Chapter 1. Lightroom 2 Overview

Welcome to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, one of the best programs available for organizing, correcting, and displaying your digital photos. Designed specifically for photographers, Lightroom combines the power of the original Adobe Photoshop with a brand-new interface that makes it easier than ever to tap that power. Lightroom also makes it a snap to import, sort, and track the flood of images that can so quickly overwhelm digital photographers.

Later chapters dive into the details. This one offers a quick tour of the Lightroom interface (Figure 1.1) and the major tools included in its five modules. Those five modules—Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print, and Web—give you easy access to everything you need when working ...

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