Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book for Digital Photographers, The (The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC)

Scott Kelby has produced another of his excellent,straightforward, and easy to follow books for digital photographers. I purchased the Kindle version because it will be right at hand whilst I am working in Lightroom. For an old fart like me(62+), Scott makes the digital journey so much more enjoyable and his straightforward style minimises the frustration of the unfamiliar world of digital image processing. Thank you Scott and well done. Tim Elliott

Not really simple to us - it will take some time to fully understand the process - more difficult that Photoshop for me.

Thank goodness for common-sense Scott Kelby. I could never have learned this intricate program without this amazing book. Fun and easy to follow. Love it!

So I bought the kindle version of this book because I can prop up my ipad next to the computer and read the book with ease while working. My only complaint so far is when I first launched the book it skipped right to a before we get started section in the beginning and skips over the table of contents, acknowledgments, and the about the author section. I then have to swipe back to get to the table of contents. I'm not sure if this is a normal feature of Kindle to skip the table of contents but it's kind of annoying since I might not want to start this kind of book right at the book. Also the lay out on the kindle isn't like the physical book so it's hard to follow. Some times the pictures aren't on the same page as the text that would go with the picture. It would be nice if the kindle version had a 1:1 layout the way the book was written.

Other then those issues the book is very well written.

Scott Kelby jams 400 pages of useful information about Lightroom 4 into this 500 page book, but the other 100 pages are fluff, filler, and silly conversational remarks. Every page seems to have a few lines that essentially say, "Look at me! I am really cute!" He's candid that these asides have nothing to do with the training and it is clear that most readers don't seem to care, and maybe that's part of the marketing plan for Kelby's books. In most other publishing houses a professional editor would have chopped out all that fluff with a blue pencil, but not Kelby's editors. It would have been a better book had it been properly edited.

Once you get around the silliness, the book is structured logically and the information is detailed. Lightroom is big and complicated and anybody needs training to use its features, some of which are well-hidden. This book would be a far better resource for readers like me if an editor had insisted on clarity. The information is in there, but you have to work around Scott Kelby's song and dance routine to find it.

Lightroom 4 is a marvelous tool, extremely complicated and full of resources, and I have come to depend on it for all my professional work. You can learn to operate this tool with Kelby's book but it makes a complicated process even more challenging for anyone new to LR.

Lightroom is confusing enough without the dorky jokes from Scott kelby . sometimes it just doesn't work and this book, while informative and clearly written , just isn't my cup of tea. I think it's me and not the book. I don't like Lightroom as much as Id hoped I would. The book Is fine.

I have a print copy of an earlier version.
The online blurb misrepresents the updates.
There is insufficient new information to justify an upgrade purchase.

Came on time

The reason I bought this book was because I really wanted to see this authors workflow in Lightroom4. This is where I was really disappointed. The workflow starts out basically saying that he saves his photos with Lightroom4 then exports to Photoshop for all the editing. If I wanted a book about how to edit a photo with Photoshop, I would have bought a book which said "How to edit your photos with Photoshop"

The biggest take away I got from this book is a better understanding of how to use Lightroom to sort and save my photos.

As a long-time Photoshop Elements and iPhoto user, I recently purchased Lightroom to do a better job of digital image organization and manipulation. Scott Kelby's book did a fantastic job of walking me through Lightroom in a totally logical sequence (starting with moving photos into Lightroom and setting up the organization, then moving to overall photo adjustments, localized tweaks, integration with Photoshop / PE, printing, making books, and finally overall workflow). I'd read it on my Kindle on the bus to work or on the treadmill, then try the things I'd learned on the computer. His instructions were clear and well illustrated, and did a great job of discussing WHY you'd want to do something and not just HOW to do it. His style is light-hearted, which made the reading enjoyable as well as informative. Now that I have some appreciation for all the incredible things that Lightroom can do, I realize there is no way I could begin to take advantage of its power without this book. The extra cost and time to go through this book has increased the value of the software by several orders of magnitude!