Lightroom basics

[Jackie]

Are there any tutorials for very basic Lightroom. I have version 1.3 and can't find anything regarding something as basic as importing. I'm sure it's simple if you know what you are doing but I don't understand how to bring my files from "My Pictures" into LR and organize them according to subject, i.e. landscapes, grandchildren, etc. I have many many files of photos in My Pictures and right now they are just in folders according to month taken.
Thanks, Jackie

[JulieM]

Hi Jackie,

You may want to start by watching Importing Your Photos (http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/archives/videos/page/10/)from Matt Kloskowski's Lightroom Killer Tips. His site is chock full of good information.

Also, two good books are The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers (http://www.amazon.ca/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Digital-Photographers/dp/0321492161/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200360402&sr=8-1) by Scott Kelby and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers (http://www.amazon.ca/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Book-Photographers/dp/0321385438/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200360402&sr=8-2)by Martin Evening.

[Chuck S.]

I'll add one more book that's become my favorite reference:

Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers (http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Lightroom-Adventure-next-generation-photographers/dp/059610099X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200360913&sr=8-1) by Mikkel Aaland

Mikkel wrote some really good Elements books back in the 'early days', and I really like his new book on Lightroom.

[Codebreaker]

Some resources below. The second link has numerous Podcasts but the latest tend to appear first so you may need to dig for the earlier ones.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/search.cfm?product=Photoshop+Lightroom&go=Go


http://lightroom-news.com/

Colin

[Jackie]

Thank you to Julie, Chuck, and Colin for replying. I will check these suggestions out. I know though that Scott Kelby's book was for either 1.0 or 1.1 version. I'm specifically looking for something for 1.3 as I need things spelled out pretty clearly.
Jackie

[Chuck S.]

Jackie, any book that's for 1.1 or higher will give you 99% of what you need. The last three versions (1.2, 1.3, 1.31) have fundamentally just added support for more cameras and fixed a few obscure bugs. Martin Evening's book is for 1.0, but he published an extensive supplement for 1.1+ on the web that's available to owners of his book.

[robpendragon]

Just thought I would mention Scott Kelby's book "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers" is a fantastic book that I purchased that really walks you through every step with ease.http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Lightroom-Digital-Photographers-Voices/dp/0321492161/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200413719&sr=8-5

whoops, Jackie already mentioned it, sorry.

[JulieM]

Here (http://www.whibalhost.com/_Tutorials/Photoshop_LR/01/) is a site that has free videos to introduce the features of Lightroom, including one on importing your photos.

[jbdigipics]

Hi' Jackie, and good evening from Edinburgh.

Like you, I am trying to learn lightroom.
I found this site very good, and very interesting.

Dpmac (if you type that into google, it will find for you).
I hope you find it useful.
regards.
jimB