Professional photography resources
This content requires Flash
Practical solutions to practical problems. That's what Adobe strives to provide professional photographers. From new Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 to Photoshop Lightroom® software, Adobe digital imaging software removes obstacles and frees you to spend more time behind the camera.
Toolbox
Introducing Photoshop CS3
What makes new Photoshop CS3 a must-have tool for professional photographers? See a list of top features to learn more.
Photoshop Lightroom
Manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photos with the new toolbox for professional photographers.
Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom
Find out how Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom form a complete solution for post-capture processing and editing of digital photography.
Digital Negative
Archive your raw images with confidence. Learn about Digital Negative (DNG) — a publicly available raw file format. Download the free Adobe DNG Converter and convert your images today.
Tours and testimonials
Creative license is about finding the boundaries of what you can do. In honor of the launch of Adobe Creative Suite® 3, the editors of JPG Magazine put a call out for submissions representing this theme. They asked their readers to think about creating a photo as a design, composing with lines, patterns, geometry, contrast, saturation, simplicity, and complexity, and to think differently about what photography means and take creative license. The selected photos were published in the September 2007 issue of JPG Magazine.
"How I Took Creative License with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom"
Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), in association with the Rangefinder and AfterCapture publications, spoke with several influential photographers in late March 2007. Listen to these leading photographers discuss how they implement their own creative license — and bring to life their vision using the infinite options, styles, and genres available to them.
Photoshop CS3 feature tour
Listen and watch as we walk you through the key new features of Photoshop CS3.
Photoshop Lightroom feature tour
Listen and watch as we walk you through the key features of Lightroom.
To develop Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe worked directly with professional photographers. View this short video to hear what photographers have to say about their new application.
Community
Blogs
Photoshop News
Read the latest news and information about Photoshop.
Lightroom News
Read the latest news and information about Photoshop Lightroom.
John Nack
Get an insider's view on Adobe's digital imaging products in a blog by John Nack, product manger for Photoshop.
Podcasts
George Jardine
Find out what George Jardine, senior photography evangelist for Adobe, has to say about Photoshop Lightroom and digital photography by listening to his podcasts.
Russell Brown
Check out hot new tips from the one and only Dr. Brown.
Current events
- Lighting & Digital Photography Training Camp with Jack Reznicki
- Second annual Best of Images "Before and After" photographic contest
- D-65 Workshops
- Marcus Bell and Joe Buissink Tour
- PAPA 2007 Annual Conference
- Focus on Imaging
- PMA
- WPPI
Associations
Resources
Learning centers
Tips and tricks
Visit evangelist Julieanne Kost’s website for valuable tips and tricks on Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
NAPP's Photoshop Lightroom Learning Center
This online resource includes tips, tricks, and training developed by the folks at NAPP.
O'Reilly Media
Learn how to quickly master Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with the help of downloadable tutorials, podcasts, and blogs. Soon you'll find that you're focusing more on taking pictures than on wrangling with them on your computer.
Luminous Landscape
Check out the web's most comprehensive site devoted to the art of landscape, nature, and documentary photography using digital as well as traditional image-processing techniques.
PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM
This interactive community, open free to the public, brings together various learning centers made possible by the biggest names in photography and digital imaging.
RetouchPRO
RetouchPRO is a free resource for retouchers, professional or hobbyist. You'll find tutorials, retouching contests, retouching challenges, a gallery, and a very active forum.
Books
The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers
by Scott Kelby
Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers
by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey
White papers
Non-Destructive Imaging: An Evolution of Rendering Technology New
With the rapid adoption of raw photography in commercial as well as amateur circles, the basic concepts of non-destructive imaging are increasingly important. But non-destructive workflows are not new. In this paper Peter Krogh leads you through a detailed outline of these evolving rendering technologies, and describes their relevance to every digital photographer.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 2.6M)
Rendering the print: the art of photography
Gain a clearer understanding of how your digital photographs are mapped from raw data to an "output-referred" space, and why there is no single "correct" way to render the print.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 1.7M)
Adobe Camera Raw 3.x
Bruce Fraser takes you through Adobe Camera Raw 3.x from end to end in this essential overview.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 7.0M)
Digital photography workflow
Noted photographer and educator Jeff Schewe explains the ins and outs of the digital imaging workflow.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 5.7M)
Understanding digital raw capture
Find out how working with raw files can give you more creative control over your images.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 1000k)
Raw capture, linear gamma, and exposure
Bruce Fraser explains why precise exposure is now even more critical when shooting digital raw.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 235k)
Introducing the Digital Negative specification
What is DNG, and why is it such an important new format? Read this comprehensive guide.
Read the white paper
(PDF, 78k)
Training and seminars
Check out great training resources, including seminars, videos, and books.
For photographic educators
Project Photoshop Lightroom tour
Adobe brought the Photoshop Lightroom beta to 25 schools across the United States. See the work that resulted from the tour.
Events
John Paul Caponigro's Fine Digital Print Workshop Series
June 30 - December 12, 2008 - Cushing, Maine
Caponigro Arts
Take your images and prints to the next level with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom in these advanced and expert-level digital printing workshops, taught by a contemporary master in the privacy of his personal studio/gallery in Maine. Space is limited, so register now.
Photoshop CS3 for Photographers Tour
June 6-16, 2008 - Canadian touring event
Ben Willmore, award-winning and best-selling author of the book "Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques," has his digital camera in hand and is headed your way with the Photoshop CS3 for Photographers Tour. In this one-day seminar sponsored by Kelby Training, Willmore teaches Photoshop speed tips that will help you perfect any image in record time. Plus, you'll learn his favorite techniques for photo retouching, restoration, and color correction, as well as more tips for creating stunning images. Visit the website for registration information.
Adobe Photoshop for Photographers
January 1 - December 31, 2008 - San Francisco, California
Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop hands-on in this five-part series of classes offered year-round by Future Light Digital Workshops. Topics include layers, selections, layer masks, adjustment layers, and retouching.
Complete Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
July 12, 2008 - San Francisco, California
In this one-day workshop presented by Future Light Digital Workshops, you will learn how to design a logical file structure, create an easy-to-use naming system, use metadata to simplify tracking images from program to program, and integrate image management into your workflow using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Master the Camera Raw conversion tools and learn how to set up batch processing, perform roundtrip editing of images from Lightroom into Adobe Photoshop CS3, and output final versions of your master files via the Print, Slideshow, and Web modules.
Photoshop World West 2008
September 4-6, 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Photoshop World is where you'll learn the most up-to-date techniques, the fastest and most effective workflows, and the hottest and most amazing new tips for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom, and Photoshop Extended — as well as applications such as Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, and InDesign — from a select team of the industry's most talented and creative instructors.
Next steps
- Buy Photoshop CS3
- Try Photoshop CS3
- Buy Photoshop Lightroom
- Try Photoshop Lightroom
- Sales 800-585-0774
