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■ SOME BACKGROUND
the time the images get onto your computer, organize them, optimize them, and share
them with others.
Many software developers heard the concerns of photographers, and started
addressing those concerns in their software applications. Instead of leaving the photo -
grapher to move the image through each step of their workflow, applications started
offering features that helped move the images through the workflow. Some of these
efforts included bringing features that had previously been handled by separate applica-
tions into one place, such as the addition of a File Browser and then Adobe Bridge to
Adobe Photoshop (
www.adobe.com). In other cases it was reflected in a more process-
oriented approach to handling images, such as the concepts applied to the Capture One
software for processing RAW images from Phase One (
www.phaseone.com).
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom—the subject of this book—represents Adobe’s
latest effort to address the need for a cohesive and efficient end-to-end workflow for
digital photography. It combines the core features photographers need to be able to
organize, manage, optimize, and share their images (Figure 1.1).
Figure 1.1 Lightroom provides a cohesive and efficient way to handle end-to-end workflow.
Note: Thank you to photographer André Constantini (www.sillydancing.com) for providing
the beautiful photographs for this chapter.
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