Lightroom 5 Book Opinion: I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me. I am considering getting...

seeSAW Loc: Western Mass

I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me.

I am considering getting either Adobes Classroom in a Book OR Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :!:

:)

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

seeSAW wrote:

I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me.

I am considering getting either Adobes Classroom in a Book OR Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :!:

:)

Hi seeSAW!

I bought Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book (kindle addition) and thought the chapter on the develop module was worth the price alone.

Its written in a straight forward easy to understand method.

I am looking forward to going through the rest of the book. Scott Kelby's book has shown me several little aspects I was unaware of.

Hope this helps!

MtnMan Loc: ID

Crichmond wrote:

Hi seeSAW!

I bought Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book (kindle addition) and thought the chapter on the develop module was worth the price alone.

Its written in a straight forward easy to understand method.

I am looking forward to going through the rest of the book. Scott Kelby's book has shown me several little aspects I was unaware of.

Hope this helps!

I have Kelby's Lightroom 4 book and like it. I haven't tried other Lightroom books. I don't think it as good a Kelby's Elements book...but then I was at a different place with these programs when I got his Elements book. He really saved me with that one.

I might like some others now. The difference is that Kelby takes you through getting results. The others seek to describe all the features. I was so overwhelmed with Elements that describing all the features didn't help me. I needed Kelby's step by step.

Now that I know what these programs do and how to do most things one oriented on how to use each feature might work better for me.

If you don't mind my muddling the waters a bit: so far do you find the upgrade worth it? What do you like best?

seeSAW Loc: Western Mass

Thanks for the replys :thumbup:

MtnMan wrote:

If you don't mind my muddling the waters a bit: so far do you find the upgrade worth it? What do you like best?

I havent received LR 5 yet. Im currently using LR 3 and have seen LR 4 in action so upgrading to 5 is a no brainer for me.

If you are considering upgrading to LR 5 you can check out some of the tutorials and/or download the trial version to help you make a decision. Just dont change any of your keeper shots to 5 until you know for sure that you will upgrade.

skydiverbob Loc: I retired in San Antonio

seeSAW wrote:

I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me.

I am considering getting either Adobes Classroom in a Book OR Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :!:

:)

Scott Kelby's books are pretty good. I have the Lighroom 4 one. If I need additional help I go to youtube.com or Adobe's Tutorials.

davidcaley Loc: Utah

seeSAW wrote:

I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me.

I am considering getting either Adobes Classroom in a Book OR Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :!:

:)

Have a look at "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book for Photographers" by Martin Evening

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

Crichmond wrote:

Hi seeSAW!

I bought Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book (kindle addition) and thought the chapter on the develop module was worth the price alone.

Its written in a straight forward easy to understand method.

I am looking forward to going through the rest of the book. Scott Kelby's book has shown me several little aspects I was unaware of.

Hope this helps!

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Same here. I display the Kindle version on one monitor and LR on the other monitor. I cannot say enough good things about Scott Kelby's books

photoshopmikey Loc: Boston Ma.

seeSAW wrote:

I just ordered Lightroom 5. I know about the videos on YouTube and Adobe TV but having a reference book handy is convenient for me.

I am considering getting either Adobes Classroom in a Book OR Scott Kelbys Lightroom 5 Book.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :!:

:)

Hi seeSaw
check out matt's site, if you dig through his site he has some free pre sets you might like to play with

http://lightroomkillertips.com/?cat=8

seeSAW Loc: Western Mass

Hi Mikey,

I took a quick look at Matts presets (he is part of Kelby training) and I like what I was. Thanks for the recommendation. :-D

[quote=photoshopmikey]Hi seeSaw
check out matt's site, if you dig through his site he has some free pre sets you might like to play with

seeSAW Loc: Western Mass

Thanks for your opinions everyone. :thumbup:

I went with Kelby's book and expect it to be delivered in a few days