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Book:		Photoshop Lightroom Adventure
Subject:		Sumptuous travelogue; glibly superficial instruction manual.
Date:		2007-08-02 14:43:11
From:		disappointed
Rating:  Mikkel Aaland has written some outstanding user guides for Adobe imaging software. As a coffee-table glossy travelogue, the book's images shine. But it's a tail wags the dog situation when it comes to actually using the product -- here the text glosses over the tough parts and ignores differences between the Mac and PC platforms. Typo's are legion, proofing is lackadaisical. Altogether, a handsome paperweight that disappoints in the lack of real meat. Even Scott Kelby does better than that!

"There are oodles of online training resources for Lightroom, from Adobe and others. Aaland's book holds its own here, walking users through all the tools and modules. It's amply illustrated with luscious photos he and colleagues took on a trip to Iceland, photos that are useful both to compare the effects of various changes and to inspire photographers to go take their own pictures."
--Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com: Underexposed