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Jul 8, 2012 19:55:05   #
fcadams Loc: Florida
 
When I started in photography, there were Ansel Adams books and now there is this site and all of you experts, which I appreciate very much!!! Thank you all!!!
I have been trying to get started in digital and was so excited reading of shooting in the raw and using "Lightroom4" for editing. So I purchased the software loaded it on my computer, found it to be very complicated, so looked for the user manual and it was nowhere to be found, I've been looking it over for a couple of days now and have no idea what to do next. Can one of you tell me where I can get a user manual or something to guide me through this? Thanking you in advance, Fred

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Jul 8, 2012 20:40:13   #
birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania
 
fcadams wrote:
When I started in photography, there were Ansel Adams books and now there is this site and all of you experts, which I appreciate very much!!! Thank you all!!!
I have been trying to get started in digital and was so excited reading of shooting in the raw and using "Lightroom4" for editing. So I purchased the software loaded it on my computer, found it to be very complicated, so looked for the user manual and it was nowhere to be found, I've been looking it over for a couple of days now and have no idea what to do next. Can one of you tell me where I can get a user manual or something to guide me through this? Thanking you in advance, Fred
When I started in photography, there were Ansel Ad... (show quote)


The User Manual is actually online and can be accessed directly from LR. Click on Help at the top of the page and then Lightroom Help from the dropdown menu.

Better yet, there are tons of videos available online that can teach you how to use this software. One of the best is by Adobe at http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/lightroom-4-importing-and-organizing-your-images/
This is one of the first of a long series of videos teaching you how to use LR.

There are tons more available online by Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski and others.

Lightroom has a bit of a learning curve but is not as difficult as Photoshop by a long shot. Many of the things you can do in LR will become second nature pretty quickly. Don't get distressed, call on us if you need help.

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Jul 9, 2012 05:34:27   #
janiegirl53
 
I'm new to Lightroom 4 also. You Tube has been a big help for me. I also but the book Lightroom 4 but found it not easy to use.

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Jul 9, 2012 08:05:51   #
drydock Loc: mackay, queensland australia
 
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop Tutorial Videos. This cost me $25US and is a superb teaching aid for lightroom- There are 18 videos of the Develop module in this series varying from around 12 minutes to about 30 mins. they are well produced and he has a great presenting style. I think this is the best $25 I have spent in ages. He goes through every module in the lightroom "tool box" and shows who they work by editing his own photos. He also does a similar series on the library module, which I'll probably get next.

I highly recommend this series.

Birdpix is also an excellent resource with many useful tips on lightroom 4 on his homepage

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Jul 9, 2012 08:21:20   #
mborn Loc: Massachusetts
 
I recommend Nat Coalson's book on LR 4 available from Amazon. it will guide thought all the workflows
Lightroom 4: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process (Adobe Photoshop)

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Jul 9, 2012 09:04:59   #
oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey
 
drydock wrote:
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop Tutorial Videos. This cost me $25US and is a superb teaching aid for lightroom- There are 18 videos of the Develop module in this series varying from around 12 minutes to about 30 mins. they are well produced and he has a great presenting style. I think this is the best $25 I have spent in ages. He goes through every module in the lightroom "tool box" and shows who they work by editing his own photos. He also does a similar series on the library module, which I'll probably get next.

I highly recommend this series.

Birdpix is also an excellent resource with many useful tips on lightroom 4 on his homepage
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightr... (show quote)


Where did you find it for that price? It has been 10 more everywhere I have looked.

Jim D

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Jul 9, 2012 09:32:37   #
drydock Loc: mackay, queensland australia
 
oldtool2 wrote:
drydock wrote:
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop Tutorial Videos. This cost me $25US and is a superb teaching aid for lightroom- There are 18 videos of the Develop module in this series varying from around 12 minutes to about 30 mins. they are well produced and he has a great presenting style. I think this is the best $25 I have spent in ages. He goes through every module in the lightroom "tool box" and shows who they work by editing his own photos. He also does a similar series on the library module, which I'll probably get next.

I highly recommend this series.

http://mulita.com/blog/?page_id=2
Birdpix is also an excellent resource with many useful tips on lightroom 4 on his homepage
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightr... (show quote)


Where did you find it for that price? It has been 10 more everywhere I have looked.

Jim D
quote=drydock I have just bought the George Jardi... (show quote)


http://mulita.com/blog/?page_id=2 Actually I exaggerated the price it is $24.95 for the download

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Jul 9, 2012 09:54:21   #
OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey
 
Lightroom 4 by Nat Coalson is a pretty good read, but should have been published as a lay-flat spiral bound,(apparently (Quote"not logistically feasible at the time of publication") although you can have the spine removed and have a plastic coil binding applied.
http://www.amazon.com/Lightroom-Streamlining-Digital-Photography-Photoshop/dp/1118206177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341842040&sr=8-1&keywords=lightroom+4+by+nat+coalson

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Jul 9, 2012 10:21:28   #
shirl2sg Loc: Northern Minnesota
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2z8ag0D2rY&feature=related

Here's a 2 hour youtube by Tim Grey. This will be a good overview.

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Jul 9, 2012 12:24:10   #
oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey
 
drydock wrote:
oldtool2 wrote:
drydock wrote:
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop Tutorial Videos. This cost me $25US and is a superb teaching aid for lightroom- There are 18 videos of the Develop module in this series varying from around 12 minutes to about 30 mins. they are well produced and he has a great presenting style. I think this is the best $25 I have spent in ages. He goes through every module in the lightroom "tool box" and shows who they work by editing his own photos. He also does a similar series on the library module, which I'll probably get next.

I highly recommend this series.

http://mulita.com/blog/?page_id=2
Birdpix is also an excellent resource with many useful tips on lightroom 4 on his homepage
I have just bought the George Jardine Adobe Lightr... (show quote)


Where did you find it for that price? It has been 10 more everywhere I have looked.

Jim D
quote=drydock I have just bought the George Jardi... (show quote)


http://mulita.com/blog/?page_id=2 Actually I exaggerated the price it is $24.95 for the download
quote=oldtool2 quote=drydock I have just bought ... (show quote)


Thank you. His videos are normally pretty good. I will find out in the next week or so how good these ones are.

Jim D

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Jul 9, 2012 12:54:39   #
shirl2sg Loc: Northern Minnesota
 
http://www.steeletraining.com

I bought this video, it's good, but if you want step by step, I google and then, find step by step on youtube.

http://blog.rmsp.com/2012/06/08/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-4-tutorial-videos-by-instructor-david-marx/

The above freee link shows how to install lightroom also.

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Jul 9, 2012 20:03:12   #
bennydnut Loc: Phila, Pa.
 
Does/can Lightroom 4 install/use by itself or does it work with Photoshop as add-on only?

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Jul 9, 2012 20:10:04   #
PatrickTheCop Loc: Spartanburg, SC
 
bennydnut wrote:
Does/can Lightroom 4 install/use by itself or does it work with Photoshop as add-on only?


LR4 is a stand alone program

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Jul 9, 2012 20:10:26   #
Meredith Images Loc: Stratford, CT
 
I love Scott Kelby's book on LR - $26.68 today on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Lightroom-Digital-Photographers-Voices/dp/0321819586/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341878984&sr=1-1&keywords=lightroom+4

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Jul 9, 2012 20:10:49   #
mborn Loc: Massachusetts
 
LR is a stand alone program you can export into PS if you have it and want to

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