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The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Lightroom in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop. Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does-an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book contains 9 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the programs. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to: Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, videos that walk you through the lessons step by step, and updated material covering new feature releases from Adobe Using Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC together can dramatically speed your workflow and decrease editing time. This book teaches you exactly when to use each program and how to pass images back and forth between them at the highest possible quality. You'll learn how to import, organize, correct and add creative color effects in Lightroom using global and local editing tools, as well as how to merge multiple exposures and stitch panoramas. In Photoshop, you'll learn practical techniques for combining photos, pro-level retouching, creating precise selections, masking, turning a photo into a painting and pencil sketch, and adding creative blur effects. Back in Lightroom, you'll learn how to show off your masterpieces by exporting them en masse, sharing via social media, creating fine art-style signed print layouts, slideshows, photo book, and web gallery projects.
About the Author
Lesa Snider, internationally acclaimed author and speaker, is on a mission to teach the world to create better imagery. She's the author of several books including the best-selling Photoshop: The Missing Manual series (Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual, 2nd edition, O'Reilly, 2014) , Photos for Mac and iOS: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, 2015) , coauthor of iPhoto: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, 2014 and 2011) , and author of several ebooks including The Skinny on Photoshop Lightroom, The Skinny on Photoshop Elements, The Skinny on Shooting Royalty-Free Stock, and The Skinny on Taking Better Pictures with Any Camera (theskinnybooks.com) . Lesa has recorded over 40 video courses on image editing, graphic design, and shooting stock photography for a variety of training companies. She writes the weekly Creaticity column on Macworld.com, the Beginner's Workshop column for Photoshop User magazine, and contributes regularly to ElementsUser.com.
Lesa also served as iStockphoto.com's chief evangelist from 2006-2011 (she's now one of their stock photographers) and she developed the Advanced Photoshop course for international online design school, Sessions.edu, where she served as professor for two years. She has spoken at countless conferences including Digital Book World, HOW Design, Graphics of the Americas, Photoshop Soup to Nuts, Mac Design, NAB, Geek Girl TechCon, as well as numerous Photoshop World and Macworld events. Lesa is a founding instructor for CreativeLive and had the honor of handpicking instructors for their very first Photoshop Week event. She also enjoyed six years as creative assistant to Yahoo technology columnist, NOVA host, and Missing Manual book series founder, David Pogue.
