Lightroom 2 — Impress and Perform « ChromaticSoul

15 November 2008 • 12:48 am

Lightroom 2 — Impress and Perform

My third Lightroom post in a row. What can I say. I’m installed 2.0 and am trying it out. I’m going through a number of tutorials and now this.

Jim Goldstein has a couple of helpful articles to get new users up and running.

The first is First Impressions that Impress. Read through this article to learn about:

Then move on over to his other post, 4 Ways to Boost Lightroom 2 Performance and read about:

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