Boyzo
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Having recently adopted Adobe Lightroom 3 as my defacto PP software, the problem arose in learning this complex software.
It really is worth learning its powerful and has very good support for cameras and lenses not to mention the many Template's out there and Photo community support in forums make LR worth learning.
Book or Video (Or learn by just banging away but using it {not recommended})
I did have a book but found it bloated and heavy going .... until 2 videos came my way
Chris Orwig (A Pro) Lyanda.com DVD $99
Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training
A very enthusiastic Chris (A So CA guy) complete with Big canon DSLR with huge zoom lens is a very good presenter only his SoCA drawl needs your concentration to understand him at times.
Overall the basics are covered quite well...
From Setting up defaults to importation, the develop module (the most complex) is covered quite well,shortcuts to control panel display is very well presented, finally export and printing
Quite good all up.
Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe
Lightroom 3 Tutorial
download this from LL (you can download each video {there are 40}) or I d/loaded all in stream (Fast cable here) all are MOV file (Yikes Apple again) Windows has no problems with this file format rest assured
This video I liked (The Apple bias aside) the presenters were both very entertaining and charismatic Jeff was at times difficult to understand (drawl and diction) but only occasionally
All the Chris Orwig topics were covered in the LL Video's and more ... especially the Develop module (which is more sophisticated than PS) the LL Video's clearly show the sophistication of the develop module rather better than Orwig.
Here the power of the develop module became clear and the many different ways of doing things, with tips from personal experience.
All up recommended at the price better value than a book and more informative than the Orwig videos
One thing with the LL videos while there are many ways to manipulate a RAW image and there are default ways on going about it Robert and Jeff had their own preferences and in the end it was the LOOK they wanted not a text book look to a RAW image.
Indeed with this same RAW image I would produce a different look and viewers may actually prefer my image result, meaning while tools are there only you decide what you want and LR can do this.
PM me if you have a specific question.
It really is worth learning its powerful and has very good support for cameras and lenses not to mention the many Template's out there and Photo community support in forums make LR worth learning.
Book or Video (Or learn by just banging away but using it {not recommended})
I did have a book but found it bloated and heavy going .... until 2 videos came my way
Chris Orwig (A Pro) Lyanda.com DVD $99
Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training
A very enthusiastic Chris (A So CA guy) complete with Big canon DSLR with huge zoom lens is a very good presenter only his SoCA drawl needs your concentration to understand him at times.
Overall the basics are covered quite well...
From Setting up defaults to importation, the develop module (the most complex) is covered quite well,shortcuts to control panel display is very well presented, finally export and printing
Quite good all up.
Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe
Lightroom 3 Tutorial
download this from LL (you can download each video {there are 40}) or I d/loaded all in stream (Fast cable here) all are MOV file (Yikes Apple again) Windows has no problems with this file format rest assured
This video I liked (The Apple bias aside) the presenters were both very entertaining and charismatic Jeff was at times difficult to understand (drawl and diction) but only occasionally
All the Chris Orwig topics were covered in the LL Video's and more ... especially the Develop module (which is more sophisticated than PS) the LL Video's clearly show the sophistication of the develop module rather better than Orwig.
Here the power of the develop module became clear and the many different ways of doing things, with tips from personal experience.
All up recommended at the price better value than a book and more informative than the Orwig videos

One thing with the LL videos while there are many ways to manipulate a RAW image and there are default ways on going about it Robert and Jeff had their own preferences and in the end it was the LOOK they wanted not a text book look to a RAW image.
Indeed with this same RAW image I would produce a different look and viewers may actually prefer my image result, meaning while tools are there only you decide what you want and LR can do this.
PM me if you have a specific question.