Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow is aimed at digital photographers who want to maximize the efficiency of their workflow. Since Lightroom is such a new product, you can either try to figure out how to use it on your own, or you can take the advice of someone who has been using the product since it was in beta.

What is Tim Grey's goal in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow? To reduce the time and effort you spend in storing, selecting, and editing your digital images. According to the author, for years photographers focused on improving their skills at creating images, but when digital came along they became more interested in improving their computer skills. This reduced the time they spent behind the camera. The purpose of this book is to put the balance back in the two areas. By reducing the time that you take managing your images, you will have more time to shoot images.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow is broken down into seven chapters and one Appendix. The book covers the full workflow for optimizing your images and will introduce you to a good pathway to get you started.

Chapter one, "Workflow Foundations," helps you prepare for a workflow that revolves around Lightroom. In this chapter, the author goes over the fundamentals of workflow and how it relates to Lightroom. He goes over what Lightroom is, what it is to be used for and what you can accomplish by using it. He explores how he thinks about Lightroom and how it relates to Photoshop in general.

Chapter two, "Configuring Lightroom," shows the many configuration options available in Lightroom. You will be shown what options you have and how to set them. You will need to understand the interface before effectively being able to use it. You will learn how to customize Lightroom's behavior for workflow efficiency.

Chapter three, "Library," explains the best techniques for managing your images. The Library module is the foundation of Lightroom since it provides all of the tools to manage your images. It functions like the light table that you may have used if you ever worked with slide film. Here you will learn how to import, review, process and export your images. It is here that you will rate, add informational metadata, and keywords to properly manage your images.