Chapter 7, "Web Galleries," is for photographers who want to present their images on the web. There are four basic steps to creating a web presentation in Lightroom: collecting the images, converting them, building the gallery, and uploading it. Chapter 8, "External Editors and Exporting Images," describes how Lightroom edits your images in a non-destructive manner by using an XMP sidecar file, and what you will need to know to work with external image editors.
Chapter 9, "More Useful Lightroom Features," describes some features that did not fit into any of the other chapters. These include backing up, exporting catalogs, importing catalogs, and working with templates and presets. Appendix A, "Keyboard Shortcuts," provides a list of all the available shortcuts used in Lightroom. Appendix B, "Resources," contains a list of books, e-books, and web resources to further your knowledge.
Uwe Steinmüller has been a photographer since 1973 and has been exhibiting his work worldwide since 1978. In 1999, he launched the web magazine "Digital Outback Photo," which attracts about 4 million visitors per year, and currently focuses on digital workflow, RAW file processing, and the printing process.
Jürgen Gulbins is a prolific author who has written and translated books on topics such as CAD, Unix, DTP, typography, Internet, document management, Linux, and various aspects of digital photography.
What is interesting about Managing Your Photographic Workflow With Photoshop Lightroom is that it is not aimed at the beginning user, but targets the more experienced Lightroom user; by this I mean, you are not taken step-by-step like other current books on the subject. The book covers Lightroom 1.2 and so includes some of the newer developments, such as the improved sharpening feature.
Managing Your Photographic Workflow With Photoshop Lightroom is a book for photographers who have some experience with Lightroom and want to take their processing to the next level. The authors reveal some hidden gems within Lightroom and offer several different approaches to individual tasks. If you want to take your use of Lightroom to the next level, Managing Your Photographic Workflow With Photoshop Lightroom should find its way to your bookshelf.
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