Lightroom Transformations: Realizing your vision with Adobe Lightroom plus Photoshop
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0134398289 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
By giving each image his own interpretation and explaining the rationale behind the choices he makes, he shows how you can do the same when processing your photos. Focusing primarily on techniques using Lightroom and Camera Raw—but also with Photoshop—Martin demonstrates how to manipulate the tones and composition of images to create photographs that correspond to your personal photographic vision. Photographer and digital imaging expert Martin Evening's guiding philosophy when editing images is to ask, “What is the point? Does what I am doing enhance the picture, or is it just artifice for artifice’s sake?” In Lightroom Transformations, Martin applies this approach to a broad collection of images, showing you how to turn ordinary-looking photos into hero shots—without using fancy montage techniques or wacky effects. Filled with before-and-after shots with detailed
Adventures in Lightroom Conrad J. Obregon Lightroom instruction books aimed at beginners usually explain how the sliders change an image, but seldom try to explain how moving the sliders can make art, or at least artful works. Perhaps that's appropriate since learning what the sliders do is a task in itself, without having to think of art.In this book, Martin Evening goes to the next step, which is t. "Simply the best worth 10 stars!" according to Darwin's Bulldog. I've owned and read a number of books on Photoshop over the past 10 years. Many of these were simple introductions to the Photoshop interface. Many were 'cook books' that provided step-by-step instructions for a few special tasks, like retouching or color balancing. Only a few really covered Photoshop in a comprehensive way or in the way a professional photog. "Requires Latest Version Of Lightroom For Many Of It's Techniques" according to Bookstore Willie. I have found Martin Evening's books on Lightroom to stand head and shoulders above the rest as mightbe predicted by the fact that he was part of the team that developed the program. So when I ran across this book it was with great anticipation that I placed my order. Alas, after having completed a quick read I've realized that until I update to the latest ver