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Pursue your passion for photography with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2Every serious photographer, amateur or pro, knows the feeling. It's that feeling of pleasure and satisfaction you get when you're
looking at a great shot, and you know you created it. Every feature and function of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software is
designed to get you there — quickly, powerfully, seamlessly.
Lightroom 2 is an intuitive digital darkroom and digital assistant in one complete package. Easily manage your growing photo
collection. Experiment fearlessly with nondestructive editing tools that help you create incredible images. And showcase your work
elegantly in print layouts, slide shows, and web galleries.
How much would you love to have one complete package that lets you bring out the best in your photography?
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Key features for passionate photographers
Getting started videos on Adobe TVLearn the basics of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 with these video tutorials. Many more Adobe TV Lightroom videos are available,
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Get your digital photography essentials in a single packageTake your images to the next level with software designed by the
makers of Photoshop in partnership with leading photographers
around the world. Lightroom has just what you need to manage
and showcase your photos and edit nondestructively.
Extend your creativity from the camera to the computerImprove the quality of your photographs — or get cool new looks
from the same photo — in a nondestructive environment that
encourages creative exploration. Plus, take advantage of intuitive
approaches to image management and presentation that make
every step easy and enjoyable.
Get exactly the look you want — fast Forget about trying to learn and remember all the steps in
complex imageadjustment tasks. Handy presets — many
included and many more available from the Lightroom community
online — enable you to apply a series of favorite adjustments in a
single click.
Benefit from a vast community of usersGet tips, ideas, and creative inspiration from the thriving
worldwide community of photographers who use Lightroom.
Quickly import and organize your photographsImport from cameras or camera cards, automatically rename
files, and easily catalog your photographs using the elegant
organizational tools in Lightroom, including Smart Collections.
Take advantage of superior image processingProcess your raw, JPEG, and TIFF images using Adobe's most
advanced imageprocessing engine, which features the same
powerful technology that has helped make Photoshop the
industry leader in digital imaging.
Enjoy blazingfast performance with 64bit supportProcess images quickly thanks to support for the advanced
memoryhandling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and
Windows® systems.
Enhance groups of photos at onceGet great results as quickly as possible. Once you've adjusted a
single photo to your liking, you can easily apply the same
changes to other photos you select.
Easily find and access your photosHarness the power of metadata to sort and search for photos
using any number of characteristics, including keywords, ratings,
camera used, and ISO speed. Freely manage and organize
across multiple drives — even when your originals are offline.
Get amazing results with a tool the pros usePursue your passion without getting bogged down learning
software. Designed to help professional photographers do their
jobs better and faster, Lightroom is also accessible and intuitive
enough for you.
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Library module
Rating and reviewing your images
Filtering and finding images
Collections and keywords
Develop module
Tonal and color corrections
Special effects
Local corrections
Overview of exporting
Working with Photoshop
Overview of the output modules
Slideshow module
Print module
Web module
Lightroom Community HelpFind tutorials, user forums, troubleshooting, online help, and
more.
Lightroom JournalRead this blog with tips and advice straight from the Lightroom
product team at Adobe.
Supported cameras for Lightroom 2Verify that Lightroom 2 supports your camera's raw files.
Julieanne Kost's Lightroom tutorialsCheck out these tips, tricks, and tutorials from Adobe digital
imaging evangelist Julieanne Kost.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer TipsFind useful shortcuts, tips, and insights from the National
Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Lightroom videos on Adobe TVVisit Adobe TV for Lightroom demos, tips, and stepbystep
tutorials.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Classroom in a BookBy the Adobe Creative Team
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital PhotographersBy Photoshop author and expert Scott Kelby
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for PhotographersBy photographer and author Martin Evening
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