, many "newbies" would be forever lost.
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  • Dng Converter not working in Bridge

    Hi
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    nygal77 wrote:
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  • A reference manual for Photoshop?

    There is a huge number of how to tutorials and books on the web in the books etc. What I really want is a reference manual where each command/feature is explained and options defined in the way manuals used to be written. I have some Scott Kelby books and others, but they all tell you how top do this and that, but I would really like to understand better what I am doing and then I will not need so much the how to books. Is there nothing like that available? Please tell me there is. Pavel

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    I am very appreciative of your help. PS is a challenge for me and you kicked me in the right direction. Pavel

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