Free Adobe Lightroom 5 Book “Develop Great Images in Lightroom”

Adobe Lightroom 5 Book

The folks at Photofocus made a new book about Adobe Lightroom 5 (published 24 Jun, 2014), and are giving it away for free until August, 1st.

The new book is called “Develop Great Images in Lightroom”. It is 236 pages long and you’ll find practical advice and expert tips. The book has interactive slideshows, resizable photos, and embedded video (only the iBook version).

Are you looking to make your photos great?  Join the gurus from Photofocus as they share practical advice on how to develop fantastic images with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.  This comprehensive guide is written by five top experts (with more than 75 books between them).  They’ll help you explore the full features of Lightroom’s Develop module and show you hidden secrets and time-saving techniques.

You can download the book via iTunes store (650MB), or read it on Scribd. Head over to Photofocus for download and instructions.

Adobe Lightroom 5 price check: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Adobe Lightroom 5.5 Available For Download

Adobe Lightroom 5

Adobe released Lightroom 5.5 (Mac | Win).

The update supports the Canon G1 X Mark II, and the following third party lenses for Canon: Sigma 50m F1.4 DG HSM, Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM, Tamron 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 Dill VC PZD MACRO.

Bugs fixed in Lightroom 5.5:

  • Improved responsiveness in Develop module while Lightroom mobile sync is occurring.
  • Custom Develop module default settings were not syncing correctly to Lightroom mobile.
  • Initial rendition in Develop would sometimes appear posterized.
  • Undo function failed and applied a preset instead.
  • Scaling looked inaccurate when scaling to 200% in Windows.
  • Manual slideshows sometimes did not advance to the next slide as expected.
  • Aspect ratio changed when modifying the crop rectangle and when rotating the crop
  • Image flips between portrait and landscape after switching orientation while shooting tethered with Leica S cameras.
  • Fixed issue with Fujifilm X-T1 raw images appearing too bright at high ISO settings when using Dynamic Range 200% and 400%. Unfortunately, this fix may affect the appearance of existing images captured with this combination of settings. It is recommended that you (1) purge the Camera Raw cache via the Preferences dialog, and (2) review images shot at ISO settings higher than 1600 for unexpected brightness changes.
  • Fixed image quality issue (noisy result) when applying spot healing to floating-point (HDR) images.
  • Fixed issue with reading lossless compressed Nikon raw files (NEF files) from the camera models listed below. Previously, some images could be read but would appear as random noise, whereas attempting to open others would result in an error dialog. You will need to purge your Camera Raw cache via the Preferences dialog.

Adobe Lightroom 5 price check: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Lightroom 5 Tips Round-Up (and a bit of Photoshop)

 

Tutorial: How to edit underwater photos – PetaPixel

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Lightroom and Wildlife Photography: How to Create Magical Impact – lightstalking

Making Light Leaks in Lightroom [With Free Brush Download] – fstoppers

Lightroom: how to use the Histogram to fix exposure and reveal hidden detail – digitalcameraworld

How to Add an Opacity Slider to Lightroom Develop Presets with The Fader Plug-In – Digital Photography School

Make a Photo Website with Lightroom and Koken – Digital Photography School

Useful Lightroom plug-ins – Digital Photography School

Do you still need Photoshop with Lightroom 5? – photocascadia

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Learn How to Mask Out Messy Hair from a Messy Background in Photoshop – PetaPixel

Adobe Releases Lightroom For iPad (and updates Lightroom and DNG Converter)

Lightroom For iPad

Now it is official after having been rumored for a while: Adobe released Lightroom for the iPad as part of the Photoshop Photography Program ($9.99 per month, includes Lightroom and Photoshop). There are also updates for Lightroom (rel. 5.4 – Mac | Win) and Adobe DNG Converter (rel. 8.4 – Mac | Win).

Curious about Adobe Lightroom for iPad? Then have a look at the FAQ or at how to get started. If you want more, there is a series of videos on YouTube that might help to get an idea.

More videos after the break.

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