Mark, Have a good time at the conference.
... On Sep 29, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Yes. Could they please clean up the UI in Lightroom? > For example, in the Library window, the thumbnails > have little dots and little flags and little > page-corner thingies, and one searches in vain for > what those are or how to use them. I've figured most > of them out through trial-and-error, but that is a > crummy way to learn complex software. You need to read a book... Every one of those things has a meaning, and they're all useful. I figured most out through use, incrementally, and it didn't seem that difficult to me. > While they are at it, their documentation really, really sucks. ... I agree in most ways, but Adobe supplies more "point reference" type help documentation rather than comprehensive, "read it and understand" learning materials. I personally didn't have any difficulty with the catalog/library organizational stuff, but it could certainly be more clearly spelled out somewhere in the online help documentation. The learning experience of the various online videos is far more useful with most clients I've been working with, who are more concerned with "how" than "why" in conceptual terms. I particularly like the videos that Michael Tapes did (www.rawworkflow.com) and the ones sold by Luminous Landscape. Books: Martin Evening's Lightroom book is excellent for reference. Scott Kelby's Lightroom book works well from a "this is how I get this thing done" perspective. Both of them have been supplemented with add-on modules to cover LR v1.1, which had a number of new features. Another one, "Photoshop Lightroom Adventure" by Mikkel Aaland, is also supposed to be excellent, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Always another adventure... ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
